[Magdalen] How do you buy a stove?

[Jay Weigel]

My mother could cook on a wood or coal stove, and did so a few summers
vacationing in Colorado. It occurred to me later that she probably learned
to do so as a child in the Missouri Ozarks.

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 11:28 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I grew up in a home where we did our serious cooking on an oil stove (a
> converted coal-burner). It cooked great once you learned to use it. But it
> was capable of doing nasty unsafe things to the air. There are many reasons
> for today's extended lifespans, but food safety is way up there.
>
> Worried about bromides? Consider feeding your toddlers sitting in their
> high chairs five feet from a carcinogen-emitting heat source.
>
> A friend visited Mount Vernon and noticed the kitchen was in a separate
> building. Did the residents find the aromas of cooking so unpleasant they
> had to take the kitchen out of the house? he wondered. More likely that
> kitchens were hot and dangerous places that caught fire more than once in
> each person's lifetime.
> -M
>