cookrooms

cook room n The size of the ancient cookrooms depended entirely on the extent of the planter's fishery business, but in general they were about fifty feet long and thirty wide. Along the sides, a few feet from the floor, were the sleeping berths for the men, and a place underneath for each man&...

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Summary:cook room n The size of the ancient cookrooms depended entirely on the extent of the planter's fishery business, but in general they were about fifty feet long and thirty wide. Along the sides, a few feet from the floor, were the sleeping berths for the men, and a place underneath for each man's chest. The open space in the middle was devoted to the use of the tables where sometimes fifty men sat down together at meal-time. The bill of fare consisted of pork and duff, Hamburg bread and butter, tea, and oftimes spruce beer, a large cask of which was always on draft. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Mon 20 Jun 2016