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Fireside Cooking
McNairy Kitchen
Isley House
Tools
Blacksmith
100
I will use this to spark up the fire and make it burn brighter.
What is a bellows?
100
Girls would wear this on their heads inside to keep their hair clean.
What is a mob cap?
100
This is the number of children who lived in the Isley house.
What is 13?
100
These special scissors were used to cut the wool off sheep.
What is shears?
100
The blacksmith would make these for your horse.
What are horseshoes?
200
I would turn this iron "fork" that holds meat securely over the fire while cooking.
What is a spit?
200
This soap made from wood, ashes, lime, straw, and water is used to bathe, do laundry and wash dishes.
What is lye?
200
About how many logs might it take to build the Isley house.
What is 60?
200
200 years ago you would have needed this tool to fasten your shoes.
What is a buttonhook?
200
There were large instruments which would squeeze air through a hole into the fire making it hotter.
What is a bellows?
300
I will crush these in my hand to sprinkle over meat or vegetables to provide flavor.
What are herbs?
300
I would shake this container of cream to make butter.
What is a churn.
300
This is how the fathers and brothers would have provided meat for their family.
What is hunting?
300
This tool carves wood with a blade inside the tool. The blade shaves off small pieces of wood to smooth a surface.
What is a plane?
300
The blacksmith would shovel this into the fire to make the fire even hotter.
What is a coal?
400
After the bread is done, I will use this to remove it from the hearth so it does not burn my fingers.
What is a peel?
400
Surprisingly, you would find this piece of fruit in your clothing chest.
What is a Pomander ball?
400
This was one of the most important crops the Isleys grew.
What is corn?
400
This tool was used to drill a hole for a peg.
What is an auger?
400
This is where the blacksmith would place the iron to shape it with his hammer.
What is an anvil?
500
Little Miss Muffett would not be afraid of this cast iron frying pan on legs.
What is a spider?
500
This is where you would heat heat your iron.
What is the fireplace?
500
This kept the second room warm in the Isley house.
What is the stove?
500
This tool lets you know whether the top of the object you are making is flat.
What is a level?
500
This will make a sizzling sound when objects are placed here to cool.
What is water?