A-Z ARTIFACT INDEX
One of the goals with this National Bread Museum project has been to provide a fun, interesting, and educational peek into the home baking life of our ancestral grandmother's of the 1850-1999 era. This discovery of some previously unfamiliar artifacts of home baking will increase your knowledge regarding the era of what's called "Old School" . . . where I started off in the mid-1900s.
A SIDE NOTE: In 1930, only 30% of the homes had electricity; 70% in the 1950s. The farm Dad & Mom bought in 1945 had electricity, but Mom had no refrigerator the first 1½ years. The "gadget" world related to home baking, which had an upsurge in the latter part of the 1800s, was extremely valuable in "saving time" to put food on the table!
This will be some valuable history if you're planning to take a culinary baking class in school or teach yourself how to bake something, or even if you've been baking and "putting food on the table" for many years already. You'll have familiar moments and some connections because you still have such items in your drawers and cupboards. Then there'll be the memories of, "Mom used to have that when I was growing up!" And finally, some "ooh" and "aah" moments because, like Johnny Carson would say,
"I didn't know that!"
So let's begin with a vocab lesson first.😃
~ 164 VERB ACTIONS IN PHASES OF BAKING ~
Add, adjust, apply, Bag, bake, beat, bend, blend, boil, broil, Can, check, chill, chop, churn, clean, close, coat, cool, core, cover, crack, create, crush, cup, cut, Decide, decorate, defrost, dip, distribute, divide, dot, drain, drape, dredge, dribble, drip, drizzle, drop, dry, dump, dust, Even out, Fill, flatten, flip, fold, form, freeze, frost, Get, give, glaze, grab, grate, grease, grind, Ice, Jiggle, juice, Lay, layer, level, lift, line, Make, mark, mash, measure, measure out, melt, mince, mix, mold, mush, Oil, open, overlap, Pack, package, pare, pat, peel, pick, pinch, pit, place, pound, pour, press, preserve, pull, punch, push, put, put aside, put away, put up, Read, refrigerate, remove, rip, roll, rub, Sample, scoop, score, scrape, screw, scrub, seal, season, separate, set, serve, shake, shape, share, shell, shift, show, shred, sift, sip, slice, slip, smell, smooth, spoon, spread, sprinkle, squeeze, stack, stir, store, strain, substitute, sugar coat, swirl, switch, Take, tap, taste, test, think, throw, tie, tighten, time, top, touch, try, turn (& turn on, off, up, down, around, & over), twist, Unscrew, Wash, watch, twist Wash, watch, weigh, wipe, whisk, whip, wrap, Zest, ---
🎼And🎵I'm🎶sure🎵that's🎶not🎵all.🎶🎹🎷🎸
Wow, overwhelming isn't it, yet, these are all "need to know" actions you might come across in recipes and verbal talk, especially with Baby Boomers or earlier generations regarding home baking. Some I call direct actions which is done during the time that you're making a recipe (like "stir in"), while I call others indirect, which is a time apart from the actual baking, in order to "prepare" to bake (like to store, or "putting up garden produce" so it's available all through the winter to have on hand). Also, artifact categories such as FABRIC, LAUNDRY, and TABLE SETTING which I've included, are part of the overall home-baking life. Everything is always connected to another.
Now, before we get into the actual "museum of artifacts," let's continue this "intro" of our English language for two more minutes. I think you'll find it interesting if this is your first time to this page of the website.
In 1990, I was in a class where we were told that the French language has fewer than 100,000 (100K) words. German has 185K, but the Oxford dictionary (English) lists 500,000 words, & that doesn't include another half million technical and scientific vocabulary words. When the King James Bible was written, it was limited to 8,000 words because it was written in "plain" English. Yet, today, (remember -- this was 1990), an 8th grader's vocabulary was an average of 10K, a high school grad, 15K, a college grad or able reader, 20,000 words. The Desk Dictionary has 80,000 words, and English has become the global language as most people's 2nd language if it wasn't their 1st. English, needless to say, has a word to describe every action and item in minute detail, verified by the initial group of 164 action verbs (above) with home baking. And that's not counting compound prepositional verbs!
Now, beyond that, people continue to apply additional meanings to many words. I specifically remember the day when the kids came home from school in the 1980s & told me what "cool" and "neat" meant -- how neat began to mean cool, and cool meant groovy! So here's the throwback ...
REMEMBER WHEN
Remember when hippie meant big in the hips,
And a trip involved travel in cars, planes, and ships?
When pot was a vessel for cooking things in,
And hooked was what Grandmother's rugs may have been?
When fix was a verb that meant mend or repair,
And be-in meant merely existing somewhere?
When neat meant well-organized, tidy, and clean,
And grass was a ground cover, normally green?
When groovy meant furrowed with channels and hollows,
And birds were winged creatures, like robins and swallows?
When fuzz was a substance, real fluffy, like lint,
And bread came from bakeries and not from the mint?
When roll meant a bun and rock was a stone,
And hang-up was something you did with the phone?
It's groovy, man, groovy, but English it's not.
Me thinks that our language is going to pot.
Author Unknown (printed in an English-language newspaper in Mexico)
(I've had this since the 1980s.)
From Experience . . .
Before every family member leaves the nest to go out onto their own, they should be familiar with many of the vocab words, and be able to cook & bake enough to keep from being hungry AND going into debt by eating out!!! They need to know how to read a recipe whether online, from a cookbook, or your own handwritten cards of foods they like (OR have THEM write out the recipe on a card!).
Also, we now have so many people in our communities who need to learn English. After I got my Univ. of Cambridge - Royal Society of Arts Certificate to Teach ESL to Adults from Foreign Lands (CELTA, in San Francisco), I taught adult students from 49 different countries over a period of 10 years. One day I found out one of my male students almost starved to death because he came from a country where a male never does any of the cooking/food preparation! For many foreigners it's very stressful to buy groceries in our stores -- 1st - it's VERY shocking & intimidating (the HUGE abundance & choices!), and 2nd - not knowing how to read the language to find ingredients & foods you're accustomed to. And I understood that with my students. Today we have more ethnic grocery stores than ever before, so you can have that experience right here in the U.S. Check out your local community!
Abbreviated Table of Contents
This page, plus the Cookbook Culture section, Tins of Taste, our Cultural Heritage of geography and bread culture, etc., are all works in progress. With the 1,000s of items to post, to document the history . . . to provide the foundation of the past . . . it's quite time consuming. I'll post updates on the home page as content is added.
When I got into exploring more than a dozen "Kitchen Tool" reference guides, it was quite overwhelming to realize all of the categories and items related in one way-shape-or-form, directly or indirectly, to the world of home baking. As in all significant fields of study, this page shows that baking has an entire dictionary of its own!
1) THE FOLLOWING 4 COLUMNS ARE THE MAIN CATEGORIES OF HOME BAKING-ARTIFACT SUBJECT AREAS.
2) THE SECTION FOLLOWING IS THE MORE DETAILED INDEX "with all sub-categories" of the specific artifacts.
Think of this as if I'm writing a book and allowing you to go along with the process and progress🙏🤗.
Connecting / Viewing pages are in bold & underlined.
A
ADVERTISING
AGRICULTURE RELATED
ART
B
BAGS & SACKS
BAKING PANS
BAKING STONE (BAKESTONE)
BASKETS
BEATERS
BISCUIT BREAK
BOARDS
BOTTLES BOWLS
BREAD . . . . .
BREAD RISER
BREAD THIS 'N THAT
BRUSHES (See GREASE BRUSHES)
BUTTER
C
CAKE – ASSORTED ITEMS
CAKE DECORATING EQUIPMENT
CAKE - PANS
CAKE UTENSILS
CANDY RELATED
CANISTER SETS
CANNING
CASSEROLE
CAST IRON
CELEBRATIONS - TRADITIONS - EVENTS – HOLIDAYS
CHERRY STONER (Pitter)
CHEESE
CHOCOLATE
CHOPPERS
CHURNS
CLEAVERS – (see KNIVES)
CLOCKS
CLOTH
COFFEE POTS
COMMERCIAL
CONTAINERS
COOKIES
COPPER
COVERS
CRACKERS
CRATES
CROCKS
CRUSHERS
CRYSTAL (see GLASSWARE)
CUTLERY
CUTTERS & CUTTING TOOLS
D
DÉCOR – DECORATIVE
DINNERWARE
DISHES – COMPOSITION – WHAT THEY'RE MADE OF
DISHES (i.e. BAKING) – WHAT THEY'RE USED FOR
DISHES (i.e. Washing, Drying, Storing)
DONUT - DOUGHNUT
DOUGH TROUGH
E
EGG
ENAMELWARE (See GRANITEWARE)
ENGLISH ITEMS
EPHEMERA
F
FABRIC
FIRE PLACE - HEARTH
FLIPPERS (see TURNERS)
FLOUR & FLOUR COMPANIES
FORKS
FRUIT RELATED
FUNNELS
FURNITURE
G
GADGETS
GRANITEWARE & ENAMELWARE
GRATERS
GREASE BRUSHES
GRIDDLES
H
HOT PADS
I
INGREDIENTS
J
JARS
JUICERS & REAMERS
K
KETTLES
KETTLE INSERTS
KNIVES & CLEAVERS
L
LADLES
LAUNDRY
LIFTERS (see TURNERS)
LOCKS & KEYS
LUNCH PAILS & LUNCH BAGS
M
MACHINES (Electric)
MASHERS & PESTLES (aka Stompers!)
MEASURING EQUIPMENT
MILK
MILLS
MOLDS
MORTAR & PESTLE
MIXERS (See MACHINES)
N
NAPKIN HOLDERS
NEWSPAPERS
NUTS
NUT CRACKERS (See CRACKERS)
NUT GRINDERS (See GRINDERS)
O
OPENERS
P
PANS
PANS - BAKING PANS
PANS - FRYING PANS
PASTRY ASSOCIATED
PEELS & SIMILAR BAKING PADDLES
PEELERS (to peel aka pare)
PESTLE & MORTAR
PIE PANS
PIERCING TOOLS
PINS (See ROLLING PINS)
PLASTICS
POTS
POUNDERS & TENDERIZERS
PRESSES
Q
QUIMPERWARE
R
RACKS
REAMERS (See JUICERS)
RECIPE RELATED ARTIFACTS– SPECIFIC for a RECIPE or DRINK/FOOD ITEM
RICERS
ROLLING PINS
S
SALT & PEPPER SHAKERS
SCALES – (See MEASURING EQUIPMENT)
SCISSORS & SHEARS
SCOOPS/LADELS
SCRAPERS
SERVING DISHES
SERVING – i.e. PRESENTATION
SIEVES
SIFTERS
SIGNS (See ADVERTISING)
SILVERWARE
SKIMMERS
SLICERS
SPATULAS
SPICE RELATED
SPOONS
STIRRERS
STONERS & PITTERS
STORAGE
STRAINERS – COLANDERS
T
TABLE SETTING
TEAPOTS - COFFEEPOTS
TENDERIZERS
TEXTILES
TINS
THERMOMETER
TOASTERS
TOKENS (COINS, RATIONING STAMPS, WOODEN NICKLES, etc.)
TONGS
TRAYS
TRENCHERS
TRIVETS
TUPPERWARE & PLASTIC
TURNERS (includes FLIPPERS & LIFTERS)
U
UTENSILS
V
VEGETABLE SLICERS
W
WAFFLE IRONS, MAKER
WHIPS – WHISKS
WINE
WOODEN ITEMS, in addition, if there are any!
X
X-TRA – All the extra Odds & Ends
Z
ZESTER
TABLE of CONTENTS / INDEX
with all Sub-CATEGORIES
A
ADVERTISING
AGRICULTURE RELATED
-Carts (i.e. wagons)
-COOPER CRAFT
---Buckets
---Pails
---Stave Items
ART
B
BAGS & SACKS
-Bread Bags, Wrappers
-Flour Bags
-Grain & related Bags
-Gunny Sacks
-Individual Company's Bags
-Rice
-Sugar
BAKING PANS – (see Cake Pans; PANS, Molds)
BAKING STONE (BAKESTONE)
-Bread
-Pizza
BASKETS
-Bushel & Peck
-Easter
-Egg
-Fruit
-Picnic
-Trug (Sussex)
BEATERS (see EGG BEATERS, WHIPS, WHISKS)
*There's a difference among stirring, whipping, beating, blending, folding, mixing "just until . . .," etc. :)
BISCUIT BREAK (England)
BOARDS
-Bread
-Carving
-Chopping
-Noodle (German)
-Pastry (Tupperware Pastry Sheet)
BOTTLES – (for storage) (& "Jars" in CANNING)
BOWLS
-Mixing
---Copper
---Dough (European, round, wooden, with & w/out handles)
---Earthenware/Ceramic type
---Plastic
--- Stainless Steel
---Glass
-Serving
---Brass
---China
---Crystal
---Glass
---English creamware, ironstone
---Plastic – Tupperware
---Tin
---Wood
BREAD . . . . .
-"Boxes" (i.e. storage: tin, wooden)
-Keepers (i.e. storage: enamelware-round)
-Knife
BREAD RISER
BREAD THIS 'N THAT
-Warmers
BRUSHES (see GREASE BRUSHES)
BUTTER
-Carved, Wooden Molds
-Churn
-Curler
-Mold
-Paddle
-Stamp
-Wrappers
C
CAKE – ASSORTED ITEMS
- 8" Dessert Plates
-Cake Carriers
-Cake Plates, Austrian & English
-Cake Plates, Glass
CAKE DECORATING EQUIPMENT
-Tips, Nozzles (English)
-Pastry Bags
-Turn Tables
CAKE - PANS
-Baking Sheets
-Specific Recipe:
---Balmoral
---Brioche
---Bundt
---Cupcake &/or Gem
---Dariole
---Flan
---Glass of various sizes, usually 1" sides
---Ladyfinger
---Lamb (3-D for Easter)
---Pastry Molds - Pastry Tins
---Springform
---Shapes: heart, star, ring, Wilton's shaped,
---Tart or other name
---Tube
- STANDARD by SIZE:
---Jelly Roll: 10x15" or 10.5x11.5", 11x17" or thereabouts (has ½" sides)
---Oblong: 7x11", 9x13", Odd Sizes
---Round: 8", 9", Stacked; Odd – not standard sizes
---Square: 8", 9", 10",
---others "deep" or "shallow"
CAKE UTENSILS
-Servers
-Turners
CANDY RELATED
CANISTER SETS (Spiffy p. 252)
CANNING EQUIPMENT (canning aka preserving, or "putting up" or storing/stocking)
-Canner (for a "hot water bath" seal)
-Covers – Lids - Seals
-Funnels
-Jars
---Atlas, Ball, Kerr, Mason, Presto
-Jelly
---Jars & Covers
---Wax Sealing
-Utensils
(specific to canning)
CAN OPENERS
CASSEROLE
CAST IRON
CELEBRATIONS - TRADITIONS - EVENTS – HOLIDAYS
-Pan Shapes/Designs
-Specific Table Decor
CHERRY STONER (Pitter)
CHEESE
-Crocks
-French Cheese Boxes (round & square)
-Wisconsin Cheese Boxes (round)
CHOCOLATE
-Molds
CHOPPERS
-Food
-Nut (also see GRATERS)
-Parsley (par-duh-say'-lee-ah)
-Vegetable
CHURNS
CLEAVERS – (see KNIVES)
CLOCKS
CLOTH (see FABRIC for aprons, pot holders/oven mitts, hot pads, towels, etc.)
(see TABLE SETTING for napkins, table cloth)
COFFEE POTS (see TEAPOTS)
COMMERCIAL (see ADVERTISING, CONTAINERS)
CONTAINERS
--See BASKETS
-Bread Boxes
-Bread Keepers
-Cardboard Boxes/shipping Cereals, Crackers, etc.
-Crates (wooden; see CRATES)
-Crocks (Stoneware, a "bread" one has a non-airtight cover)
-Wooden boxes like Yeast Foam, Margarine, etc.
COOKIES
-Cutters
-Jars
-Molds (Springerle, Lebkuchen, Spekulatius) or Cake Boards; England: Biscuit Print or stamp;
-Press as in Spritz (pushing dough through a tube) (Sometimes "Syringe")
-Rosettes & Timbale Irons (called Patty or Patty Shell Molds)
-Sheets – (See PANS - BAKING)
-Spritz
COPPER
COVERS
-Food Covers (the wire mesh "covers" which go over a plate of food to keep flies away)
CRACKERS
-Nut
CRATES
-Open
-Cubbyhole
-Egg
-Fruit
-Soda
-Wooden
CROCKS
-generally
for "storage" of some purpose
CRYSTAL (see GLASSWARE)
CRUSHERS
-Ice
-(Find entry for Mortar & Pestle)
CUTLERY (All the sorts of "silverware" &/or "flatware" are in this section.)
-cutlery (knife) boxes – wood)
-drawer organizer (utensil tray)
-metals of all sorts
-plastic
-wood (includes chopsticks)
CUTTERS & CUTTING TOOLS
-LIKE COOKIE CUTTERS:
---Aspic
---Cookie (see COOKIES)
---Doughnut
---Multi-sided
---Pastry
---Small
---Square vol-au-vent
-Apple
-Crinkle-cut
-Croissant
-French Fry
-Lame
-Lattice
-Lettuce (Tupperware)
-Melon baller (English: ballers)
-Pastry Wheel
-Pie (multi-bladed marker to evenly cut slices)
-Pizza
-Potato
-Radish
-Ravioli (aka a stamp)
-Salad
-Strawberry Huller
-Zester P. 62
D
DÉCOR – DECORATIVE WARE – This is where every Art & Craft item, Knick-Knack, Souvenir, Wall Piece, & What-Have-You-Item is stored . . . any & everything to go with Bread-Baking-Grains-Bible-Cereals-et al., of "objects" which are NOT Ephemera (paper). Includes some Bread Dough Art, Corn Husk Dolls, English Horse Brasses, Wheat Weaving, etc.
DINNERWARE – a "proper" full, formal, dinner, place setting
DISHES – COMPOSITION – WHAT THEY'RE MADE OF
-Aluminum
-Brass
-Ceramic
-China
-Clay (as in "thrown-on-the-wheel" pottery)
-Copper
-Creamware
-Earthenware (for bread; flower pot for cakes)
-Glass (cakes, casseroles, pies)
-Paper
-Pewter
-Plastic
-Porcelain
-Silver
-Stoneware
DISHES (i.e. BAKING) – WHAT THEY'RE USED FOR
-Cakes
-Casseroles
-Deep dish . . .
-Ramekins
-Quiche
-Serving (also see TRAYS)
-Souffle
DISHES (i.e. )
-Draining Rack
(the fold-up wooden one from England)
DONUT - DOUGHNUT
DOUGH TROUGH
E
EGG
-Beater (English: called Rotary Whisks – see "WHIPS & WHISKS")
-Cartons
-Cups
-Holders -the wooden Egg Rack
-Serving Tray (Deviled Eggs)
-Slicer
-Whips, Whisks, etc. (see "WHIPS & WHISKS")
ENGLISH ITEMS
-Aprons
-Chopping Boards
-Cloth/Fabric Items
---Lace
---Tea Cozy
---Tablecloth
-Colman's Mustard
-Dishes (Companies & Items)
-Irish Linen Towels
-Pie Bird
-Placemats-Coasters
-Red Clay Stoneware
-Trays
EPHEMERA
ENAMELWARE (See GRANITEWARE)
F
FABRIC
-Aprons (cobbler, full or long, half)
-Cheesecloth
-Dish towels
-Hand towels
-Hot pads
-Oven Mitts
-Placemats
-Pot holders
-Soft boiled egg cozy
-Tablecloth, napkins, etc. (see TABLE SETTING – LINENS)
-Tea Cozy
FIRE PLACE - HEARTH
FLIPPERS (see TURNERS)
FLOUR - RELATED ARTIFACTS
(Generally companies)
FOOD NETWORK
FORKS
-2-prong
-Carving
-Fondue
-Lifting
-Metal
-Onion (p. 116)
-Pickle
-Snail
-Spaghetti rake
-Toasting
-Wooden
FRUIT RELATED
-Apple peeler, slicer & corer (see PEELERS)
-Cherry stoner (see STONER)
-Drying Rack, German
-Grapefruit knife
-Juicers, reamers (see JUICERS)
-Rumtopf, German
-Strawberry
Huller (see CUTTERS)
FUNNELS
FURNITURE
-Benches
-High Chairs
- the Hoosier Cabinet
-Pie safe
-Splay-legged chairs & stools
-Tin cabinet/cupboard
-Wall hook racks
G
GADGETS
-Multi-purpose
GRANITEWARE & ENAMELWARE
GRATERS
-Box
-Coconut (don't have)
-Flat
-Nut
-Nutmeg
-Potato (German)
-Rotary
GREASE BRUSHES
-Natural Bristle
-Silicone
GRIDDLES - set over a stovetop burner & usually associated with the family of pancakes (such as Corn Cake, Griddle Cake, Hoe Cake, Hot Cake, Johnny Cake, flapjack or slapjack; OR English Muffins, flat breads, some Pitas, Tortillas, etc.)
GRINDERS
-Coffee
-Meat
-Nut (see GRATERS)
-Poppy Seed
H
HOT PADS (includes TRIVETS)
I
INGREDIENTS - basic, common, well-known, associated-with-baking; (There are hundreds of items in this category, & 100s of company brands - - in the name of free enterprise & competition!) It's the containers which are significant today. For instance, the main categories would be:
-Baking Powder
-Baking Soda
-Chocolate & Other-flavored Chips
-Cocoa
-Coconut
-Cornmeal
-Cornstarch
-Extracts or Flavorings
-Flour
-Oatmeal
-Salt
-Shortenings
-Spices
-Sugars (Brown, Granulated/White, Powdered)
-Yeast
J
JARS (see CANNING)
JUICERS & REAMERS
-Citrus
-Juice Presses
-Reamers
K
KETTLES of all sorts – a sampling (See POTS – also called pots or cooking pots)
-cast iron
-copper bottom
-double boiler
-small for melting butter
KETTLE INSERTS
-Jiggler
-Rack
-Steamer Basket
-Steamer Pan or Tray (flat in Stanley pan)
KNIVES & CLEAVERS (Also see CHOPPERS, CUTTERS, SLICERS)
(With knives there's a difference among cutting,
chopping, cubing, carving, mincing, slicing)
-Bread
-Meat
-Sharpening Steels & Oilstones
-Knife Holder
L
LADLES
LAUNDRY
-clothes-drying rack – floor-standing (2 European, 1 U.S.)
-clothes-drying rack – wall mounted
-clothespin laundry bag & pins
-hand-carved Gypsy clothespins
-hangers
-laundry sticks (for stirring, lifting clothes)
-floor-standing tub bench & roller ringers
-scrubbing boards (French, European, U.S.)
-wire clothes basket (rectangular)
-wooden ironing board (hand-held for pressing)
-wooden ironing boards (mounted on pull-out legs)
-wooden ironing board (to mount on 2 chair tops)
-wooden washing machine
-wooden washing tongs
LIFTERS (see TURNERS)
-Lefse
Stick (Norwegian)
LOCKS & KEYS
LUNCH PAILS & LUNCH BAGS
M
MACHINES (Electric)
-Blender
-Bread Machine
-Cooker (& Slow Cooker)
-Electric Can Opener
-Electric Frying Pan
-Food Processor
-Grills & Griddles
-Microwave
-Mixer
---Hand Held/Portable
---Stand-Up
-Oven
-Popcorn Popper
-Stove
-Toaster
-Toaster Oven
-Waffle
Maker
MAGAZINES
MAPLE SYRUP
MASHERS & PESTLES (aka Stompers) (also see POUNDERS & TENDERIZERS)
-Grain
-Kraut
-Pestles (& the related "Mortar")
-Potato
MEASURING EQUIPMENT
-Cups
-Funnels (the Dr. Oetker one)
-Scales
---Weights
-Scoops
-Spoons
-Thermometers
-Timers
MILK
-Bottles (glass to carton to plastic)
-Cans
-Carry Containers (wire, milk-delivery basket)
-Cartons
-Milker
-Strainer (on a milk can)
MILLS
-Cheese (don't have)
-Coffee
-Foley
-Food
-Pepper
MOLDS
-Butter
-Cake
-Chocolate
-Jello
-Jelly
-Pudding
-Ramekins
-Shortbread
-Souffle
-Sugar
MORTAR & PESTLE (see MASHERS)
MIXERS (See MACHINES)
N
NAPKIN HOLDERS
NEWSPAPERS
NUTS
NUT CRACKERS (see CRACKERS)
NUT GRINDERS (see GRINDERS)
O
OATMEAL (see INGREDIENTS)
OPENERS
-Bottle
-Can
---Wall-mounted
-"Church Keys" – (Can Openers)
-Corkscrews – & others for Wine Bottles w/corks
-Jar
P
PANCAKE
PANS – There are two main categories:
1) all of those associated with baked goods in the oven
1A - Recipe Related
1B - Kinds by Shape or Material
and
2) those on the stovetop for such as Danish aebleskivers, crepes, flat breads, pancakes, etc.
* * * * * * * *
1) PANS - BAKING PANS (in the oven) (also see DISHES, MOLDS)
-Bread Pan or Loaf Pan
-Cake & Pastry (see CAKE PANS)
-Pie Pan
-Pizza Pan
-Popover (i.e. Yorkshire Pudding)
-Sheet (as in Baking Sheet, Cookie Sheet)
-Springform (see CAKE PANS)
-Tart
1A) RECIPE CATEGORY NAMES for the most basic kinds of pans used in the oven . . .
BREADS ~~~ CAKES ~~~ COOKIES ~~~ CUPCAKE~GEM~MUFFIN~POPOVER ~~~ JELLY ROLL ~~~ KUGELHOPF ~~~ PIES ~~~ PIZZA ~~~ (other SPECIALTIES)
1B) KINDS OF PANS by shape/form or material substance . . . Angel Food ~~ Bundt ~~ Cast Iron ~~ Enamelware ~~ Flan ~~ Graniteware ~~ Layer ~~ Loaf ~~ Molded ~~ Quiche ~~ Ring ~~ Shaped ~~ Sheet ~~ Springform ~~ Tart ~~ Tube
2) PANS - (on the stove or stove top - Frying Pans)
PAPERS
-Cupcake holders
-Doilies
-Cellophane Wrap
---Saran Wrap
-FOIL (aluminum or tin)
-Parchment Paper
-Wax Paper
PASTRY ASSOCIATED
-Molds, Pans, Tins (See CAKE PANS)
-Pastry Blender
-Pastry Brushes (see GREASE BRUSHES)
-crimper
PEELS & SIMILAR BAKING PADDLES
PEELERS (to peel aka pare)
-apple with corer
-potato
PEPPER MILLS (see MILLS)
PESTLE & MORTAR (see MASHERS)
PICNIC BASKETS (see BASKETS)
PIE PANS (see PANS – BAKING-PIE)
PIERCING TOOLS (other than FORKS)
-Corn Cob Holder
-Cake Tester
-Docker
-Ice Pick
-Larding Needle
-Pastry Pricker
-Potato Baker
-Skewers (4-15")
-Toothpicks
-Trussing Needles
PINS (See ROLLING PINS)
PLASTICS
-Microwave
-Silicone
-Tupperware
POTS
-Bean
-Cast Iron (see CAST IRON)
-Clay
-Slow Cookers
POUNDERS & TENDERIZERS (also MASHERS)
-Pounders /Tenderizer
PRESSES
-Garlic Press
-Juice (see JUICE)
(see MILLS for Fruit: Foley Mill)
(see RICERS FOR Potatoes & Vegetables)
-Tortilla
Q
QUIMPER – pottery - dishes
R
RACKS
-Cake
-Cooling
-German, Fruit-Drying Racks
-Half-circle Copper Frame for storing (hanging) utensils &/or saucepans, etc.
-Laundry (floor standing)
-Oven
-Pie
-Towel Racks (floor standing & wall mounted)
-Trivets (see HOTPADS)
REAMERS (See JUICERS)
RECIPE RELATED ARTIFACTS – SPECIFIC for a RECIPE or DRINK/FOOD ITEM
CAKE PAN Category
COOKIE Category
Danish Aebleskiver
Mexican Molinillo (a drink)
Norwegian Lefse (a griddle flat bread)
Tortilla (or other flatbread) Press
RICERS
-Conical Ricer
-Potato Ricer
ROLLING PINS -- ROTATING and ONE-PIECE
-Glass
-Pasta
-Plastic
-Wood
---Ribbed / Ridged (specifically Lefse)
---Springerle (carved designs for the Springerle, i.e. cookies; German)
RULERS
S
SALT & PEPPER SHAKERS
-Dredgers, Dusters
SCALES – (See Measuring Equipment)
SCISSORS & SHEARS
-All purpose
-Kitchen cutlery
-Paper cutting
-Poultry Shears
-Shears
SCOOPS (as with a shoveling action)
-Danish
-Flour/Sugar
SCRAPERS – (Also see SPATULAS)
-Ashes (for a wood-fired, hole-in-the-wall or outdoor oven)
-Bench
-Dough
SERVING DISHES (Also see BOWLS)
-Bread Warmers
-Lazy Susan
SERVING – i.e. PRESENTATION
-Doilies
SEWING
SIEVES
-Rotating Ball in a wire-mesh form
(My stack of sieves) – Tamis
---champignons are the "mashers" for the sieves
SIFTERS
SIGNS (See ADVERTISING)
SILVER SERVING DISHES
SILVERWARE (see CUTLERY)
SKIMMERS
-Slotted Spoons & Skimmers
SLICERS
-Apple
-Bean Slicer
-Cabbage Slicer
-Cheese
-Cucumber Slicer
-Egg Slicer
-Mandoline
-Vegetable Slicer
SPATULAS
-Rubber head
-Wooden (like flat stirrers)
SPICE RELATED
SPOONS
KIND:
-Chopsticks
-Metal
-Slotted
-Small
-Wooden
USED for:
Beating, Blending, Creaming, Mixing, Stirring, Whipping
STIRRERS
Apple Butter Paddle
Mexican Hot Chocolate Molinillo
-Quirl to twirl, swirl, 'n whirl
STONERS & PITTERS
-Cherry
-Olive
STOOLS - BENCHES
STORAGE
These are all categories in a kitchen in which there is a "storage" item for something to do with home baking. These items are in categories such as BAGS, BINS, BREAD BOXES, jars in CANNING, a CANISTER SET, drying rack in DISHES, a knife box in CUTLERY, EGG holder, etc.
STRAINERS – COLANDERS (also see SIEVES & SKIMMERS)
-Cheese Cloth
-Colanders: plastic, Mom's aluminum, galvanized as a gift, wire mesh screen-mine
-Pan strainers (wire mesh utensils with or without a handle)
-Salad Shaker – wire basket
-Salad Spinner – hard plastic w/spinner cover
T
TABLE SETTING (also see DINNERWARE)
-Centerpiece
-Chargers
-Cutlery (see CUTLERY)
-Dishware
-Glassware
-Linens
---Napkins
---Tablecloth
___Lace
___Linen
___Picnic
___Placemats
___Plastic
---Table Runner
-Silverware (see CUTLERY)
TEAPOTS - COFFEEPOTS
-aluminum
-ceramic or China, creamware, earthenware, ironstone, or porcelain of some sort
-copper
-enamelware
-a metal, steel of some sort
-percolator
TENDERIZERS (See POUNDERS)
TEXTILES (See FABRIC, TABLE SETTING)
TINS – This is a common word used in British English to describe all the various "baking molds, rings, pans, sheets, many containers, & some dishes." But in American English there are some distinctions. We make breads and cakes in "pans." "Dishes" or "molds" or special shapes could be called the name they are associated with, such as Jello, pudding, quiche, etc., or maybe what it's made of as in China, creamware, earthenware, or porcelain. For cookies we use the word "sheet," i.e. a cookie sheet, and we make a pie in a "pie plate." Just because an item might be made of some form of metal doesn't mean it's known as a "tin" on this side of the pond 😃!
THERMOMETERS (See MEASURING EQUIPMENT)
TOASTERS
TOKENS (COINS, RATIONING STAMPS, WOODEN NICKLES, etc.)
TONGS
-Cooking
-Pot-lifting
-Scissor action
-Serving
TRAYS (& Serving Boards, Plates)
-Bed (when sick)
-Charcuterie Boards (resurgence from 15th Century)
-Cheese
-Lap
-Picnic – Plate
-Serving – Plate like an English Cake Plate
-Tiered
---Aluminum
---Ceramic – China – Glass – Ironstone – Porcelain – etc. (breakable)
TRENCHERS (wooden plates)
TRIVETS (see HOT PADS)
TUPPERWARE & PLASTIC
-Plas-Tex, (clothesbaskets, pails, tubs & other containers, etc.)
-Prior to that was the wooden bushel basket, wire baskets, metal tubs & carriers, …
-Rubbermaid
TURNERS - FLIPPERS – LIFTERS
-Lefse Stick (Norwegian)
U
UTENSILS (Almost all utensils are in a specific category by their more well-known name. If there are any "leftovers," they're here. )
V
VEGETABLE SLICERS - (see SLICERS)
W
WAFFLE IRONS, MAKER (includes Wafer & Cookie Irons of olden times)
WHIPS – WHISKS
-Coiled Whips
* * * * *
-Egg Whisks
-Rotary Whisks (English, see EGG BEATER)
-Sauce Whisks
-Sprung Whisk
* * * * *
-OTHER
---Molinillos (Mexican Hot Chocolate Stirrer)
WINE-MAKING EQUIPMENT (Homemade wine)
-Hand Corkers
WOODEN ITEMS, in addition, if there are any!
X
X-TRA – All the extra Odds & Ends
-Dish or Drain Rack (Washing, Drying, Storing)
-Drain Tray
-Napkin Holder
Z
-zester