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.
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.
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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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Tin makes me think it was meant for bread storage.
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.
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?"
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.
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.
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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?
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Tin makes me think it was meant for bread storage.
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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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.
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.
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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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.
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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?
A cooling compartment for a small block of ice and enough room to store and keep some foods from spoiling?
> 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.
> 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.
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> What is this for?
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Three votes for bread. And three votes for "What's the picture?"
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Thanks!
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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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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.
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.
Those kind of bread bins usually have a cover that slides closed, too. SO that when you open the drawer, it's still closed. I don't know why, but they were most certainly bread bins. Even the roll-top bread bins (still common today) have covers and not much (if any) venting.
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.
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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?
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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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.
