"Dan Goodman" > wrote in news:46cfad9f$0$962$804603d3
@auth.newsreader.iphouse.com:

> Steve Wertz wrote:
>
>> On 25 Aug 2007 00:55:07 GMT, Dan Goodman wrote:
>>
>> > In the place where I now live is a kitchen whose cabinets were
>> > installed some time ago. Among them is a compartment lined with
>> > tin (I think). There's a picture painted(?) on the back wall of
>> > this compartment.
>> >
>> > What is this for?
>>
>> Three votes for bread. And three votes for "What's the picture?"
>
> Thanks!
>
> The picture is a bird looking at a green traffic light. Unless the bin
> was intended for birdseed, I don't think the picture has anything to do
> with what it was used for.
>
>
>

If this is a drawer style cabinet with compartments I'd lean towards
suspecting it's use for storage of things like flour or sugar. My
thinking on this is that the tin would allow for easier cleaning between
fillings over plain wood like in mom's old kitchen...except mom's were
lined in some sort of plastic. And if it were a door style cabinet with
shelves I would lean towards bread and pie storage only if there appeared
to be some sort of venting. No venting would improve mold forming
conditions so usually pie and bread safes were vented.

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