Hi all,

Just bought a 1957 house with (mostly) original kitchen.

One drawer (topmost, to the right of the sink) is steel. The
rest, and all of the cupboards, are good quality plywood.

Seems to me that the steel drawer had some special function,
but I can't guess what it was.

Anybody got an idea?

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska

"bob prohaska's usenet account" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all,
>
> Just bought a 1957 house with (mostly) original kitchen.
>
> One drawer (topmost, to the right of the sink) is steel. The
> rest, and all of the cupboards, are good quality plywood.
>
> Seems to me that the steel drawer had some special function,
> but I can't guess what it was.
>
> Anybody got an idea?
>
> Thanks for reading,
>
> bob prohaska
>
>

I recall seeing these drawers. Maybe it was left there when a whole set of
wooden ones were brought in because it provided some sort of functionality.
Such as: A pessimistic answer would be that the sink was 'always' plugged up
and they needed a place to house the constantly-used tools. Nawh, that
couldn't be.

You will leave it, won't you? Nice and quaint.
Dee Dee

In article >,
says...
> Hi all,
>
> Just bought a 1957 house with (mostly) original kitchen.
>
> One drawer (topmost, to the right of the sink) is steel. The
> rest, and all of the cupboards, are good quality plywood.
>
> Seems to me that the steel drawer had some special function,
> but I can't guess what it was.
>
> Anybody got an idea?
>
> Thanks for reading,
>
> bob prohaska
>
>
>
>
I believe it serves as a bread box.
--
Jerry Bank
Trenton, New Jersey
Music is the language of the gods.

(Jerry Bank) wrote in
:

> In article >,
> says...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just bought a 1957 house with (mostly) original kitchen.
>>
>> One drawer (topmost, to the right of the sink) is steel. The
>> rest, and all of the cupboards, are good quality plywood.
>>
>> Seems to me that the steel drawer had some special function,
>> but I can't guess what it was.
>> ...
>>
> I believe it serves as a bread box.

Almost certainly; it probably once had a cover too.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

"Jerry Bank" > wrote in message
.. .
> In article >,
> says...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just bought a 1957 house with (mostly) original kitchen.
>>
>> One drawer (topmost, to the right of the sink) is steel. The
>> rest, and all of the cupboards, are good quality plywood.
>>
>> Seems to me that the steel drawer had some special function,
>> but I can't guess what it was.
>>
>> Anybody got an idea?
>>
>> Thanks for reading,
>>
>> bob prohaska
>>
>>
>>
>>
> I believe it serves as a bread box.

The next obvious question is: why metal for a bread box?

Gil Faver wrote:
> "Jerry Bank" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Just bought a 1957 house with (mostly) original kitchen.
>>>
>>> One drawer (topmost, to the right of the sink) is steel. The
>>> rest, and all of the cupboards, are good quality plywood.
>>>
>>> Seems to me that the steel drawer had some special function,
>>> but I can't guess what it was.
>>>
>>> Anybody got an idea?
>>>
>>> Thanks for reading,
>>>
>>> bob prohaska
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I believe it serves as a bread box.
>
> The next obvious question is: why metal for a bread box?
>
>
Because rats and mice can chew through wood.

"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
...
> Gil Faver wrote:
>> "Jerry Bank" > wrote in message
>> .. .
>>> In article >,
>>> says...
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Just bought a 1957 house with (mostly) original kitchen.
>>>>
>>>> One drawer (topmost, to the right of the sink) is steel. The
>>>> rest, and all of the cupboards, are good quality plywood.
>>>>
>>>> Seems to me that the steel drawer had some special function,
>>>> but I can't guess what it was.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody got an idea?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for reading,
>>>>
>>>> bob prohaska
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I believe it serves as a bread box.
>>
>> The next obvious question is: why metal for a bread box?
> Because rats and mice can chew through wood.


If rats and mice were in a wood box, it would be harder to clean
antiseptically.
Dee Dee

Dee Randall > wrote:

> "S Viemeister" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Gil Faver wrote:
>>
>>>> I believe it serves as a bread box.
>>>
>>> The next obvious question is: why metal for a bread box?
>> Because rats and mice can chew through wood.
>
> If rats and mice were in a wood box, it would be harder to clean
> antiseptically.

And you could hear the mice and rats in a steel drawer more than a
wood drawer.

-sw

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:09:30 GMT, bob prohaska's usenet account
> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Just bought a 1957 house with (mostly) original kitchen.
>
>One drawer (topmost, to the right of the sink) is steel. The
>rest, and all of the cupboards, are good quality plywood.
>
>Seems to me that the steel drawer had some special function,
>but I can't guess what it was.
>
>Anybody got an idea?
>
>Thanks for reading,
>
>bob prohaska
>
>

My aunts used to have one in their kitchen. They kept flour and corn
meal in it.

On Mon 20 Oct 2008 11:03:01a, The Cook told us...

> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:09:30 GMT, bob prohaska's usenet account
> > wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Just bought a 1957 house with (mostly) original kitchen.
>>
>>One drawer (topmost, to the right of the sink) is steel. The
>>rest, and all of the cupboards, are good quality plywood.
>>
>>Seems to me that the steel drawer had some special function,
>>but I can't guess what it was.
>>
>>Anybody got an idea?
>>
>>Thanks for reading,
>>
>>bob prohaska
>>
>>
>
> My aunts used to have one in their kitchen. They kept flour and corn
> meal in it.
>

Must ahve been hard to separate the two. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright
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On Sun 19 Oct 2008 11:09:30p, bob prohaska's usenet account told us...

> Hi all,
>
> Just bought a 1957 house with (mostly) original kitchen.
>
> One drawer (topmost, to the right of the sink) is steel. The
> rest, and all of the cupboards, are good quality plywood.
>
> Seems to me that the steel drawer had some special function,
> but I can't guess what it was.
>
> Anybody got an idea?
>
> Thanks for reading,
>
> bob prohaska
>
>
>
The home I grew up in was much older than yours, but we had such a drawer,
which also had a sliding metal lid inside with small perforations. It was
a bread drawer. In our case it was not the topmost drawer, but I'm sure
yours was for the same purpose.


--
Wayne Boatwright
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Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
> The home I grew up in was much older than yours, but we had such a drawer,
> which also had a sliding metal lid inside with small perforations. It was
> a bread drawer. In our case it was not the topmost drawer, but I'm sure
> yours was for the same purpose.
>
>
Many thanks to all, the bread storage idea makes perfect sense.

bob prohaska

On Mon 20 Oct 2008 07:14:22p, bob prohaska's usenet account told us...

> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>> The home I grew up in was much older than yours, but we had such a
>> drawer, which also had a sliding metal lid inside with small
>> perforations. It was a bread drawer. In our case it was not the
>> topmost drawer, but I'm sure yours was for the same purpose.
>>
>>
> Many thanks to all, the bread storage idea makes perfect sense.
>
> bob prohaska
>
>

You're welcome!

--
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"bob prohaska's usenet account" > wrote in message
...
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>> The home I grew up in was much older than yours, but we had such a
>> drawer,
>> which also had a sliding metal lid inside with small perforations. It
>> was
>> a bread drawer. In our case it was not the topmost drawer, but I'm sure
>> yours was for the same purpose.
>>
>>
> Many thanks to all, the bread storage idea makes perfect sense.
>
> bob prohaska


well? Well?
Are you going to use it for bread?

Squeak! Squeak!

Dee Randall > wrote:
> well? Well?
> Are you going to use it for bread?
>
> Squeak! Squeak!

Probably not; I only bake bread once every few weeks, which means
it has to be refrigerated to prevent mold.

Now, to come up with a suitable alternative use for the drawer....

Thanks to one and all!

bob

In article >,
says...
> Dee Randall > wrote:
> > well? Well?
> > Are you going to use it for bread?
> >
> > Squeak! Squeak!
>
> Probably not; I only bake bread once every few weeks, which means
> it has to be refrigerated to prevent mold.
>
> Now, to come up with a suitable alternative use for the drawer....
>
> Thanks to one and all!
>
> bob
>
>
Perhaps to keep rats and mice out of the other drawers.
--
Jerry Bank
Trenton, New Jersey
Music is the language of the gods.

"bob prohaska's usenet account" > wrote in message
...
> Dee Randall > wrote:
>> well? Well?
>> Are you going to use it for bread?
>>
>> Squeak! Squeak!
>
> Probably not; I only bake bread once every few weeks, which means
> it has to be refrigerated to prevent mold.
>
> Now, to come up with a suitable alternative use for the drawer....
>
> Thanks to one and all!
>
> bob


Is it a deep drawer?

For myself, if it were deep, I'd put all the kitchen towels/cloths in it.
Or any big utensils that you use a lot that won't go into a shallow drawer.
If you make espresso, it would be a great place to store all the iddy-piddy
thingies that are needed to make espresso; that would be handy.

Sounds great to me -- easily washable, too.

Dee Dee

On Oct 21, 10:40 pm, bob prohaska's usenet account
> wrote:

>
> Now, to come up with a suitable alternative use for the drawer....


You pitch metal utensils into it from about five feet away - the
clanging will wake a lazy spouse who might THEN help put dishes away
the night before.

Usually steel drawer use in stocking the chinawares, and dinnerwares which they only use during occasion.