Stove and Pots Unit: Cooking

Without electricity or gas connected to the cottage, this stove was heated by a wood fire. The fire was set behind the door on the top right side of the front of the stove. The large door is the oven. It has adjustable shelves like a modern oven.

Pots were placed on top of the stove just like today. But you could not turn the heat up or down. How do you think you could change the heat for a saucepan?

You may notice the pots themselves are different. They have metal handles which could become very hot. They are extremely heavy (even without water or food in them) compared to our saucepans. Cooks would use pot holders, or perhaps the bottom of their apron, to wrap around the handle to avoid being burned when lifting the pots on and off the stove.