Proof positive that Australian women have long wanted to get their hands on a Yank is revealed in this early price list for Adelaide’s New York Import Company, from the Little Darwin Ephemera Collection. It specialised in WEAREVER aluminium cooking utensils and offered a wide range of goods from combination egg poachers , cast kettles , frying pans , tea strainers, soup ladles and even Turkish baths which , with a stove , head and face steamer , cost one pound ten shillings ($3). Having a bath with a Turk, says the list , is better than a cold shower , stimulates the pores and is also a boon to rheumatism sufferers. The advantage of the kettles was obvious-no solder or joints. NOTE : Aluminium cooking utensils were later found to be injurious to health.
