1. Colonial Life Food & Cooking Materials (Virtual Tour)

2. What Do You See?

3. Can you tell me what these materials may be used for?

4. Colonial Kitchen Woman were very important in the kitchen and it was up to them to prepare many of the meals. Colonial men helped with the meals by trapping and hunting animals and fish. Colonial Kitchens were in a separate building because it kept the cooking odors and heat away from the house. On the other walls there are tons of cupboards, barrels, and chests where family members store their items. Wood is placed over the kitchen items, acting as tables for workspace.

5. Fireplace The center of family life in a colonial home was the kitchen. The kitchen was the busiest and warmest room in the house. There was a large fireplace that was used for both cooking and heat. Many of the fireplaces were so big that a person could stand in it. The women had to be careful when they were cooking because her skirt may have caught on fire.

6. Cooking Tools There were a lot of different tools used in a colonial kitchen. All the tools needed were made of iron so they could stand a fireplaces heat. Another way to prepare meat is to turn the meat on a spit so it cooks evenly Spit: A long wooden stick that is turned to have all sides of the food item cooked.

7. Dutch Oven & Peel Breakfast is served between 8 and 9 o'clock in the morning. Individuals must wake up at 5:30 in the morning to start preparing meals. Bread is the first food item made in the morning and is made in the Dutch oven. A Peel was used to take the bread out of the oven. Dutch Oven: A cast iron usually a three legged kettle with a tight cover, where coals may be heaped that is used for baking in a open fire. They Control the “oven” by moving the pots and pans back and forth through the fire.

8. Breakfast and Dinner Bread is a very important meal. While the bread is baking, a favorite meal to eat was Johnny Cakes and Breakfast Buffs. While the cakes and buffs were being made, the Dressed Eggs were also being prepared. To make the dressed eggs, one had to first heat the salamander in the fire until it was red hot. Salamander: A metal disk or plate heated and held over a food to heat the food item up Dinner is served around 2 or 3 0`clock in the afternoon. Dinner has about two courses with 21 dishes per course. Usually the dishes include, meat, vegetables, soup, bread, veal, ham, chicken, and other meats. There are usually desserts such as custards.

9. Watch Springhouse video: http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/vide os.htm#buildinghttp://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/vide os.htm#building Springhouse: A building during colonial times where individuals stored their meats and other cooking products.

10. How is Butter made? Butter was a very important ingredient and topping used for many colonial meals. During colonial days, butter was made with a Butter Churn. Butter Churn: device used to convert cream into butter. NOW WE WILL CREATE OUR OWN BUTTER

11. Butter Activity… Ingredients: 1. Heavy cream 2. A jar with a lid or plastic bag Instructions: 1.Pour heavy cream in the plastic bag. 2.Begin shaking the bag for about 10 minutes, passing it to each of your group members. (The cream has little globs of fat and protein. When you shake the jar, you get the fat and the protein that are moving around in the cream to stick together) 3.Let the cream sit until thickened. 4.Enjoy