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51/768
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Lard making was carried out in the farmhouse kitchen and was a process that took two people a whole day. The 'leaf' or 'flay' from the pig was placed on the lard beating table and beaten with a lard beater, a large heavy square steel poker, to make it soft. This lard beating table is made of a very thick piece of elm with a back and two inwards sloping sides to prevent the lard scattering during beating. Lavinia Smith acquired it from George Besely, a wheelwright from the neighbourhood of East Hendred, Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire).
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1 lard beating table: wood (elm)
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MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'Lard making was one of the processes carried out in the farmhouse kitchen. The LEAF or FLAY from the pig was placed on the table and beaten with the lard beater, a heavy steel poker, to make it soft. The beating of the lard took two men a whole day in a household of any size. Miss Smith obtained the table from Mr. G. Besley, who probably lived in or near East Hendred (Berkshire). The table is made of a very thick piece of elm and has a back and two sides. The sides slope inwards towards the front so that the lard did not scatter during the beating. It has four legs and stands 33 inches high, 13.5 inches deep, and 30 inches across the back. // See also 51/665L', No Lavinia Smith No. recorded., MERL ‘Conservation Record’ form – ‘Class: Domestic - food/cooking // Name: lard beating table// Acc. No.: 51/768 // Conservator: D.R.T. // Date: 15.9.78 // part/whole: Wood. treatment: Washed. Rentokiled. Mystox. method: Brushed. // part/whole: repair: method: // part/whole: finish: method: // [tick box, unticked] tick when noted on catalogue sheet’
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