Industrial Brocante Haybox Ick Spaer en Maek Gaer Energy-Saving Tip!
A very nice box with an even nicer background, from the 1930s-1940s.
If you want to live in an environmentally conscious way, this is a great tip!
This box was lined and filled with hay.
First you put your pan of food on the stove, and as soon as it boiled you put the pan in the box and let the food finish cooking.
Thanks to the insulating effect of the hay this certainly works, although it takes a little longer than on a high flame.
Dishes that need to simmer for a long time on a low flame, such as stews, rice and pasta, were very suitable for the haybox.
During the Second World War the box was promoted by the Dutch Housewives’ Association, and nowadays we could well advertise it again.
Super simple and very environmentally conscious!
Inside: “Ick Spaer en maeck Gaer HYGIËNISCHE HOOIKIST HET SPAARVARKEN NED. OCTROOI NO45659” and NV Zagerij en Kistenfabriek F.L. Hofman Amsterdam
Dimensions: 67 cm wide, 36 cm deep and 37 cm high.
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