by Melissa D.

What was cooking in the kitchens of our past? In this gallery you will learn about common kitchen objects used by our ancestors. The artifacts include a Turkish coffee pot, a salt shaker, a tea set, a mortar and pestle and types of utensils. Every object tells a story and we learned how these items were used in the kitchens of our past.

Did you ever wonder why people from different countries each have different foods and customs? Their diet depends on what was available in the area in which they lived, and on their their culture and religion. I found that all people are unique, and what is weird to someone from Japan is normal for people from Syria. A Japanese man eating raw fish and a Frenchman eating snails seems odd to us but not in their own cultures.