Cob Tongs Provide Sanitary Method for Holding Corn (Jun, 1937)
Filed under: Kitchen — @ 12:08 am
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1937
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1937
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Wow, they sure do grow corn a bit bigger now, don’t they?
Cob Tongs Provide Sanitary Method for Holding Corn
These novel tongs provide a sanitary means of holding hot roasting ears. Made of stainless steel, they permit the ear to be grasped securing without the fingers touching the corn. Claws on the ends of the tongs are shaped in “fish hook” manner so that the corn cannot possibly slip.
People tend to wash their hands before eating, though there was certainly a big popularity of all things labeled Sanitary in those days.
Comment by Rick Auricchio — January 21, 2009 @ 1:22 pm
Charlie, I think you’re right about corn being bigger these days, what with selective breeding techniques. I remember watching an old movie from the early ’30s on Turner Classic Movies. It showed a big feast of a meal, but the corn-on-the-cob were these little bitty things.
Comment by Scott B. — January 21, 2009 @ 2:32 pm
Naw, the kid’s just eleven feet tall, eating over a two-foot plate.
Comment by Rick Auricchio — January 21, 2009 @ 8:26 pm
Even since the ’80s it seems like corn’s gotten sweeter but with less “corn” flavor.
Comment by nlpnt — January 21, 2009 @ 10:55 pm