A Pastry Cutter

Making pastry may be a bit of a vanishing skill, for many folks find it easier to buy it ready made. However, whether home or factory made, it will probably need cutting to shape. You need a pastry cu...

A Copper Kettle

This is being written as I drink a mug of coffee, with water boiled in a very cheap, largely plastic kettle which, of course, plugs straight into the electricity supply and boils water very rapidly. ...

A Potato Ricer

Older visitors to the museum love to look at items and say, ‘I used to have one of them’.  Today we are looking at an item that will fall into that kind of category. I’m afraid those older  vi...

A knife cleaner

Older ideas are always likely to get killed off by newer technologies. As soon as stainless steel became suitable for knives, the days of the knife cleaner were numbered. Nowadays, these items, design...

Kitchen Scales

Homes, up and down the country have scales in the kitchen. Recpies require ingredients to be weighed so a pair of scales is an essential for any cook. These days scales may well be all electronic, wit...

Easterton Fête quiz (2)

Here’s the last page of the quiz sheet, which is based around the Easterton tea towel which we have in the museum, along with its original artwork. A reminder to competitors, who paid for a quiz ...

Food Preservation Jars.

The idea of food preservation jars is simple. Prepare food by bringing it to a high enough temperature to kill off bacteria, get the food in the jar and make sure no air, containing bacteria, can get ...