Comments on: Natural History of the Kitchen: Stoves http://www.eatmedaily.com/2010/05/natural-history-of-the-kitchen-stoves/ Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:53:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: hlee http://www.eatmedaily.com/2010/05/natural-history-of-the-kitchen-stoves/#comment-7030 hlee Fri, 28 May 2010 00:05:05 +0000 http://www.eatmedaily.com/?p=42045#comment-7030 Thanks for the info. I can remember my grandmother saying with delight, "Now, we are cookin' with gas!!" as in whatever we were doing was as modern as it could be. The only wood stove I've ever seen used was at a girl scout camp. I will never forget those women who showed us a whole new world when they provided food for us off it. I will also never forget looking under the removeable eye at the fire. It was a revelation. Even though I currently have one of the superstoves in my kitchen, I will always remember the warmth generated by that wood burning stove. I have never felt anything like it since. Thanks for the info. I can remember my grandmother saying with delight, "Now, we are cookin' with gas!!" as in whatever we were doing was as modern as it could be.

The only wood stove I've ever seen used was at a girl scout camp. I will never forget those women who showed us a whole new world when they provided food for us off it. I will also never forget looking under the removeable eye at the fire. It was a revelation. Even though I currently have one of the superstoves in my kitchen, I will always remember the warmth generated by that wood burning stove. I have never felt anything like it since.

]]> By: Beauzeaux http://www.eatmedaily.com/2010/05/natural-history-of-the-kitchen-stoves/#comment-7018 Beauzeaux Wed, 26 May 2010 18:13:14 +0000 http://www.eatmedaily.com/?p=42045#comment-7018 I grew up with a wood-burning stove. Using it required considerable skill. My grandmother was up at 5 every morning to start it up. (My job was to supply a bucket a kindling the night before.) Grandma wasn't a great cook but she was a masterful baker -- a fact that I didn't appreciate until I was grown up. Producing beautiful loaves of bread and terrific pies from an oven fueled by wood is not easy. I grew up with a wood-burning stove. Using it required considerable skill. My grandmother was up at 5 every morning to start it up. (My job was to supply a bucket a kindling the night before.)
Grandma wasn't a great cook but she was a masterful baker -- a fact that I didn't appreciate until I was grown up. Producing beautiful loaves of bread and terrific pies from an oven fueled by wood is not easy.

]]> By: MM Pack http://www.eatmedaily.com/2010/05/natural-history-of-the-kitchen-stoves/#comment-7012 MM Pack Tue, 25 May 2010 19:08:40 +0000 http://www.eatmedaily.com/?p=42045#comment-7012 Stephanie, thanks for this interesting look into the evolution of kitchen stoves. A great source of further reading is the book From Fireplace to Cook Stove: Technology and the American Ideal, by Priscilla J. Brewer (Syracuse U Press, 2000). It's a fascinating social history, not only about stove development, but how evolving cooking methods fundamentally changed women's lives and what people ate. It's got terrific illustrations, too. Stephanie, thanks for this interesting look into the evolution of kitchen stoves. A great source of further reading is the book From Fireplace to Cook Stove: Technology and the American Ideal, by Priscilla J. Brewer (Syracuse U Press, 2000). It's a fascinating social history, not only about stove development, but how evolving cooking methods fundamentally changed women's lives and what people ate. It's got terrific illustrations, too.

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