This old stove

Are you wondering why there is a picture of a stove on our blog? This is the stove in our lodge kitchen that we use to cook breakfast on for our B & B guests and for our own personal use. As intimidating as it was 4 years ago when we moved in, we love it now.

The story, as I have heard it, is that Petra Boostrom cooked on a woodburning cooking fireplace in the kitchen. When Charlie and Petra sold the lodge in the 1940's, the first thing the new owner did was remove the cooking fireplace and replace it with this Granger propane stove. What was the very modern cooking stove in the 1940's is 60 years old now and would be considered vintage - but I love cooking on it and plan on hanging on to it until it is an antique.

The griddle on the right will cook 12 pancakes at once and has 4 burners and a broiler under it. When you are making pancake breakfasts for large groups going out on their canoe trips, this is a great thing to have! The stove has two large ovens and six large burners on top. It is not uncommon to have everything on at once during the cooking of a large breakfast. Now just imagine how hot the kitchen can get in August or how nicely it warms up in May or October.