White House Cookbook
items for a properly equipped kitchen1
2 Sweeping Brooms and 1 Dust Pan
1 Whisk Broom
1 Bread Box
2 Cake Boxes
1 Large Flour Box
1 Dredging Box
1 Large-Sized Tin Pepper Box
1 Spice Box Containing Smaller Spice Boxes
2 Cake Pans, 2 Sizes
4 Bread Pans
2 Square Biscuit Pans
1 Apple Corer
1 Lemon Squeezer
1 Meat Cleaver
3 Kitchen Knives & Forks, 1 Large Kitchen Fork, 4 Kitchen Spoons, Two Sizes
1 Wooden Spoon For Cake Making
1 Large Bread Knife
1 Griddle Cake Turner, Also 1 Griddle
1 Potato Masher
1 Meat Board
1 Dozen Patty Pans, And The Same Number Of Tartlet Pans
1 Large Tin Pail And 1 Wooden Pail
2 Small Tin Pails
1 Set Of Tin Basins
1 Set Of Tin Measures
1 Wooden Butter Ladle
1 Tin Skimmer
1 Tin Steamer
2 Dippers, Two Sizes
2 Funnels, 2 Sizes
1 Set Of Jelly Cake Tins
4 Milk Pans, One Strainer
1 Dozen Iron Gem Pans Or Muffin Rings
1 Course Gravy Strainer, One Fine
1 Colander
1 Flour Sifter
2 Scoops, One For Flour, One For Sugar
2 Jelly Molds, Two Sizes
1 Can Opener
1 Egg Beater
1 Corkscrew
1 Chopping Knife
2 Wooden Chopping Bowls, Two Sizes
1 Meat Saw
2 Large Earthen Bowls
4 Stone Jars
1 Coffee Mill
1 Candlestick
2 Market Baskets, 2 Sizes
1 Clock
1 Ash Bucket
1 Gridiron
2 Frying Pans, Two Sizes
4 Flat-Irons, Two #8, Two #6 (Pounds)
2 Dripping Pans, Two Sizes
3 Iron Kettles, Porcelain-lined If Possible
1 Corn Beef Or Fish Pan
1 Tea-Kettle
2 Granite-Ware Stewpans, Two Sizes
1 Wire Toaster
1 Double Kettle For Cooking Custards, Grains, Etc.
2 Sugar Boxes, One For Course, One For Fine
1 Waffle Iron
1 Step Ladder
1 Stove, One Coal Shovel
1 Pair Scales
4 Pie Pans
3 Pudding Molds, One For Boiling, Two For Baking, Two Sizes
2 Dish Pans, Two Sizes
2 Cake Or Biscuit Cutters, Two Sizes
2 Graters, One Large, One Small
1 Coffee Canister
1 Tea Canister
1 Tin Or Granite-ware Teapot
1 Tin Or Granite-ware Coffeepot
2 Coal Hods Or Buckets
1 Kitchen Table, Two Kitchen Chairs
1 Large Clothes Basket
1 Wash Boiler, One Wash Board
8 Dozen Clothes Pins
1 Large Nail Hammer And One Small Tack Hammer
1 Bean Pot
1 Clothes Wringer
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1Ellen M. Plante, The American Kitchen 1700 to the present (New York, NY: Facts On File, Inc., 1995), p. 100.