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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 232511, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> They were in the kitchen where they held the string to tie up packages which were covered with brown paper and then strung with string. They were also used to tie poultry legs together for cooking. The plain ones were for stores to tie up boxes and packages for customers. Bakeries always had red and white twisted string to close boxes.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 232511, member: 78"]Hi, They were in the kitchen where they held the string to tie up packages which were covered with brown paper and then strung with string. They were also used to tie poultry legs together for cooking. The plain ones were for stores to tie up boxes and packages for customers. Bakeries always had red and white twisted string to close boxes. greg[/QUOTE]
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