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This ad has been one of my favorites for years, an we have a framed copy hanging in our pantry.

I came across this YouTube video of someone making the receipt on the ad.  Enjoy!

I’ve seen the Revere Ware utensil hangers s from time to time but never really knew how they were properly used.  Just the name makes one thing of hanging spatulas and the like.

This particular listing shows the back of the box, which I haven’t seen before.

And an add I found shows what this looks like in practice.

Very nice. I’m tempted to put up a display like this in our guest room kitchenette.  You can find quite a few on eBay.

I’ve seen lots of ways old Revere Ware can fail.  For example, when the aluminum disk in the Tri-Ply cookware melts all over a stove top.

We had our own fail last week with a popover pan.  My wife loves making popovers and the kids really enjoy them. She has used her favorite popover pan many times, and always starts by putting it in the oven while the oven is heating, as per the popover pan instructions.

However, a few days ago, this process seems to have gone awry.  When she opened the oven, she noticed a red coating on the oven door and much of the inside of the oven; the popover pan has a red finish.  The coating seems to have vaporized and settled on everything.

Here you can see how the pan finish has mostly disappeared in many areas.

The oven racks seems to have taken much of the red finish, but the door got quite a bit as well.

We were left scratching our heads.  We checked the oven controls; did we accidentally put it on self-clean?  Nope, the self-clean setting is all the way around the dial from the bake setting.

I suppose it is possible our oven malfunctioned and reached a temperature far higher than it should have, we may never know.

In our case, the deposit of red finish seems to scrub off pretty easily with soap and water, so there is no real damage done other than a ruined inexpensive popover pan.

I’ve always wondered by our Google advertising cost per click continues to go up over time.  We are the only ones that sell Revere Ware replacement parts, so you would think there isn’t much competition.  But while Revere Ware is no longer sold, the brand still does hold cache at seems, as plenty of large retailers draw people in with the Revere Ware name.  Take this search result for Bed Bath & Beyond:

When you actually go to the page, this is what you see.

None of that is Revere Ware of course.  But perhaps enough people still show interest in the brand that retailers like Bed Bath & Beyond know that some people will come to see if there is actually any for sale, and perhaps end up buying something else.

I came across this ad on eBay today from 1942.

What is interesting is that the handle is somewhat like a caricature of the actual handle used at the time.

Notice that the shape is somewhat cartoonish as compared to the actual handle, and it only has one screw, not two.  Here is the actual handle for comparison.