43 2 On the Construction of Kitchen 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Of cheap Kitchen Utensils for the Use of the Poor. 

 The Condition of the lower Classes of Society cannot 

 be improved without the friendly Assistance of the 

 Rich. They must be TAUGHT Economy, and they can- 

 not be instructed by Books, for they have not Leisure 

 to read. Advice intended for their Good must be 

 addressed to their benevolent and more wealthy Neigh- 

 bours. An Account of the Kitchen Utensils of the 

 poor itinerant Families that trade between Bavaria 

 and the Tyrol. These Utensils were adopted by the 

 Bavarian Soldiers. An Account of some Attempts 

 that were made to improve them. Description of 

 a very simple closed Fire-place constructed with seven 

 loose Bricks. How this Fire-place may be improved 

 by using three Bricks more, and a few Pebbles. 

 Description of a very useful PORTABLE KITCHEN 

 BOILER of cast Iron, suitable for a small Family. 

 An Account of a very simple Method of COOKING 

 WITH STEAM, on the Cover of this Boiler. Descrip- 

 tion of a STEAM-DISH of Earthen-ware or of cast 

 Iron, to be . used with this Boiler. Description of 

 a Boiler still more simple in its Construction, proper 

 to be used with a small portable Kitchen Furnace. 

 The cooking Apparatus here recommended for the 

 Use of the Poor may, with a small Addition, be 

 rendered serviceable for warming their Dwellings 

 in cold Weather. 



AMONGST the great variety of enjoyments which 

 riches put within the reach of persons of fortune 



