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In that part, and then this part of the stove was here and this part here we, and up the stairs and then the- on this side of it there was a- a potato-bin. We'd come down the stairs and we'd go into the potato-bin and ah this part of it was clear. We'd go down in the cellar and do our homework there on Satur-- on- at nights. 'Cause it was nice and warm in the cellar with the stove. |
A wooden storage unit, often with multiple compartments, in which potatoes, onions, and other produce may be stored; air circulation is implemented in such a way as to slow down the vegetables' rotting. |
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Interviewer: And what would be stored in the cellar? Speaker: Well we had uh- we had our potatoes and we had a potato bin like in the fall, we put the potatoes in the potato bin then we got boxes with the sand in and- and we would bury her in the sand, we'd put a layer of the carrots and a layer of sand, a layer of carrots, layer of sand and the same with the beets- |
A wooden storage unit, often with multiple compartments, in which potatoes, onions, and other produce may be stored; air circulation is implemented in such a way as to slow down the vegetables' rotting. |
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We kept them in the basement. But this was another thing that hap-- ah happened there, there didn't seem to be sump-pumps at the time but every spring there'd be a flood of water in the basement. ... And y-- you had- they had the potato-bin built way off the ah f-- floor bec-- to keep the potatoes. And I remember one time- as I tell you, there wasn't electricity and I was going down to get the potatoes. Had to go down these stairs and get over into this bin to get the potatoes ... |
A wooden storage unit, often with multiple compartments, in which potatoes, onions, and other produce may be stored; air circulation is implemented in such a way as to slow down the vegetables' rotting. |
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Interviewer: So then your mom would can all these things? Speaker: Well yeah, you'd have a- in the cellar, you'd have preserves, all your stuff and a potato bin- Speaker 2: Pickles. Speaker: Pickles and- and you didn't buy anything. That time, you had to go to town, you didn't have a freezer. |
A wooden storage unit, often with multiple compartments, in which potatoes, onions, and other produce may be stored; air circulation is implemented in such a way as to slow down the vegetables' rotting. |
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And then there was the- the cold storage where the potatoes and- what were some of the other things? Cabbages for a little while and ah carrots. ... So- but the potato bin- you'd sit at one side, start picking up potatoes. |
A wooden storage unit, often with multiple compartments, in which potatoes, onions, and other produce may be stored; air circulation is implemented in such a way as to slow down the vegetables' rotting. |
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The basement in the house, of course, was never heat- heated and, ah, because there was a cistern there it kept a certain amount of dampness there. So we had what they call a potato bin. ... And a potato bin was the same thing as a cold room. It never froze down there but it was never what you call very hot. ... Potatoes kept like crazy so that was a big deal. And don't forget all them wonderful turnips that I used to have to- |
A wooden storage unit, often with multiple compartments, in which potatoes, onions, and other produce may be stored; air circulation is implemented in such a way as to slow down the vegetables' rotting. |