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FROM 1870 - 1914 > FOOD & COOKING |
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Meeting Street House In most houses cooking was done over an open fire. Turf was widely used in rural areas and this created a distinctive smell in country ... |
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Kerry Farm Kitchen This photograph taken in 1899 shows a typical kitchen scene in a small Co. Kerry cottage. All the cooking was done over the open turf ... |
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Potatoes Among the most common varieties of potatoes grown for home consumption were British Queens and Golden Wonders. The planting of potatoes ... |
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Boiling Potatoes For most poor people living in the countryside potatoes formed the staple diet. They were boiled in large metal pots like this. |
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Potato Pounder When potatoes had been boiled in the cooking pot, they were often mashed by the woman using an iron potato pounder. |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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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 ... |
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