People really used to put things outside to cool, years ago. A dish towel over the top of the pie kept it (fairly) clean. If you didn’t have A/C, cooling things inside on the counter just heated up the inside of the house.
In the UK when I was growing up, we didn’t have A/C, central air or even an icebox. And my mother NEVER put a pie or hot food on the window sill to cool. It seems to be to be an American Heartland stereotype.
I imagine it had something to do with needing space in the kitchen while you were preparing the rest of the meal. Either that or it’s completely a cartoon invention and wasn’t actually (or at least, not commonly) done until then.
It’s nice that a cartoon doesn’t have to worry about screens in the way or why one would use a living room or den window sill instead of a kitchen one.
Not related to this, but it revives memories of a cake cooling on the kitchen table. We left the kitchen for a very short while and upon return found the cat nested comfortably on/in the warm cake.
Had a dog that snatched an entire roast beef from the table and gobbled it down incredibly fast. Had quite the tummy upset and had to be on a restricted bland doggy diet for a few days afterwards. The roast that he “emitted” was not in salvagable condition, needless to say.
Here in Belgium farmers used cellars or basement rooms to cool pies. But still village boys managed to steal pies by climbing trough the cellar window or hatch.
Templo S.U.D. over 11 years ago
Yet another flaw for having a balloon tied to your tail: easy suspicion when looking through a window. Better fudge the idea for good, Poncho.
Tsukuyomi over 11 years ago
Why would you put a pie at the window anyway
Charlie Fogwhistle over 11 years ago
People really used to put things outside to cool, years ago. A dish towel over the top of the pie kept it (fairly) clean. If you didn’t have A/C, cooling things inside on the counter just heated up the inside of the house.
opentomeet over 11 years ago
In the UK when I was growing up, we didn’t have A/C, central air or even an icebox. And my mother NEVER put a pie or hot food on the window sill to cool. It seems to be to be an American Heartland stereotype.
Xane_T over 11 years ago
I imagine it had something to do with needing space in the kitchen while you were preparing the rest of the meal. Either that or it’s completely a cartoon invention and wasn’t actually (or at least, not commonly) done until then.
oldmachead Premium Member over 11 years ago
Hmm … the balloon popped but his tail isn’t down with guilt?
ciel over 11 years ago
It’s nice that a cartoon doesn’t have to worry about screens in the way or why one would use a living room or den window sill instead of a kitchen one.
Not related to this, but it revives memories of a cake cooling on the kitchen table. We left the kitchen for a very short while and upon return found the cat nested comfortably on/in the warm cake.
Had a dog that snatched an entire roast beef from the table and gobbled it down incredibly fast. Had quite the tummy upset and had to be on a restricted bland doggy diet for a few days afterwards. The roast that he “emitted” was not in salvagable condition, needless to say.
erik.vanthienen over 11 years ago
Here in Belgium farmers used cellars or basement rooms to cool pies. But still village boys managed to steal pies by climbing trough the cellar window or hatch.
JP Steve Premium Member over 11 years ago
Didn’t Tom Sawyer steal pies off the kitchen windowsill?