How the Humble Cooking Apron Came of Age
By randomguy. Filed in Random |
Back in the 1960s, no self-respecting parent would dream of trying to do anything in the kitchen without first putting on a cooking apron. Clothes were too expensive to buy - and keep clean - to risk staining them with the residue of culinary exploits. But by the end of that decade things had changed. The cooking apron symbolised the downtrodden housewife. Suddenly nobody wanted to be tied to their apron strings.
Forward wind to our century. Everyone is watching cooking shows on TV before heading into their refitted kitchens to try out their new-found cooking skills. And TV chefs wear cooking aprons. So, now the humble cooking apron, denizon of the liberated woman, is back in style - big time. Now we can all look like a "master chef" simply by tying a couple of apron strings around our waists. What we cook when we wear our cooking aprons is another matter entirely, of course (it all looks so much easier on TV, doesn't it).
Today's cooking aprons are now available in a masive variety of colours and styles. And the most popular seem to bear some kind of joke printed on the front (just think which area of the body they cover). Novelty cooking aprons are all the rage. You can even give wings to your creativity and have a humorous quip of your own invention printed on the front of your cooking apron.
But the biggest difference between cooking aprons in the 1960s and now is the way we buy them. Online. They are easier to find, easier to browse for and cheaper to buy. We can carry out the whole transaction from the comfort of our kitchen's breakfast bar. In fact, it can be so easy, so comfortable and so cheap that we buy more than one. After all, you have to be prepared for unexpected guests. And they have to be prepared to wear your latest cooking apron creation and get their hands dirty, if not their clothes, in the kitchen.