My Arthur

[havanaholly]

Heather, a Hoosier cabinet was one of those items of kitchen furniture no well-run home of 100+ years ago was without. You stored your pots, pans, lids, mixing bowls and bakeware on the shelves in the bottom, behind the double doors, and your spoons & measuring stuff in the drawers. Your dishes, etc, went behind the glass doors on the upper shelves. To make breakfast biscuits you sifted flour from the built-in bin on the side into the mixing bowl, stirred in your salt & baking soda, worked in lard with your fingers until the mixture looked mealy and then quickly stirred in cold buttermilk with a fork just until the dough formed a ball. You pulled out the breadboard and put a little flour on it, patted your dough on it into a fat roll and pinched off pieces and rolled them between your palms and popped them onto the baking pan patted each one flat & popped them into your nice, hot oven.

[ChildhoodRevisited]

Holly,

Good answer, except now I use mine to store cookbooks, wine glasses, and various cooking oils, vinegars, and liquers. I still use the enamel board alot though as it is the only thing my pasta roller will stay attached to with the vice. Today's counters are too rounded and thick.

[havanaholly]

I know what you mean, I have my DM's old meat grinder & can't use it for that reason!