FROM 1750 - 1830 > FOOD & COOKING               1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40               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 ...     Stillion A stillion was a cool slate shelf, originally used to store beer or wine casks. This example taken from a house in Co. Wexford was ...     Churn The simple churn was often operated by a woman who grasped the handle with both hands, moving it up and down. Wooden skimmers were ...     Poteen Making Poteen was made in many districts. It used up the extra grain which farmers had and was much better than expensive, poor-tasting ...     Knife and Spoon Box Most poor families were still using simple wooden cutlery at the beginning of the 19th century. The knives and forks were usually kept ...     <>             1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40