hahabogus said...

> "Dan Goodman" > wrote in news:46cfad9f$0$962$804603d3
> @auth.newsreader.iphouse.com:
>
>> Steve Wertz wrote:
>>
>>> On 25 Aug 2007 00:55:07 GMT, Dan Goodman wrote:
>>>
>>> > In the place where I now live is a kitchen whose cabinets were
>>> > installed some time ago. Among them is a compartment lined with
>>> > tin (I think). There's a picture painted(?) on the back wall of
>>> > this compartment.
>>> >
>>> > What is this for?
>>>
>>> Three votes for bread. And three votes for "What's the picture?"
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> The picture is a bird looking at a green traffic light. Unless the bin
>> was intended for birdseed, I don't think the picture has anything to do
>> with what it was used for.
>>
>>
>>
>
> If this is a drawer style cabinet with compartments I'd lean towards
> suspecting it's use for storage of things like flour or sugar. My
> thinking on this is that the tin would allow for easier cleaning between
> fillings over plain wood like in mom's old kitchen...except mom's were
> lined in some sort of plastic. And if it were a door style cabinet with
> shelves I would lean towards bread and pie storage only if there appeared
> to be some sort of venting. No venting would improve mold forming
> conditions so usually pie and bread safes were vented.


I have a bread drawer that's lined in aluminum. It pulls out and then I
slide it's vented aluminum roof back to gain access. When I push the drawer
back, the roof slides back over it.

It holds cereal, crackers, chips and zip-loc'd bags of dry pastas.

Andy