Comment on Have you ever seen coal in real life?
Acamon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Use to have an open coal fire in my childhood home. Made many a coal fire. It’s very sooty on the hands!
Comment on Have you ever seen coal in real life?
Acamon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Use to have an open coal fire in my childhood home. Made many a coal fire. It’s very sooty on the hands!
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It wasn’t charcoal? That sounds wretched. Would it not release toxins into the house?
Acamon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Don’t think so! Defintely much heavier and more solid than bbq charcoal. I don’t remember it being very smoky, weird less so than wood fires (which have a distinctive and pleasant smell) or peat fires, which were also common in my region but would trigger my asthma. But possibly it was just that I was used to coal? Maybe someone else would have found it gross?