Posted by Prue Eckett on December 04, 2006 at 22:57:49 from 125.237.75.102 user PrueEckett.
In Reply to: Re: cooking in Mrs. Dixon's kitchen posted by Ed Kiser on December 04, 2006 at 21:53:40:
Ed - Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote in the late 1800's of cooking and living just like that, and in one of her books 'Farmer Boy', the bathing routine for six people was explained much as you have told it. This way of life is so interesting, being the extremely hard working norm for most people yet now just a memory for the privileged few.
Being a fine cook, maybe Mrs Dixon preferred to finish off her bacon holding it closer over the fire than the trivet would do so, and the range having been used at a cooler temperature for porridge, she wanted higher heat for just the short time good bacon takes.