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I'm so old I remember the citrus groves and smudge pots (for preventing frost on the trees). Los Angeles Basin. The groves were still there in between all the houses that had been built. Sometimes there would be think gray smoke in the air, and you could smell it. That all disappeared in the mid-60's, probably even earlier.
I'm so old my friends and I would go to the original In N Out in Baldwin Park (not the one near the freeway, the original one is no longer there) after classes at high school. It was up near the flood control dam. Everything tastes the same now as it did then. Back then they had onion rings. but they don't anymore.
Who else here remembers the actual first In N Out?!
I remember the little round smudge pots. Our town utility people used them to mark off repair areas of streets at night.
The tall ones, we used to call salamanders. I saw a lot of them on construction jobs in the 1970's. They would warm up a work area in a hurry. I wish I could find one now.
I remember the little round smudge pots. Our town utility people used them to mark off repair areas of streets at night.
The tall ones, we used to call salamanders. I saw a lot of them on construction jobs in the 1970's. They would warm up a work area in a hurry. I wish I could find one now.
Is this what you're talking about? I've never heard of them & if the below is it, I've never seen anything like it. They're used for outdoor heating?
"Another common way to answer the question, â€What is a smudge pot?†is that it’s a device that protects orchards and vineyards. In fact, many people call these useful tools orchard heaters . As heat escapes the device, it generates and creates a blanket of heat around the trees. This keeps the air around the orchard warm enough to stave off frost. Keeping the ground warm is especially important for citrus plants in the development of their flavor."
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I'm so old I remember the citrus groves and smudge pots (for preventing frost on the trees). Los Angeles Basin. The groves were still there in between all the houses that had been built. Sometimes there would be think gray smoke in the air, and you could smell it. That all disappeared in the mid-60's, probably even earlier.
I'm so old my friends and I would go to the original In N Out in Baldwin Park (not the one near the freeway, the original one is no longer there) after classes at high school. It was up near the flood control dam. Everything tastes the same now as it did then. Back then they had onion rings. but they don't anymore.
Who else here remembers the actual first In N Out?!
Raises hand. I do
Riverside county had smudge pots a groves well into the 70's.
Very interesting, thank you for the links. I guess it's the word that's confusing, smudge.
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This are the new updated version. Probably not used for grove warming but great for keeping the patio warm.
Ah, I see. One of my sisters lives way out in the desert in San Diego Cty & they have what looks like a giant clay pizza oven on the patio. I asked if she liked pizza so much, why not cook it in the oven instead of outside where she had plenty of wild animals of all sorts in her yard... surely it must draw them in. They all laughed & said it was a patio heater.
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Very interesting, thank you for the links. I guess it's the word that's confusing, smudge.
Ah, I see. One of my sisters lives way out in the desert in San Diego Cty & they have what looks like a giant clay pizza oven on the patio. I asked if she liked pizza so much, why not cook it in the oven instead of outside where she had plenty of wild animals of all sorts in her yard... surely it must draw them in. They all laughed & said it was a patio heater.
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