Did the old timers have a seperate building for cooking?

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Originally Posted by BillM Usually the kitchen was separated from the rest of the house by a roof that covered the porch between the kitchen and the house. This was called a "dog run "

This. I grew up in such a place. This was because in the summer, an attached kitchen would make it to hot to live in the house due to cooking on a wood stove, and also because of the risk of fire. That way, you might lose the kitchen, but you'd have a good chance of saving the rest of the house.

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Did the old timers have a seperate building for cooking?