"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:45:56 -0600, Christine Dabney
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >I don't see it that some of those things were a total revolution in
>> >themselves, but what fruit they bore in the long run.
>>
>> That "chimney" idea didn't spring up out of thin air. My grandfather
>> used coffee cans and he put holes around the bottom with a church key.
>> It wasn't his idea (as far as I know) was courtesy of Grandma, who was
>> a County Extension Agent in Michigan back in the day ('50s-60's)
>> before she retired and they moved to join us in sunny Calif. Grandpa
>> didn't drink coffee or beer, so you know he was an advocate of those
>> chimneys because he had to get can donations from his friends.
>
> Big juice cans worked fine also. I don't remember what we used 50 years
> ago. Cut off the top and bottom, add holes with the church key. Add
> crumpled newspaper and briquets. Light with a match through the holes.
> Use a pair of offset pliers to lift the can off when the coals were
> ready.
>
> --
> Dan Abel
> Petaluma, California USA
>
Too bad coffee and juice doesn't come in cans anymore. Plastic is all I can
find. Those cans certainly did the trick for charcoal briquettes, didn't
they
Jill