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?



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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?
>


Tin makes me think it was meant for bread storage.

gloria p

Puester > wrote in
:

> 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?

> Tin makes me think it was meant for bread storage.
>
> gloria p

I think of pies and bread.

Dan Goodman said...

> 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?


What's the picture of?

Bread bin? Potato bin?

Andy

Andy wrote:

> Dan Goodman said...
>
> > 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?
>
>
> What's the picture of?

A bird looking at a traffic light.

> Bread bin? Potato bin?
>
> Andy



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Puester wrote:

> 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?
>
> Tin makes me think it was meant for bread storage.

Which seems to be the concensus.

Thanks!

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sandi wrote:

> Puester > wrote in
> :
>
> > 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?
>
> > Tin makes me think it was meant for bread storage.
> >
> > gloria p
>
> I think of pies and bread.

Thanks!


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Andy wrote:

> Dan Goodman said...
>
> > 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?

>
> What's the picture of?
>
> Bread bin? Potato bin?

Bread bin seems most likely. There's something else which appears to
have been used as a potato bin.

Thanks!

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Find out what makes you different and better. Because it is there,
if only you can find it." Vernor Vinge, _Rainbows End_
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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.



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Find out what makes you different and better. Because it is there,
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On 25 Aug 2007 04:18:39 GMT, "Dan Goodman" > wrote:

>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.

It's gotta be for bread. I dunno know why you've got such a big bread
bin, but you do.


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"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.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
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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

On Aug 25, 3:39 am, sf wrote:
> On 25 Aug 2007 04:18:39 GMT, "Dan Goodman" > wrote:
>
>
>
> >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.
>
> It's gotta be for bread. I dunno know why you've got such a big bread
> bin, but you do.
>
> --
>
> Ham and eggs.
> A day's work for the chicken, a lifetime commitment for the pig.

Well, I only make 2 or 4 loaves at a time but my mother usually made 6
loaves. They take up a lot of room. Add a pie or some doughnuts and
you've quickly got a full bin.

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

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?

Breadbox?

If the compartment was a bin and had a tight-fitting lid,
I'd say it was a built-in tea chest.

Maybe a root cellar.

--Blair

Dan Goodman > wrote:
>> Tin makes me think it was meant for bread storage.
>
>Which seems to be the concensus.

Mice can't chew through tin.

--Blair

"Blair P. Houghton" > wrote in message .. .
> 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?
>
> Breadbox?
>
> If the compartment was a bin and had a tight-fitting lid,
> I'd say it was a built-in tea chest.
>
> Maybe a root cellar.

In the 1920's and early 30's bread bins were fairly common. This sounds like the bread bin in my first house, a neat ginger-bread
which was built in 1929. The metal lined drawer had a sliding metal top. We used it for cereal (in boxes) but it was definitely a
bread bin. My grandmother's home had one, too.

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Robert L Bass > wrote:
>In the 1920's and early 30's bread bins were fairly common. This sounds
>like the bread bin in my first house, a neat ginger-bread
>which was built in 1929. The metal lined drawer had a sliding metal
>top. We used it for cereal (in boxes) but it was definitely a
>bread bin. My grandmother's home had one, too.

I think I need to mod a cabinet shelf for that. I've been
looking for a breadbox for ages, and the decent ones are all too
big for the space I keep my bread in.

I need to put the bread elsewhere.

--Blair
"Thinking outside the box."

In article > ,
Blair P. Houghton > wrote:

> Robert L Bass > wrote:
> >In the 1920's and early 30's bread bins were fairly common. This sounds
> >like the bread bin in my first house, a neat ginger-bread
> >which was built in 1929. The metal lined drawer had a sliding metal
> >top. We used it for cereal (in boxes) but it was definitely a
> >bread bin. My grandmother's home had one, too.
>
> I think I need to mod a cabinet shelf for that. I've been
> looking for a breadbox for ages, and the decent ones are all too
> big for the space I keep my bread in.
>
> I need to put the bread elsewhere.
>
> --Blair
> "Thinking outside the box."

I keep it in the freezer.
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>> I need to put the bread elsewhere.
>>
>
> I keep it in the freezer.

That'll work. I usually just buy enough for one or two days. If I
were making it I'm sure I'd do things differently though. Whatever
you do, the tighter you keep it sealed the longer it will last and
the better it will taste IMO. I like those big, polypropylene
freezer boxes for keeping stuff fresh. I also use clear, round
plastic containers with the squeeze-release lids. I got a bunch of
them on sale at BB&B a few years ago. They keep the bugs out of
flour, pasta and other long-term stuff in my pantry. I think they'd
be good for short, home-made bread loaves but they're useless for
long French and Italian rolls.

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On Aug 24, 7:55 pm, "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?
>
> --
> Dan Goodman
> "You, each of you, have some special wild cards. Play with them.
> Find out what makes you different and better. Because it is there,
> if only you can find it." Vernor Vinge, _Rainbows End_
> Journalhttp://dsgood.livejournal.com
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> Linkshttp://del.icio.us/dsgood

Bread.

I had a tin-lined bread drawer in my "old" kitchen, but I opted for a
nice-looking bread box for my "new" kitchen. I needed the drawer
space for other stuff.

When we built our house, we just took the drawer that we wanted to
make the bread drawer down to a machine shop, and they made a tin
liner for it with a lid (on a piano hinge) that opened up half the tin
box. I loved it.

You can order stainless steel liners for different kitchen cupboards
today - just google. They are much more expensive, relatively, than
the custom-fitted tin one I had.

N.

> 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.
>
> --
>
> The house of the burning beet-Alan

The old "Hoosier" style kitchen cupboards usually had a bin in the
bottom half that tipped forward when it was open - lined with tin -
for flour. You could empty your big bag of flour into it and then
just scoop it out as needed with a cup. My grandma's farm kitchen had
one of those bins built in to one wall of cupboards.

As for veggies or potatoes, in my experience they also need some air
flow, so a tin-lined bin wouldn't be the best place to store them.

N.

Omelet > wrote:
>
>I keep it in the freezer.

Some I do.

La Brea bakery demi baguettes, for instance.

Freeze well, thaw and warm to near-fresh quality.

And worth having even at less-than-fresh quality.

But the Oroweat Country Potato bread is too soft and
would totally change character if I did that. Luckily,
it's so jammed with preservatives that it lasts for about
three weeks after opening.

--Blair

On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:02:53 -0700, Nancy2 >
wrote:

>You can order stainless steel liners for different kitchen cupboards
>today - just google. They are much more expensive, relatively, than
>the custom-fitted tin one I had.
>
Wow! That's a refreshing change.


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