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Cooking with gas? No

Cooking with gas? No. Long before our current urge to go all electric for climate change reasons, the State Electricity Commission had a challenge to interest us in electric rather than the modern gas method. Brian Watson was a great cooking booklet collector. Here are some free promotional items the SEC; they gradually became more visually interesting. 

Recipes for electric cooking, State Electric Commission of Victoria, 1947. Collection of BW.
Recipes for electric cooking, State Electric Commission of Victoria, 1947. Collection of BW.
Cold start oven cooking, State Electricity Commission, c1963
Cold start oven cooking, State Electricity Commission of Victoria, c1963. Collection of BW.
How to get the best results from your electric frypan, State Electricity Commission, c1960s. Collection of BW.
How to get the best results from your electric frypan, State Electricity Commission, c1960s. Collection of BW.

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