MEAT SAFE.
On the opposite side is a slate dresser eleven feet long and two feet three inches wide, with a skirting all along, seven inches high; underneath at the further end is a cupboard, three feet long, with shelves for china, by the side is a shelf for jars, &c.; above the dresser there are two shelves the whole length and two feet wide, for preserves and bottles and jars of all sizes.
(D.) Pastry and Confectionery. This important part of the kitchen department may appear small at first view, being only eight feet long and thirteen feet wide, but the arrangement is in every respect perfectly convenient. A marble slab, five feet nine inches long and three feet wide, on a level with the window, with two ice-drawers beneath, one for butter and eggs, and the other for preserving various forcemeats, salad, sauces, &c., is sufficient for the work of two pastrycooks. On the right is a marble mortar, with a long-handled pestle going through a ring fixed in the wall, and on the left a flour-bin covered. Underneath are divisions for scales, weights, and sundry implements, on the right and left are dressers, two feet and a half wide, with two rows of drawers, where rolling-pins, cutters for all kinds of pastry, and sugar-sieves are kept. Above, at one foot four inches from the dresser, are closets, one foot six inches in depth and eight feet frontage, with three sliding doors. Within are divisions to put away fancy ornamental pieces and useful articles and ingredients for that tasty department; in this as well as in the other three rooms there is an admirable coolness, absolutely necessary for the making of pastry, and preserving it when completed. Any pastry or entremet which requires to be kept dry, such as meringues, maccaroons, almond paste, &c., must be kept in a closet in the kitchen.
(E.) Head Cook’s Office and Parlour. This room, nineteen feet long and thirteen feet wide, is conveniently situated on the same floor with the others, and very handy by its proximity to the kitchen; it is well fitted up with a closet for superior preserves and all kinds of new light kitchen utensils.