Ingredient 2: Tools and Methods of Cooking
This traditional tea trivet was used in the late 1700's. The antique cast iron tripod was implemented into daily lives for the heating and cooking of foods. It would be placed near a fire or over coals to heat and cook the food slowly.
Early cooking implements range from the classic trivet, an iron tripod used for cooking over fire or coals, all the way to hasty pudding sticks, a wooden spoon like device used to make porridge like substances. Wallace Nutting highlights hundreds of kitchen implements, in addition to every other piece of furniture in the kitchen, as well as the entire household. Take a peak into various household tools once used.
These mini cooking pots represent the classic pot used in the 19th century. Tripod legs were used to raise cooking pots so they could be placed over the source of heat, usually coals or a fire. At the time, fire was quintessential for all households, and was constantly being tended to, as they not only provided a source to cook, but heat for the house.
Rorer lists discounted prices of these silver utensils. When buying silver, she notes it is important to only buy articles that have a stamp or trade-mark of a marker who has a positive reputation.
Carving, a technique in the kitchen, is referred to as an art. These new styles of preparing and handling food in the kitchen were not easily accessible to everyone, and not always simple in execution. 3.4 million years ago stones were the new inventive way of carving into meat, but greater more elaborate ways evolved. Here, instructional maps of meat from the 17th century are drawn to exemplify the proper carving techniques. Well thought out planning and easy to follow instructions allowed the art of carving to become more of an everyday action by Americans.