Wednesday, July 19, 2017

OLD TIME POTS AND SKITTLES & SHEET WARMER


OLDEN TIMES
POTS & SKITTLES
SHEETS WARMER PAN


The pots and kettles, skittles and frying pans, stood on 'legs', so that they could be placed

on the hot coals of the fireplace used as the kitchen stove. Later someone came up with what they

called a 'toast rack' which stood on it's own little spindle legs, a kitchen luxury that sat near the fire.

Also found in the kitchen was a shallow brass pan, about a foot in diameter, with a pierced

cover. To use it, one would fill it with hot coals from the fire and thrust it between the icy cold bed

sheet before jumping in bed.


Abstract: Harrison H., July 2017, Lewes, from Washington. D.C. Sunday Newspaper, April 29, 1900.

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