Odd Utensils
One of the easiest for you to make is the long-handled iron shovel called a "peel" ([Fig. 224]), used to place bread and pie in the great oven. Cut the peel from stiff cardboard, paint it black and stand it up by the side of the chimney ([Fig. 204]). Trace the toaster ([Fig. 225]) on cardboard, paint it black, bend up the four semicircular rings and bend down the two feet, one on each side ([Fig. 226]).
| Fig. [224].—A queer shovel called the "peel." | Fig. [225].—Make the toaster by this pattern. |
Chicken and other eatables were placed between the front and back rings on the toaster and broiled before the fire, which was so hot that it was necessary to have long handles on all cooking utensils.
| Fig. [227].—Make a pot-hook like this. | Fig. [226].—The toaster. |
Several pieces of iron of varying lengths, generally made into the shape of the letter S, were called "pot-hooks"; they hung on the crane. Make two or three pot-hooks of cardboard and paint them black ([Fig. 227]). When you are not using the little toaster, bend up the handle and hang it on a pin stuck in the wall ([Fig. 204]).
Fig. [228].—The spinning-wheel and jointed doll spinning.
