Food for thought

Until 1800, cookery was so dangerous that it was the second commonest cause of death among women (after childbirth).

Their skirts caught on the open fires of the hearth.

Deaths were dramatically reduced by the invention of the closed range by

George Bodley in 1802.

But this was not the AGA

Dr. Gustaf Dalen, a Swedish man, and also a Nobel Prize Winner, was the great mind behind the aga.

AGA actually stands for Aktiebolaget Gas Accumulator, the name of the company. It was the year 1922 when the design was complete,

and it was the aga cooker.

A kitchen appliance that could handle every culinary technique,

heat the house with it’s constant heat and also aid with the washing,

drying and pressing of clothes.

The hotplate and the rails on the front of the aga enabled the quick drying of clothes, and it could also allow for the clothes to pressed.

It was on constantly, heating the house during the cold months and could also be used to heat water for washing, not just dishes and laundry, but for personal washing as well.

Les