Potato Pounder When potatoes had been boiled in the cooking pot, they were often mashed by the woman using an iron potato pounder.
Storing Potatoes Even in the late 19th century many poor families continued to rely on the potato as their staple diet. Potatoes were stored in the ...
Potato skins Many families, who had moved to Belfast from rural areas, kept farm animals in their ‘back entry’. Pigs were kept by many working class ...
Crane For cooking on open fires a metal crane was necessary. It swivelled over the fire allowing the woman of the house to attach various ...
The Griddle In most rural cottages the griddle was in regular use. Nearly every woman in rural Ulster could make soda bread. These were produced ...
A Substantial Farm Kitchen This 1912 photograph records the scene in a farm kitchen from a house near Ballynahinch, Co. Down. On the table you can see a ...
Gas Ring By the end of the 19th century many of the working class terraced houses had gas rings just like this one. Its main use was to boil a ...
Cooking Range By the end of the 19th century many middle class families had fitted a range in their kitchen. Made from cast iron the ranges allowed ...
Butcher’s Shop This great display of meat is hanging outside a butcher’s shop in the village of Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone. The photograph was taken a ...
Meat safe A meat safe was attached to the back wall of a house outside the kitchen. Before the widespread use of refrigerators, meat safes were ...
