The Cape Kitchen - Mary Alexander Cook

The Cape Kitchen, a description of its position, lay-out, fittings and utensils - Mary Alexander Cook - 1975 - First edition - Stellenbosch museum - 112p - Black & white photographs - Hardcover in good condition - Dustcover shows shelf wear, tears and  some fading on spine - Internally clean and tightly bound.

Since the earliest days the kitchen has been the heart of the home. In many primitive dwellings the whole house simply grew round the kitchen hearth. Here for the first time a well-known writer and cultural historian describes the old kitchens of the Cape: how they were built and fitted out. She gives fascinating accounts of old methods and utensils, many of which have not been used for years and are quite unknown to the modern housewife. From brandsolders and hearth irons to soap and candle-making the author treats each subject with the devoted precision of the true enthusiast.

Contents:

The Kitchen: Position & size; outer door & windows, stairs to the loft, ceiling, brandsolder & loft, floors and walls, hearth, chimney and chimney beam, chimney irons, oven, the pantry, lightning.

The contents of the kitchen: utensils, furniture, water, kettles, querns or handmills, fat-pots and other pots, water filters, scales.

Activities centred round the kitchen: Coffee-making, dairying and butter-making, soap-making, candle-making, fuel and baking, sausage-making, pickling and preserving.