Delicious Dishes (1933)
1933 · Ephemeral film · 15 min
- Documentary
- Short
Synopsis
This theatrical short acts as an infomercial specifically targeted at the female audience who is taught how to use the kitchen tools which are promotional items for the theater. The first knife is able to cut vegetables into french curves, which can be combined in several different ways to make an interesting a colorful side dish. They are also told how they can use the rest of the vegetable in another interesting dish. The second knife cuts in a ripple pattern. The third knife is a hand held slicer with adjustable blade to allow different thicknesses of slices. The last knife demonstrated, the crowning glory in the set, is the mincing rolling knife. Beyond the specialized knife set, other items demonstrated include a melon baller, a pair of spring loaded tongs, a safety grater, a sharpening stone, a miniature can opener, a combination peeler/corer, a temporary pot and pan handle and a Sarah Bernhardt slicer.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Released
- 1933-12-31
- Running time
- 15 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Cast & crew
- Arnold Morris
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Very entertaining! · bread · 2006-10-07
I really enjoyed this film. It is a very well made early infomercial. I liked many of the tools they show, some of which would still be useful today. If you like cooking, you will enjoy this film. P.S. im a vegetarian, and i also noticed that much of the food was meat, However, this is advertising, and advertising is never a true representation of how people live (I certainly dont live like anyone in any infomercials on Tv today.)
★★★★★ · Watch the shrimp salad... · Spuzz · 2003-09-10
Alright.. Here we go. This preposterously great short features a chef of undetermined sexual preference (his voice shrills up at times in a very bizarre manner) demonstrating to "the ladies in the audience" in the way that old time narrators talked to the audience (eg looking left and right) that the women of the theater would be able to get "a fascinating 12 piece kitchen set, one piece each week. It is really fascinating and in-teresting to know how to prepare food in an app-etizing manner". He then demonstrates the set in the classic carnival shiller style, with these facts: 1) If you run…
★★★★★ · gadget heaven · babe917 · 2010-04-25
yeah i saw it on tcm also! it was so enjoyable! i love kitchen gadgets cause i love cooking! i would really love this set :) and yeah id love to get a free gadget goin to the movies! really fun film! LOVE IT!
★★★★ · W.C. is that you? · unzar · 2006-12-10
Didn't quite know what the previous reviewer meant by referring to this guy as a W.C. Fields wannabe...until I heard the first words from his mouth. Learn how to feed more people - slice the servings thinner! Learn how "Jack in the Box" makes those curly fries they are so proud of. Make fake shrimp. Can't tell the difference until you eat it. Entertaining. The End.