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Queens Village was founded as Little Plains in the 1640s. Homage to this part of Queens Village history is found on the sign above the Long Island Railroad Station there. In 1824, Thomas Brush established a blacksmith shop in the area. He prospered and built several other shops and a factory, and the area soon became known as Brushville.
A collection of vintage cast iron cookware. Most of the major manufacturers of cast iron cookware in the United States began production in the late 1800s or early 1900s. Cast-iron cookware and stoves were especially popular among homemakers and housekeepers during the first half of the 20th century.
Wagner grew into a major manufacturer of cast iron and aluminum products, selling in the US and Europe. In addition to cookware it manufactured furnace grates, feed troughs, rubbish burners, kettles, and chemists' mortars. The company won many awards, and at one point had a 60% market share in cookware. [3]
Delft Blue Druware Dutch Oven Newspaper advertisement for a sale on Druware DRU Enameled Cookware. Druware, also known as DRU Holland cookware [1] [2] and Royal Dru, [3] [4] was a line of porcelain-enamel-coated cast-iron cookware made by the De Koninklijke Diepenbrock & Reigers of Ulft (DRU) company in Achterhoek, Netherlands.
Descoware is a discontinued brand of porcelain- or enamel-coated cast-iron cookware [1] [2] [3] Among notable Descoware pots are dutch ovens. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Although Descoware is now little-remembered, specialist sources hold that it was the favorite cooking ware of American cooking instructor and television personality Julia Child , more so than ...
Traces of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg detected on a sandstone grinding slab and other stone tools reveal that curry was eaten in what’s now Vietnam at least 2,000 years ago.
Cousances – French cookware manufacturer, known for enameled cast iron pans (cocotte in French). The company was formed in 1553 and was acquired by Le Creuset in 1957. Descoware – a brand of porcelain-coated cast iron cookware; Emile Henry; Fire-King; Grab-it – microwave-safe cookware introduced by Corning Glass Works in 1977; Le Chasseur
A potbelly stove is a cast-iron, coal-burning or wood-burning stove that is cylindrical with a bulge in the middle. [1] The name is derived from the resemblance of the stove to a fat person's pot belly. Potbelly stoves were used to heat large rooms and were often found in train stations or one-room schoolhouses. The flat top of the stove allows ...