Let's Make A Sandwich (1950)

Ever wonder how to make tuna rarebit? Sally Gasco (short for "gas company") and her mother make tuna rarebit for their young boy guests. Thanks to their gas stove, this process is quick and easy. This film was sponsored by the American Gas Company.

Cooking Terms and What They Mean (1949)

A young wife learns common cooking terms so as to better take care of her new husband.

Betty Crocker Cake Mix Commercial (1950s)

Great retro commercial for Betty Crocker Cake Mix. The end of this clip shows the closing credits from the General Mills TV show "Trouble With Father".

Introducing Microwave Oven Cooking (1971)

Introducing microwave home cooking, as used by NASA, via decades of radar research. It was fire that separated man from the animals by cooking his food. In the 1970s it was microwaves that began to separate man from whole foods, into reheating supermarket meals.

Cooking Terms and What They Mean

This 1949 video short instructs a new wife on common cooking terms so that she can better take care of her husband.