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FROM 1750 - 1830 > FOOD & COOKING |
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Dish Ring Dish rings, like the one in the picture, were placed under hot dishes to protect polished table tops. In the 1770s they were often ... |
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Limerick cup and spoon At the great social banquets held in the great Georgian country houses the tables were adorned with the finest silver cutlery and china. ... |
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Noggin This stave-built wooden bucket was known as a noggin and was widely used in rural Ireland. |
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Bog Butter This container of bog butter was dug up in Co. Tyrone. Farmers used to bury butter in bogs to preserve it for times when milk was in ... |
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Churning Farmers’ wives or daughters churned milk to make butter which was sold in the local market. The buttermilk which was left was used by ... |
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Salt Box Salt was kept in a special salt box that hung on the wall near the hearth. It was used to preserve meat and bacon for use in the winter ... |
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Ice House The gentry class sometimes had a cold store or ice-house for preserving food. Ice was collected in winter from frozen ponds and placed ... |
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Smoking Food Wide chimneys were sometimes used to smoke meat. This was a common practice among prosperous farmers. |
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Poteen Still Illegal whiskey, or poteen, was made in many remote areas. The main piece of equipment in the production process was the still. Poteen ... |
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Serving Potatoes This 1822 description shows how a family set about eating the main meal of the day. |
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