The Kitchen - The Heart of Every Home
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Hundreds or years ago the kitchen was simply a fire, a stoneand a pot in the middle of the sitting room with a simple hole in the roof toallow the smoke to escape. This fire was also the only source of heat andlight, around which the whole family would huddle on cold dark nights. Therewas no selection of pots and pans, no drawer full of utensils, no oven, noworktop, no sink and certainly no fridge, freezer or washing machine.
Right up until the 19th century the kitchen was avery smoky environment in which to work as chimneys weren't common in many ofthe lower class dwellings. The oven or 'range' had not yet been developed socooking was done around an open fire, with a pot suspended above the flames anda spit for roasting meat placed in front. It was only with the advent of theclosed range that the kitchen became a smoke free environment and began toresemble the modern kitchen with racks of cooking utensils, cutlery andcrockery.
With homes being built with water pipes feeding fresh waterdirectly into the home and waste pipes feeding waste water into the seweragesystem allowed the modern kitchen to take shape. For the first time in itshistory the kitchen became a clean and hygienic place in which to prepare foodand as the range became more affordable, the lower classes were able to takeadvantage of developments which were once only available to the middle andupper classes.
As social standards aired towards more hygienic livingstandards, the old wooded worktops were replaced with Formica or graniteworktops and around the range or oven kitchen wall tiles were added to make thearea much easier to clean than the old bare walls. These advances sparked theconcept of the designer kitchen and as the scullery maids and cooks grew out offashion, putting the housewife centre stage in her own kitchen.
These days we spend more money on our kitchen than any otherroom in the house. Ever since electricity entered our homes we've had aninsatiable appetite for kitchen gadgetry such as the toaster, the food mixerand of course the electric oven, fridge, freezer and washing machine. Howeverthese appliances were not enough to give our kitchens the identity they longedfor.
Kitchen wall tiles became a more decorative feature than afunctional one as the kitchen became a room in which to socialise as well asprepare food. The old Formica or granite worktops were replaced with the morefashionable marble or quartz worktops and everything had to match. So much sothat some kitchens had matching cutlery and crockery, matching pots, pans andutensils, even the kitchen wall tiles matched the granite or quartz worktops insome kitchens and as tastes changed, so did the entire kitchen.
These days it's not uncommon for ones kitchen to receive amake over with new cabinet doors and drawer fronts, new tiles and wallcoverings, new flooring, new everything!The modern kitchen is the pride of every housewife (or husband) and theheart of every home.
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