I found this on the Mt. Vernon website and thought you might enjoy it!
Because the Washingtons had so many dinner guests, the kitchen bustled with activity day and night. Baking, roasting, broiling, frying and stewing were all accomplished here, both in the fireplace and over piles of hot coals burning at several locations on the hearth.
At least three generous meals were served daily at Mount Vernon. Breakfast was served promptly at 7:00 am; dinner at 3:00 pm; and tea at 6:00 pm.Sometimes a light supper was served at 9:00 pm. As you can imagine, this schedule meant a long and exhausting day for the team of enslaved workers, such as Nathan and Lucy, who did the cooking. Lucy lived in an apartment above the kitchen with her husband Frank, the butler. Assistants or scullions, who lived elsewhere on the grounds, hauled water and wood, washed dishes and cooking utensils, and helped with food preparation.
That is really a neat looking kitchen Deb...I wonder though if I could handle living there...maybe with slaves I could handle it.
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i love the kitchen, and was suprised to see how sparce it was i thought a colonal kitchen was some how different , and i never knew george and martha had slaves i dont know a great deal about them i love colonal days but i thought they would be huge houses with huge kitchens wow thanks for the history lesson, and i loved the oicture and your blog is wonderful
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