Then and Now:
Farm
Kitchens
Becky Crabtree
The cool, stainless steel food preparation
rooms of today are a far cry from the colorful
kitchens of my childhood. They are about as
different as operating rooms and gypsy wagons! In
the 1960s, our kitchen glowed with
color. The big
appliances, stove
and refrigerator were
harvest gold and the
Formica tabletop
was red. The red
vinyl chairs sported
tie-on cushions made
of fabric printed with
clusters of purple
grapes. Orange and
green Tupperware
containers and stacked
metal canisters rested
on countertops sparkling
with gold and silver
confetti. The windows
over the sink were
dressed in ruffled curtains made of starched cotton
featuring big red cherries. A neon green frog sitting
by the sink held the dish scrubber in his open mouth.
Milky white dishes decorated with blue cornflowers.
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