Everything is changing so fast.
Most everyone today has heard the above phrase. At times if feels like it comes from the older generation more than the younger.
But wait a minute — this “older generation” you refer too lived through great changes. Computers were developed. Jet airplanes went into wide use. Fabrics changed from natural fiber to wash & wear blends to knits predominating over woven for everyday use. Cars are safer. Household appliances are smarter (at times too complicated). Yes, the second half of the 20th century demonstrated great technology change.
But what about previous generations and eras? Great changes happened during the middle decades of the 19-century also.
In the 1850’s households were glad for the technology change from fireplace to stove. Cooking was easier – you needed flat bottom kettles and pans — a change from three-legged cast iron pots. But the heat was more even and easier to control. The same with warming the room — a stove brought more heat to a larger portion of the room. And another bonus — a stove used approximately one-third the wood of a fireplace.
Polly Black (and the other women) in fictional Elm Ridge, Illinois often had a soup or stew simmering on the stove for the evening meal. Also on the stove would be a teakettle — not only for brewing a warm drink — but a bit of hot water for the wash basin or to clean the dishes.
Learn Polly’s story in the sweet, historical romance, Stitching a Dream. The book is available at all the popular on-line retailers as ebook or print.
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