. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . neglected to make good provision forthe winter repented of their indolence, however, formany a weary day passed before all the companythat were to live in the city had come together inAmerica. 28 STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA HOW WE KEPT HOUSE While building the clumsy fireplace, I had askedmyself marry times how- it might be possible formother to do any cooking when it was filled withblazing wood; but I soon had good proof thatit would serve her purpose nearly as well as if it had been fashionedproperly, with afair chimney tocarry away thesmoke.
. Stephen of Philadelphia; a story of Penn's colony . neglected to make good provision forthe winter repented of their indolence, however, formany a weary day passed before all the companythat were to live in the city had come together inAmerica. 28 STEPHEN OF PHILADELPHIA HOW WE KEPT HOUSE While building the clumsy fireplace, I had askedmyself marry times how- it might be possible formother to do any cooking when it was filled withblazing wood; but I soon had good proof thatit would serve her purpose nearly as well as if it had been fashionedproperly, with afair chimney tocarry away thesmoke. She hadbrought with herwhat house-wivescall a Dutch oven,which is nothingmore than a boxof thin iron, withone side whollyopen so that the heat may come at whatever is inside,and with a shelf in the middle to hold three or foursmall pots or pans. Ours was about three feet wide, two feet in depth,with a height of two and one half feet. When theopen side of this was set directly in front of the fire,and well into the fireplace that it might be banked. HOW WE KEPT HOUSE 29 around with live embers, that which had been putinside must perforce be cooked, and in a very cleanlymanner. There is little need for me to say that mother hadiron pots which might be hung directly over the fireby chains attached to a stout bar of wood laid acrossthe top of the fireplace; but these could be used onlyfor boiling, while the baking must be done in somesuch contrivance as the oven. Many of our neighbors, having no such luxuries aswe, baked their bread in iron pans set directly amongthe embers; but this was by no means cleanly, since, asfather often said, there was more of ashes than mealwhen the loaf was cooked. As for water, we had it in plenty. Within twentyyards of our cave was a spring from which an hundredpeople might have quenched their thirst every minute inthe day without lessening the supply, and in front of uswas the river, on the bank of which, when the weatherwas not too cold, mother and
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