Copyright Images Jack Adams t/a Victorian Gems
Kitchen Utensils absolutely required by a good Cook
Set of 6 wrought-iron sauce-pans
1 wrought-iron stock pot
1 Bain-marie pan
1 wrought-iron kettle
1 oval boiler
1 digester
1 saucepan digester
1 stewpan digester
6 enamelled stewpans
1 Saute pan
1 French saute pan
1 potato steamer
1 salamander and stand
1 oval frying pan
1 round frying pan
1 fluted gridiron
1 bachelors frying pan
1 omelet pan
1 omelet souffle pan
1 braising pan
1 preserving pan and spoon
1 flour dredger
1 sugar dredger
1 brass bottle-jack
1 dripping pan and stand
1 basting ladle
1 wooden meat screen
1 coffee mill
1 meat chopper
Meat saw
1 colander
Pestle and mortar
2 gravy strainers
1 bread grater
2 sets of skewers
1 fish slice
1 egg slice and ladle
1 pair of steak tongs
1 egg whisk
1 beef fork
1 French cook's knife
1 steak beater
Fish kettle
Mackerel saucepan
Turbot kettle
Salmon and jack kettle
1 pair of fish scissors
Double hanging gridiron
Sliding toaster and trivet
Toasting fork
Carson's patent salting apparatus
Kent's patent soup strainer
Mincing machine
Weighing machine
Herb stand
Box of paste cutters
12 patty pans
3 tart pans
3 Dariol moulds
Marble slab for making paste
Rolling pin- American with removable handle
1 Paste jigger
"Piston" freezing machine
1 cheese toaster
3 larding pans
2 cook's knives
1 mushroom mould
1 star fritter mould
1 vegetable cutter, or "the French vegetable cutter"
1 vegetable mould
3 pudding moulds
6 jelly moulds
3 cake moulds
2 wooden spoons and mashed potato fork
Ice closet
Sugar spinners
Sugar moulds
The cost of the above would be 38l. 10s.
source:Warne's Model Cookery and Housekeeping Book
edited and compiled by Mary Jewry (1880 approx)
This is one long list of what is considered to be "absolutely required"
by the Victorian cook in her kitchen. In terms of price we can offer this comparison:Current data is only available till 2008. In 2008, £38 10s 1d from 1880 was worth:
£2,857.98 using the retail price index
source:http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare
What an exciting experience!/Hilarious! Delightful! True!/wonderful stuff! thank you!
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Thanks for the comment Suriya.
ReplyDeleteMost of these kitchen utensils on the list have not been seen before.
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