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Stoves are not a new invention. The idea of contained heat to cook food has been around for thousands of years. Yes, there were times when they cooked dinners over crudely made campfires, but ovens were actually fairly common, whether they were made of clay or iron.

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Colonist were people do did not have electricity or gas. They cooked their food over or in a fire, or a makeshift stove.

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They used salt and then hung the meat to dry in a steakhouse for the winter.

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