What the Housekeeper Kept in Her Drawers

Authors

  • Peter Brears Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28224

Keywords:

housekeeping, dry goods, England, late 17th-century, 18th century, stores, Household Accounts, cuphoards, kitchen furniture

Abstract

This article looks at the practice whereby housekeepers in large houses of 17th-century England were responsible for ordering, storing and distributing all the dry goods needed for the running of the house. It looks at the contents listed in one set of Georgian household accounts and provides notes about the items stored.

Author Biography

  • Peter Brears, Independent Scholar

    Peter Brears is familiar to Prospect Books readers from his books on jellies, medieval cookery and Yorkshire food. His Cooking and Dining in Tudor and Early Stuart England appeared in the spring, and has just been reviewed as quoted here:
    ‘Other food historians may give us strawberries; but only Peter Brears adds the cream.’ Times Literary Supplement, 22 July 2015

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Published

2015-08-01

Issue

PPC 103 (2015)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Brears, Peter. 2015. “What the Housekeeper Kept in Her Drawers”. Petits Propos Culinaires, August, 61-74. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28224.