What Every Housewife Should Know About Electric Cooking (1945)

Prepared by Frigidaire Division General Motors Corporation
This booklet has in it sixty-nine of the most frequently asked questions (and their answers) about cooking with an Electric Range.
In it, too, is some interesting information about the cooking of frozen food. This probably will answer more questions which have come up in your mind and these answers will be even more important in the future when Home Freezers are as common as Refrigerators and Electric Ranges.
So, keep this booklet handy. Read it. Learn for yourself the proven facts about Electric Cooking ... the answers that every housewife should know when she plans that new kitchen.
And remember: an Electric Range provides many cooking and baking advantages which have made it the preferred appliance among thousands of housewives.
1. Q. Do I Have to Learn to Cook All Over Again to Cook with Electricity?
A. Of course not! Just use your same favorite recipes (and many others) with confidence and ease—the only difference will be that your electric range will give you greater simplicity and accuracy, and add greater joy to cooking because it is cleaner, cooler and automatic.
2. Q. Is Cooking by Electricity Expensive?
A. In most sections of the country electrical cookery is no more expensive than other methods, often less expensive. In fact most modern electric ranges as produced by reliable manufacturers are designed and engineered for economical operation.
3. Q. Approximately How Much Does It Cost an Average Family to Operate an Electric Range?
A. Reproduced here is a table giving approximate electrical cooking costs compiled from the experience of electric range users in all parts of the country.
4. Q. Is It Expensive to Pre-heat Such a Large Oven?