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Doing the Mashed Potato
Posted by Lidian on August 10, 2008
The Brillo may be brilliant. But the potential customers, according to this ad – not so much. Also, they are angry. Not a good combination.
Well, how does this lady clean a mashed potato pot? Oh, with a putty knife, of course! She just happened to have one handy. Right by the sink. Because she’s just been filling in some cracks in the wall and also cooking at the same time. Yum! Wonder what’s for dinner!
The pot may not like that “rough stuff,” but it sure is cathartic after a long day of cooking. And maybe the mashed potatoes are reminiscent of putty. That can happen! You go off and leave them for awhile, maybe look at a magazine. How about the Ladies’ Home Journal? I like that one, especially the ads. Like this one.
I assume that the Ladies’ Home Journal does want the ladies to read it, right? So the time has to come from somewhere. And reading these ads with your feet up sure beats boiling potatoes.
The other comical option is a “namby-pamby” dishrag – which is what you will feel like after a workout with the pot and the putty knife.
But as always – help is on the way! Brillo is brilliant (get it?) at scrubbing all the edible adhesives off your pots.
And note the little reminder in the corner to buy war bonds (it’s 1945 after all). Just remember to get that pot clean before you do.
Oh, and if you buy them from this lady, tell her you have a good idea for the dinner she’ll have to get going for Bert and his band of merry men.
And to relax after all that scrubbing, here’s “Mashed Potato Time” with 1960s people doing the Mashed Potato dance. Much more fun than doing the dishes!
Dirty Butter said
I used that tangled mess of metal for quite a few years! I guess it went out of style when Teflon coated pans became the rage. As for buying War Bonds? Not quite old enough for that, but I remember saving tin foil and coat hangers when I was in First Grade.
Louise said
Do they still sell Brillo? War Bonds?
Amy said
ooh the mashed potato! Is that Martha and the Vandellas doing that song? Cool! I guess I can understand the angry expression from the vintage housewife in question, I hate it when things stick to pots, thank goodness for non stick pots and pans.
Bill said
What does this gal do? Let the mashed potato pot sit for hours – or days – before she thinks of cleaning it? Honey, run a little water in the pan before you sit down to dinner.
Or she could use Dee Dee Sharp’s head o’ hair to scrub out the pot. It looks Industrial Strength.
Kristie said
What the heck kind of potatoes does this lady make? I certainly don’t want to be eating at her house!
Lois said
How do I clean my mashed potato pot? Well, I run some water in it, add a bit of detergent, let it sit until the gunk has dissolved, then wash it out normally. Why do you ask? No, thank you, I don’t want any war bonds…or Fuller brushes…or a year’s subscription to the Ladies’ Home Journal.