A Handful of Dates in Kitchen History
Ever stop and think what life would be like if there were no ovens, refrigerators, kitchen gadgets and food prep machines? Although kitchens have been around just about forever, kitchen appliances and gadgets came to be over the years and are still being upgraded as we speak. Here are a few of the most important kitchen inventions by the most brilliant inventors. We are forever indebted to them.
2800 BCE- Soap-like material is found in Babylon in excavated cylinders.
600s- The Chinese invent porcelain.
900s- Restaurants, known as catering food establishments, came to be. Guess where? Thanks again, China.
1679- Cookware takes a giant leap forward when a French physicist and mathematician, Denis Papin, invents the cooker pressure. Dutch ovens are brought into England and the Colonies only a few years later.
1742- Ben Franklin invents the open stove, which uses a smaller amount of wood than the fireplace. In addition, it is by far safer than the fireplace, as it is in a closed-in area, rather than having an open fire.
1802- The gas stove came to be, but unfortunately does not become accepted until the 1880s, when cities begin setting up gas pipes. ...continue reading