Plett Pan(1961); Grapefruit Knife(1916); Grapefruit Spoon(1912)

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GRAPEFRUIT KNIFE

   OED has no entry, but two 1970s hits.


  Display Ad 7 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Jun 12, 1924; pg. 7, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 8 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Nov 25, 1919; pg. 7, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 11 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Nov 9, 1916; pg. 7, 1 pgs
("Grapefruit Knives. 25c and up" at Woodward & Lothrop--ed.)

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GRAPEFRUIT SPOON

   OED has no entry for "grapefruit spoon."


  Display Ad 223 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Aug 3, 1919; pg. 52, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 43 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Jun 9, 1918; pg. F5, 1 pgs
("Orange or Graphefruit Spoons" sold at The Shopping Center at The Palais Royal--ed.)

  SILVERWARE FOR THE TABLE; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Nov 17, 1912; pg. X11, 1 pgs
("Orange knives are made with the saw edge, and the grapefruit spoon, which differs from the orange spoon by being made broader at the end of the heel of the bowl, is new only in pattern; in fact, that is about the only difference that could be made in it, for, contrived on the basis of the size of the grapefruit cells, it could scarcely be improved from its present plan.")

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PLETT PAN

   OED has no entry for "plett pan."  I have to do something for the ADS-L readers from Sweden.


  Just About Everything But the Kitchen Sink; Ultimate Gifts: Just About Everything But the Kitchen Sink; By Phyllis C. Richman, Special to The Washington Post; The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973), Washington, D.C.; Dec 6, 1973; pg. F1, 2 pgs

  Display Ad 15 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Feb 26, 1973; pg. 5, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 4 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Feb 3, 1971; pg. 5, 1 pgs

  Natural haunts of that rare bird, the gourmet; Dresden is Potomac's dining critic.; By Donald Dresden; The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973), Washington, D.C.; Dec 13, 1970; pg. 251, 8 pgs

  Display Ad 84 -- No Title; The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973), Washington, D.C.; Apr 8, 1970; pg. B16, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 72 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Feb 23, 1964; pg. 73, 1 pgs

  New Household Gadgets Find Favor in the Shops; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Nov 7, 1963; pg. 40, 1 pgs
("At Macy's, the $2.79 Plett Pan, for making seven Swedish pancakes at a time, is very popular, according to George Edelstein, the buyer.")

  Article 5 -- No Title; Swedish Cook Advocate of Simplicity; By CRAIG CLAIBORNE; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Nov 2, 1961; pg. 41, 1 pgs

  Variety of Pancakes Come Into Their Own on Tuesday; Blini, Flapjacks and Crepes Linked With Day; By CRAIG CLAIBORNE; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Feb 9, 1961; pg. 26, 1 pgs
("Call them plattar or blini, flapjacks or crepes, next Tuesday marks the day when pancakes come into their own.")
(PHOTO CAPTION: "A plett pan, pictured above, simplifies the cooking of the small Swedish pancakes and the Russian blini.")