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<Kitchen Window> I asked my Mom why the windows of the kitchen were two holes. Here is the answer.. They used what they got. Glass and...

The Kitchen 1.0 was built in early 1986. I wasn’t born yet. My Mom still had two short curly pony tails. Obviously the Kitchen 1.0 wasn’t...

There was a part of the kitchen not covered by roof. So in the rainy days, my parents would put an umbrella there to stop the rain.

(by My Mom) When my Mom was cooking dinner, sometimes she would put me next to her on a little seat above the coal storage. Other time...

Kitchen 1.0 was built a few months before I was born and replaced by Kitchen 2.0 in 1990s. My Mom had her colleagues over to build this...

Housework was heavier and dirtier at that time. Everyone was wearing similar clothes doing housework: old jacket, sleeve wrap, apron,...

Controlling the heat of a coal stove wasn't so easy. People do it by adjusting the air flow. Chimney+Fan=higher heat Certain dishes...

This was the earliest stove we used. We also used coal cake stove, alcohol stove and electricity stove before gas appeared in our life....

We didn't have a kitchen nor gas in the first a few years. Sink was outdoor. Cooking was out door. Coal stove was what my Mom used to...

Comforters were all filled with cotton at that time. They were kinda heavy especially some nights we needed more than one layer. Three...