Picking up where we left off yesterday, the Learning Centre focused on the canning of food goods done at the factory level.
Then I moved over to an area with a kitchen set-up, and various tools set out on counters and a table.
Items laid out in this area included cherry pitters, food mills, knives, apple peelers, bean cutters, jars, cans, pans, mixers, and even a food processor. Some of these items are used for cooking, while others are used for preserving food for future use.
The importance of kitchen tools cannot be over-estimated. We don't need as many these days with it just being the two of us, but we know their significance. I can, I'll have you know, with the right tools, boil eggs. Maybe as many as three at a time! That makes me proud. I can also make toast, but usually burn it. At times I've tried to cook bacon but my friends could not tell the difference between my bacon and shoe leather. We eat out a lot.
ReplyDeleteSomething for everyone down memory lane being nicely showcased. Just now plums and pears are over abundant and are enjoyable and easy to 'stew' if you can't wait till they ripen up.
ReplyDeleteFinally I am happy that the kitchen tools have improved ! Interesting photos !
ReplyDeleteA great series of a very interesting exhibit. Thanks for the tour William.
ReplyDeleteWonderful, I like that old kitchen stuff.
ReplyDelete...how things have changed!
ReplyDeleteMáquinas que fizeram história.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e bom Domingo.
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I especially love this post. Reminds me of my grandmother who had every kitchen gadget and was a master at preserving foods.
ReplyDeleteI was born and raised in the land of food preserving! Still do it!
ReplyDeleteMany people here still do it, especially in the country.
ReplyDeleteI hate to waste food, product of my upbringing. Ends of vegetables go into a freezer bag for soup stock.
ReplyDelete@Lowell: I would probably burn water.
ReplyDelete@Julia: I can't recall the last time I had pears.
@Gattina: and yet some of what's here isn't that different today.
@Denise: you're welcome.
@Jan: thank you.
@Tom: they have!
@Francisco: thanks!
@Mildred: my mother did some of that.
@Marie: food preservation does carry on.
@Marleen: it is the same here.
Great display. Really like this post. Most of this was used when I was brought up on the farm in the 40's and 50's.
ReplyDeleteThis would have interested me. I've watched my grandmother can foods but seeing how a factory does it would be very interesting.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting indeed. I like the kitchen displays and the tools used in the kitchen that believe it or not we still use
ReplyDeleteMB
Muito interessante esses utensílios e muito bem fotografado
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e um ótimo domingo
@Jackie: my mother was the same.
ReplyDelete@Red: I thought you might relate.
@Sharon: my mother tended to freeze a lot, but even that required preparation.
@MB: some of those tools would still get a lot of use in kitchens.
@Gracita: thanks!
It is good and right that Canada pays attention to such!
ReplyDeleteI like to see what was used in the past. I like what we use now!
ReplyDeleteI don't know why, but I find food factories fascinating, especially when you see how things were compared to how they are!
ReplyDeleteThe canning exhibit would be really interesting to see!
ReplyDeleteFascinating post of kitchen tools ~ I remember my grandmother saying that phrase 'waste not want not' ~ so true!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos!
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@Cloudia: it's well worth paying attention to.
ReplyDelete@Catarina: some things change, some things aren't that different.
@Jeanie: some of the processing has radically changed.
@RedPat: I enjoyed visiting in here.
@Carol: that's a common expression!
I feel like our modern world has lost a lot of these foodie skills. I am mesmerized by the blogs of people who still know how to can and preserve and make everything by hand.
ReplyDeleteLarge production of anything is such an art.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun exhibit! Cherry pitter is something new to me :-)
ReplyDeleteInteresting, but just think my mother and later with my help always canned at least six hundred quarts of vegetables and fruits, at least a hundred jars or more of jams and jellies and pickles. That doesn't even count the huge crocks of sauerkraut she would put up and all without that fancy equipment.
ReplyDeleteSome of these photos remind me of my grandmother Dorothy's kitchen. She grew a garden and canned/preserved every bit of it. A lot of work.
ReplyDeleteCanning is quite a lot of work but worth it in the end. The canner knows what went into the food, which is more than we can say for today's prepared commodities.
ReplyDeleteThis will be one of my favourite place to visit!
ReplyDeleteA very interesting exhibit, William !
ReplyDeletei know that saying ... waste not want not ... oh yeah .. my grandparents said it all the time. ( ;
ReplyDeleteMaking preserves is something I wish I had learned growing up. I know I still could...lol
ReplyDeleteWe actually used to do quite a bit of food preservation. (I am practically an historical artifact myself). We grew a big garden and did 'U-Pick" fruit at orchards. Ate some, canned some, froze some. It was all actually a fun family activity. It's been years and years now though. Thanks for the memories!!
ReplyDeleteI make stuff for winter too :-)
ReplyDeleteKitchen tools...now I'm in unfamiliar territory!
ReplyDeleteI liked the waste not want not poster!
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
What a change, when women didn't have to spend time doing this.
ReplyDelete@Sandi: it's a way of life sometimes lost to many of us.
ReplyDelete@Tammie: indeed.
@Tamago: not to me, as my mother had one.
@Mari: my mother did a certain amount of preserving, mostly prepping things for deep freeze storage over the winter.
@Michelle: it would have been a lot of work.
@Kay: that is true.
@Nancy: it's quite a place.
@Karl: that it is.
ReplyDelete@Beth: an old saying.
@Jenn: I didn't!
@Sallie: my parents had a vegetable garden, a cool cellar for things like potatoes to be stored, and froze a lot of food for use whenever.
@Klara: these days I don't, I go from day to day.
@Norma: me too!
@Jan: I do as well.
@Jennifer: indeed.