ALL TIMESCAPES > FOOD & COOKING   1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100   Dining Room Strong farmers began to copy the wealthy near the end of the 18th century. They built houses with small dining rooms where they could ...     Farmers’ Food Most of this produce was home produced by well-off farmers.     Wine Wines were imported from the continent – wine from France and port form Portugal. The wealthy took wine with their meal and port after ...     Tea By the middle of the 18th century tea was becoming popular in Ireland. It was very expensive at this time and was kept in a tea-caddy.     Kitchen Equipment Some larger houses had ovens but most cooking was done over a open fire.     Dining Table This small dining table is laid out with a Wedgewood dinner service and fine silver. Beside each wine glass was a rinser as you could ...     Mrs Delaney’s Menu Mrs Delaney was a famous 18th century Irish hostess. Some of her dinner parties had 14 courses.     Skillet The skillet was a 3-legged iron pot used to boil potatoes. Every cottier’s home had one.     Breadsticks Poor families baked bread without an oven. Bread was baked in front of the fire and supported in this position by bread sticks. Early ...     A quern In the late 18th century querns, which had existed for thousands of years, were still used to grind corn. The grain was poured into the ...     <> 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100