Jean B. wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> Lou Decruss > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> (gas and charcoal) a smoker, and two fryers. But an outdoor kitchen
>>>> would make me a very happy cooker.
>>>
>>> I think those used to be called canning kitchens -- you'd do the
>>> canning there so you didn't heat the house with the added stove
>>> heat. :-)
>>>
>> Umpteen years ago I built a "harvest" kitchen fairly near the garden.
>> All screened in, decent roof, running water, large propane tank, old
>> four burner plus oven propane stove out of a junk yard and
>> refurbished. Had an old fridge in there, everything but a bathroom.
>> Very sturdy table running down the middle of it, a few chairs so prep
>> could be done sitting down.
>>
>> And, as you said, didn't heat the house up and a decent breeze made it
>> nice to work out there. Lasted about three years and then a tornado
>> ate it, same one that took our roof. Nowadays I just crank the
>> thermostat down about an hour before starting work in the summer and
>> just ignore the heater in the winter. I did love my old harvest
>> kitchen though.
>
> Ouch! What a loss!
>
They were fairly common in rural areas of East Texas in from about the
thirties until sometime in the late sixties. Now they're all BBQ houses
with $5,000.00 pits in them and lots of stainless steel.