A Husbandmans Household - 1580
Preparing a meal
St. Fagans - Museum of Welsh Life (2002)
The main room of the long house is always quite dark. It only has two small windows, a doorway and a fire in the central hearth to illuminate it and with public in the room the light level is such that any serious food preparation has to be done on a table just by the window.
The dark line you see to the right of the cook is a dangle spit hold a small piece of lamb over a pot that catches the juices. In this way we demonstrate that even the lower classes could have roasted meat effectively; if they were lucky enough to get it.Photographer: Johnnie Rutter
