This forty minute reminiscence therapy download clip features the fairm kitchen peat fire and how it was used to heat and cook the foods for the family. Here are some of the things you will see in the clip.

Don explains how important the fire was for family life
See the 100-year-old peat fire and the pots and pans used on it
How the hen was used to feed the family after its egg laying life was over
Milking the cow so that butter can be made
The making of the clootie dumplin is seen
How family baking and cooking skills were handed down from one generation to the next
The Doric dialect
See Shelia making Bannocks, and scones on the girdle hanging from the swie over the peat fire
Helen shows us how she makes her breed (oatcakes)
See the latest fire range which made life for the fairmers wife much easier by replacing the open peat fire

The clip will show the type of peat fire used by our ancestors. See how foods were cooked using the fire. Marvel at the skills of the wifies who produced the affa fine pieces we see in the clip.