I can remember when aluminum first appeared in the consumer world and elsewhere, after a quarter century as an expensive exotic. Quite sensational and very handsome. It revolutionized the kitchen, of course—I can still see my mother’s old iron skillets and greasy, rusty frying pans, the heavy crockery and jugware, the chipped enamel, the nickel-plated counter tools with the wooden handles, red or green, that quickly split and came off.
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In the mountain economy, corn brought a higher price in liquid form than it did in the husk. And the handiest container was the little brown jug. Potters flourished during Prohibition crafting distinctive jugware for the trade.
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