#toy stoves

[hometoursandotherstuff]

A window seat showcases a collection of toy stoves. 

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[chemung-valley-curator]

A Tragic History of Tiny Stoves by Erin Doane, curator

Children love to pretend to cook. That’s not surprising as food is such a huge part of our lives. I remember making mud “pies,” milk weed pod “pickles,” and “pizza” out of a piece of wood covered in sawdust “cheese” (I grew up at a lumber mill). Some of my luckier friends actually had Easy-Bake Ovens so they could really bake. Kitchen toys have been around for longer than some of us may imagine. In the 19th century, girls played with toy stoves to help them learn their duties as a housewife. (READ MORE)

[gwydionmisha]

Before the Easy-Bake Oven, Toy Stoves Were Beautiful and Deadly

They burned real fuel and caused real damage.

Ooooo!  We had one similar, but less fancy, along the lines of the top one from the 1920's flosting around when I was growing up.  Until this moment I had not realized you were supposed to put a real coal in and use it to cook.

[chemung-valley-curator]

A Tragic History of Tiny Stoves by Erin Doane, curator Children love to pretend to cook. That’s not surprising as food is such a huge part of our lives. I remember making mud “pies,” milk weed pod “pickles,” and “pizza” out of a piece of wood covered in sawdust “cheese” (I grew up at a lumber mill). Some of my luckier friends actually had Easy-Bake Ovens so they could really bake. Kitchen toys have been around for longer than some of us may imagine. In the 19th century, girls played with toy stoves to help them learn their duties as a housewife. (READ MORE)