[Sca-cooks] Re: 50's vs '70s

[Lorenz Wieland]

Carper, Rachel wrote:

>MICROWAVE OVENS!  I knew something good had to come out of the 70's. 
>  
>
I'll second the previous mentions of music and movies, but microwave 
ovens were invented in the 40's, first marketed to commercial cooks in 
the 50's, and domesticated in the 60's:

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story068.htm

(I first saw one in the 70's, too, though.)

-Lorenz