Utensilry

But perhaps, among all the improvements made in the household furniture and utensilry, the greatest about this time was the introduction of a new species of dishes, from England, instead of the old, clumsy, Dutch delftware, and the more ancient pewter-plates.

The timber is soft and white; and has long been held in esteem for the wooden utensils of the kitchen and the laundry and the farmery, and for many purposes of the turner; but, since the general introduction of mineral wares into most departments of utensilry, it has come to be of value principally to coopers.

A temple, not of wood and stone, fitted and graven by the cunning tools of the artisan, but a temple of personal character and surrounding conditions, wherein dwelleth righteousness; a temple wrought by the utensilry of religion, justice, philosophy, science, art and commerce, driven and directed by moral truth and spiritual power.

Indeed, what with the high cost of existing, together with the exploitation of natural foods and automatic kitchen utensilry, it is extremely likely that more men are today living without cooks than without books. […] coal that is being used in the manufacture of his indispensable trademarked food and clothing and utensilry, and it may be dispensed to him thru the medium of a Westinghouse fan.

If our cooking utensilry is not modern and we must resort to using water, then use a very small amount and let the vegetables cook practically in their own juices.

The robbers did away with every lick of their eating utensil-ry and, until the insurance company replaces, which will be some sixty-odd days, they’re doing a finger-to-mouth sit-ty-a-tion.

A flattened stone for knife . . . a pointed piece of wood for fork—and any deficits in mealtime satisfaction were remedied by husky fingers and thumbs. To complete this elemental need-picture, shells or hollowed gourds became jug and bowl; and any broad leaf or flat boulder could double as a plate. Thus developed the patterns of utensilry—but precisely where and when silver entered the scene to embody them, the archæologists are still disputing.

Essentially every kitchen area, for all restaurant types, conforms to certain basic requirements, and to an ideal plan of layout and relationships among the indispensable functions: receipt and storage of food, preparation, cooking, service, and utensilry washing.