Tiny but mighty

I can't tell you how much fun I had using a tiny little stove on our recent trip to a remote cabin in Minnesota! Or can I?...

The Little Stove that Could
We recently rented a cabin in the sticks,
The meals for us I had to fix,
The tiny white stove was circa “old”,
But it worked well and had no mold,
It was the cutest thing I’d ever seen,
Really small but really clean,
The Easy Bake oven came to mind,
The tiny oven was a one of a kind,
I had never cooked with gas before,
I carefully opened the tiny door,
It scarcely would hold a loaf of bread,
“I really like this”, was all I said,
The front right eye was my pick,
And it got very hot, oh so quick,
I boiled the water in the pot,
Spaghetti for dinner, like it or not,
Next day, we’d have grilled cheese,
Any excuse to use the stove, please,
The strangest thing that I did prepare,
Was a rock or two that I placed there,
In the oven to get nice and warm,
A “heating pad” in a primitive form,
It eased the back pain as it should,
The little stove that certainly could

Tammy Harvey
Written: 9/12/2016

I just returned from an adventurous trip to Minnesota where I experienced life in a remote and primitive cabin for a week. No phones, no internet, no television, but we did have running water and electricity, a rustic cabin but with a bathroom and shower, plus a small kitchen for cooking. It was peaceful and beautiful. The weather was perfect, and the fishing was fine.