Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on April 18, 2005 at 16:01:29 from 82.7.160.160 user Laurence_.
In Reply to: Re: Mrs. DIXON cooking over open fire posted by Ian E-N on April 18, 2005 at 10:07:55:
Our friends who live in a farm in Ennerdale still use a range very similar to those in these pictures - a quite small open fire which seems to be eternally alightin the middle, with ovens each side. I have never doubted that Mrs Dixon's was like this.
Our friends do now have a modern cooker as well, but it is quite clear that kettles and saucepans used to be heated directly over the fire itsel.