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The pantry was a wooden box, hanging or placed next to a window in a cool place of the house, on the north side of the house when possible, protected by a netting, mesh or screens in the front that allowed the air to circulate and stop flies and other insects reaching the food. Milk and other perishable products were kept there. A cool room could also be used as a pantry or be located in the house’s cellar.

Kitchen goods from different periods from a variety of typical locations of the area surveyed are described below. First, the items to be found in Beasain (Gipuzkoa) in the past are described below: