tradwife futurism (13. 199)

Lamenting the visions of paleo-futures lost to the branching decisions that inform our present, Telescopic Turnip, complete with a recommended accompaniment soundtrack of optimistic New Age—via MetaFilter—takes us on a journey of one those alternate timelines with the hope and enthusiasm of the Atoms for Peace programmes through microwave cookery. Contemporarily, the oven is not a replacement for the traditional stove and range top but rather a complement and although agreeably there was a course adjustment, this vision was not entirely abandoned, which I think about the every time I notice the custom-built cabinet in our well-appointed kitchen that hides the barely used microwave behind a hydraulic wing-style door—which is also a nice storage space for cookbooks and makes the layout symmetrical but also was a pretty expensive thing to install for that purpose—or how the kitchenette of my workweek apartment only had a microwave, and there was a time when it was promoted as the way of the future. Read more about the accidental discovery and foisted application—along with that of countervailing rival Teflon, at the link up top.