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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...

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...

Tang Po Zi (汤婆子) is a brass warmer. The name literally means hot water grandma. (photo from internet) When my Mom married my Dad, they...

There wasn’t much spare space in the bedroom. My parents’ bed occupied most of it. There were many closets in the room, but they were...