The Old Kitchen at Holkham Hall.

A truly extraordinary and beautiful kitchen!!!!

I love to see the kitchens in these grand houses.

Schitterende opname,s en PIP,s Rosa.
Ondenkbaar in deze tijd,zonder vaatwasser en toch blinkt alles....
Hartelijke groeten..........Frans.

Thank you Frans. They had a lot of staff to keep everything shiny. They must have worked very hard. Can't do without a dishwasher Frans ;-)
Best regards, Rosa.

Very interesting, Rosa ! Timetravelling is always very nice !

Thanks Ulrich. The kitchens are always so interesting.

Great kitchen series Rosa ~ I reckon it would have been hot work for the staff ~ I'm glad that we have modern appliances to enjoy these days :~)

Thank you Nick. Oh yes, so am I. It must have been such hard work back then.
Have a good new week ~ Rosa.

My Grandmother started work in the kitchen of a large house, as a scullery maid... very hard work!
Great photo, Rosa, and the PiP's too.

Thank you very much John. That's what so many had to do in those days. I am so glad times have changed!!

Another excellent series here Rosa. Always fascinating to see where 'ordinary' people worked in bygone days. Imagine being to poor sod that had to wash-up the dishes!

All the best for the coming week

Thank you very much Doug. It is so fascinating and they did work so hard for very little money. I didn't have a dish washer for years - didn't want one, but I wouldn't be without it now!!
Have a good new week ~ Rosa.

Not a microwave in sight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wonder how good the meals were from these kitchens, controlling the temperature and cooking times would have been difficult, then in some of the houses the dinning room was miles away, i don't remember seeing a drip tray like that anywhere.
Some of these houses were completely self contained, have you ever been to Calke Abbey

I bet the meals were fabulous Peter. They were such good cooks and got little reward for their hard work, in the heat of the kitchen. No I haven't been to Calke Abbey. I don't know Derbyshire very well at all. It's on the list ;-))

Terrific images Rosa, my mother went in service at the age of 14 and always said the long hours really wore them down.

Thank you Roger. 14 is so young! Thank goodness times have changed and 'ordinary' people have so many opportunities.

Magnificent. They made things to last in those days !

They certainly did Jean, and kept them looking so beautiful!

Gorgeous pics

My Grandmother was a freelance Cook in the Big Houses. The copper jelly mould s... she had an amazing set of the beautiful things.

My childhood jellies she made in them !

Thank you Pam. The jelly moulds are beautiful. I would think there is quite an art in getting the jellies out! Must bring back good memories for you.

Fabulous series!

Thank you Andy.

A lot of kitchen sets to look at !

There sure is Pat.

Wow, that's quite a kitchen! An impressive series, Rosa.

Thank you very much for your kind comments.

A Lovely series!! I like it very much!!

Best wishes
Füsun

Thank you Füsun.
Best wishes, Rosa.

Wow - an old kitchen :-))

It certainly is old Anna :)

Beautiful series! I admire how British houses (and museums) are presented, you can really experience how it used to be then. In Germany it often tends to be rather dry and boring;-)

Thank you for all your wonderful kind comments Gudrun. Although this house is still privately owned, they have done a good job of enticing the public in with plenty to see and do and as they live in the house it has a lovely atmosphere. I think the National Trust do a very good job in making their properties very inviting to visit and always improving I think. Do you have the equivalent to the Trust in Germany?

Sadly we don't have an equivalent to the NT, houses and museums are either state run or privately owned.
What we do have is organisations like Alpemverein, Schwarzwaldverein etc. who keep up and mark walking paths and who also run huts on the paths.

The huts along the paths is a very good idea!

Wonderfuly captured Rosa, all of them!
Getting hungry now, should go to my (far smaller) kitchen and find something to eat. ;-)

Thank you Leon. Not much food in this old kitchen now, so much better in yours and my much smaller versions ;-))

Hi Rosa,

What a great collection of shots!
We can just imagine a pig slowly roasting in front of the fire...
And the poor kitchen maid who has to clean all those copper pots!
I like it!

Best Wishes
Peter