The kitchen and the dining room are separate from the main house for fire prevention. It was not uncommon for the kitchens to catch fire because they were cooking with a wood burning stove.
John Jay French Museum Tour
Dining Room
The kitchen and the dining room are separate from the main house for fire prevention. It was not uncommon for the kitchens to catch fire because they were cooking with a wood burning stove.
French Dining Table
Artifact (Historic)
The dining room was Sally’s domain. She would get up around 4:30 or 5 in the morning, place coal on the stove, and get breakfast for her family and the workers. Breakfast was the biggest meal of the day, so the family would be filled with energy for the day. They often served pork chops since they had hogs on the property. Meals later in the day were made into a stew from breakfast and lunch leftovers as well as canned vegetables.
This exact China did not belong to the French family, but during the restoration of the home, several broken pieces of blue and white China were discovered and matched to replicas. The glassware is made of Flint glass and contains an extremely high level of lead.
Dining Room
