Kalm's account of his visit to England : on his way to America in 1748 / translated by Joseph Lucas ; with two maps and several illustrations.

  • Pehr Kalm
Date:
1892
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Credit: Kalm's account of his visit to England : on his way to America in 1748 / translated by Joseph Lucas ; with two maps and several illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    large square boxes, lådor, of lead, 4 or 6 inches deep, in which the milk curdles, skal löpna, in the summer very well, and becomes most delicious. The sweet milk was sold to the neighbouring inhabitants, who did not them- selves keep cows; but that which was over was siled in the above-named manner and made into butter. The butter was churned or “ Kerned,” [Nidderdale], in tub- shaped kerns, kärnades i tnnnor, which were turned round by a handle. The kern-milk, kärn-m j Ölken, was sold to the poor, or swine were fattened with it. Drängarne. The farm servants were sufficiently occupied during the day with various outdoor duties such as the care of cattle, ploughing, plöjning, sowing, carting, körning, repairing hedges, &c., but as soon as they entered the cottage, stugan, in the evening, they did not apply themselves to the least work, more than that they ate, sat, and talked till eleven o’clock in the evening. They never troubled themselves to make wagons, or agricultural implements, for all such things were bought of certain people in the country, whose special business it was to make them. For fuel, coal was partly used, which was bought in London and carted here, partly and mostly wood, ved, which their hedges so richly provided them with, espe- cially their oaks, Ekar, and other trees, which they poll, topphuga, and leave to strike out new shoots, as has been mentioned before. Stekvändare, meat-jacks, or spits, they have in every house in England. They are turned by a weight, which is drawn up as often as it has run down. The spits themselves are of iron, simply made, a very [T. I. p. 366] useful invention, which lightens labour amongst a people who eat so much meat. [Kalm was in London from April 21, to May 7, 1748.]
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