Welcome To Pilgrims and Pioneers!

After many years of researching my family geneaology I have been lucky enough to discover actual information about my relatives that lived in the Pilgrim Era and the Pioneer Era- while many people also have realtives from those eras- many do not know their names or where they lived- actually seeing the proof in print makes you much more aware of who they really were.
After discovering these relatives it of course made me curious to learn more about the eras that they lived in and what their lives were like as, the history I learned in grade school had long since been forgotten.
I decided to start this blog for others who are also interested in these eras.
Some of the information here will be actual facts about my realtives and some will be information about the eras in general that I have found on the web.
I hope you will enjoy traveling back in time with me!

Friday, October 24, 2008

The Olde Summer Kitchen


What is a summer kitchen you ask? Well...It was a small building back of the house, one room, with wide open windows, and a sturdy screen door.The purpose to a summer kitchen was to save the house from overheating and mess. It also helped prevent the danger of fire in the main house.

The summer kitchen could also be used as a laundry room including an old type wringer washer. Water would be carried in , poured into big copper canners (boilers) and heated, sounds like work doesn't it? Rainwater was saved in a cistern and was ideal for a good washing. Can you imagine washing 7-8 batches of dirty laundry in the same water and one medium bar of home made soap? No fabric softener but one cup of vinegar worked well, still does!

Even in the modern days it would be nice to have an olde summer kitchen- a place to get away form the hussle& bussle of today's busy life.

4 comments:

nancy huggins said...

Hard to imagine living like that with 9 kids but in a way I have always thought about what a simple (but hard) life that must have been. A much better world than what we have now. Seems like everything was structered.
You bring so many memories back in your blog...something I always used to wish for but to late now to try and fix up an old house...I am to old to tackle it anymore. Thanks for the wonderful memories from decades ago :)
Nancy

KKJD1 said...

Yep sure sounds like fun. I still think I was born in the wrong century. Have a great weekend. Blessings, Karen

Debra said...

I can't belive you raised 9 younguns! Nerves of steel you must have!

Debra said...

What a great way to state that! I think I was born in the wrong century too!

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