Cooking Made Easy

I’ve been out of the office for a few days. Glad to return to work. I have a few more Old West ads I’d like to share before I begin a series on great cowboy duos. Chapter one of the book The Plea is now available at www.chrisenss.com. I’ll be adding more to the chapter as the month goes on. And now a word from our sponsor. This ad features a monster stove I can’t imagine would even fit in a pioneer home. Pioneer women endured a lot to take care of her family. She hauled water in to the home from a nearby stream, chopped wood for heat, cleaned clothes on a washboard, and cooked meals over an open fire using heavy kettles and awkward fireplace appliances. An invention introduced in 1820 made things easier for wives and mothers and made the cast-iron cook-stove a much sought after household item. The cast-iron cook-stove simplified cooking because their stovetops were at waist level, which saved housewives from constantly stooping. It also burned one-third less wood. In the 1830s cook-stoves were reduced in price, giving every family more of a chance to own one. By the 1850s only rural families and poor Southerners continued with the old ways.