Accoutrements for a Nyonya’s Kitchen

RUMAH BABA
Life in a Peranakan House RSING 305.89510595 LEE


The Straits Chinese House
Domestic Life and Traditions RSING 305.89510595 LEE
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Accoutrements for a Nyonya’s Kitchen

Fuels of the Nyonya’s Kitchen

Early Days: Firewood
Later on: Charcoal

…and chimneys were common features of Baba kitchens.

Cooking was done on long brick stoves that had a solid surface with several holes over which allows cooking pots to be placed.

Preparation of food and servant’s dining table is a square or rectangular wooden table with elongated bangku (benches).

Wooden meat safes with wire-mesh sides were used to store food in the days before refrigeration.

Wooden meat safes were either suspended from the ceiling or place in a corner of the kitchen with its legs standing on bowls of water to deterrent to ants.

Wooden drying racks hung on the wall were also used to store cooking implements.