Nonna's Kitchen
by William Fields
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Title
Nonna's Kitchen
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William Fields
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My grandmother came to America in the early part of the 20th century. When I was a youngster in the late 40s and early 50s she was still cooking on a stove just like this one. Her's was a Kalamzoo stove. One of my jobs was to bring coal up from the basement bin to use for fuel in the stove. I wonder when she got that stove. It might have been as old as my mother or older. In the mid 1920s she and my grandfather were both widowed with children. Probably as a consequence of the Spanish flu. I can imagine them setting up housekeeping after their marriage and picking this stove out on a shop floor somewhere in Wallingford, Connecticut. Large kitchen appliances didn't come as part of the furnishings when one took possession of a new house or apartment then as they often do today. I try to visualize my grandfather and my great uncle Salvatore sweating and struggling to move this cast iron beauty to their new home in New Britain. My grandfather was a locksmith and he went to work for Corbin Lock before the Great Depression. I'm sure the stove was part of the household by that time. Nonna made some wonderful food on the old iron beauty. I can remember heavenly lasagna, still piping hot from that oven, dripping melted cheese that looked like bubblegum as it was served.
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Comments (12)
Joyce Dickens
Oh my, this brings back some beautiful childhood memories william; as a young girl, I would sit at the kitchen table with my sister and brother, both older than I, and we would talk to grandmother as she cooked on a stove very similar to this one............it seems strange, but I don't remember ever being in grandmother's house when she wasn't cooking.........this is a lovely nostalgic photograph with just enough light to really bring it to life - my grandmother came to california (to San Francisco) in a covered wagon from the Dakotas and survived the great earthquake of 1906....I have her handwritten accounting of the events that took place after the quake.......sorry to ramble, you have reignited some awesome memories with this superb image - thank you!!! Joyce
Cheri Randolph
Sì, io sono seconda generazione Americana. I miei nonni provenivano dal Nord Italia vicino a Torino. Non posso portare avanti una conversazione senza tuttavia Google : -)
William Fields replied:
I can read much better than I can write. I am able to read your post without help, but I speak and write mezzo, mezzo.. When I'm in Italy, my vocabulary picks up at an astonishing rate. I'll be in Torino at the end of October. We're going from top to toe and will end up in Sicilia. One more reason we relate so well; )
Cheri Randolph
Same at my grandparent's house with the sheets on the bed, the home made wine and everything. My grandfather was a good cook, too and participated in the preparations himself. Their Caruso was playing on the Victrola, which we all enjoyed winding up. I agree, It was a good time.
Cheri Randolph
Hi William, I'll bet her gnocchi and ravioli were scrumptious as well! Thanks for taking us on your walk down memory lane and sharing this interesting vintage kitchen, too. voted
William Fields replied:
Thanks Cheri. On Sunday, she and my mother and her sisters would be making fresh pasta. They had big boards that fit on the beds and a clean sheet was laid on them and then the pasta on top of that. My grandfather would be playing Caruso on the record player and drinking his homemade vino from a gallon jug. Che il tempo meraviglioso che era! What a wonderful time it was!
Olaf Del Gaizo
A real stunner. The monotone gives us that old time feeling, and the furniture in the stove and the appliances… Well it's all great. vf