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Creole Space Heater Toast - Adjust To Taste

Creole Space Heater Toast - adjust to taste series Creole Space Heater Toast By Dustin Fuqua@dustycreole  Filé forager and maker featured in our Bayou Bundle On cold mornings I like to reminisce about drinking coffeemilk by the old space heater with my great-grandmother and eating her signature breakfast, which I can only describe as “space heater toast.”  Country people know what I’m talking about when I say “space heater.” A hallmark of old wood frame homes of Cajuns and Creoles, they replaced or supplemented chimneys or wood-burning stoves. There’s nothing like posting up in front of the old space heater...

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