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To heat food they used wood and coal (lignite and anthracite).

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Before electricity, some utensils that were used were:

- The "anafre", a metal container tha was used to heat using coal and wood; the same as the "comal".

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Prior to gas and electricity, people used stone or brick ovens loaded with wood, coal and charcoal to cook.

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Before modern materials began being made, kitchen utensils were made mostly of wood and steel. One such example of this is a Victorian pastry jigger, used to crimp the edges of a pie.

Additionally, in Ireland, large iron pots were hung over the fire. These pots were used to cook food for the household.

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A popular type of bread made in Ireland years ago was soda bread. Soda bread uses bicarbonate of soda as opposed to yeast. This results in denser, flatter bread. This bread could take upwards of an hour to make.

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Old Irish houses used to be made with thatched rooves. This efficiently kept heat in the house, saving excessive amounts of fuel from being burnt.

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Used to crash food and mix it.

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It has the function of a steamer, besides that it doesn't let the vitamines scape. It's the predecessor of the express pot.

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Which function is to smash omelettes.

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hich were often used because they weren't deformed by heat.

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They had the same function they have nowadays, but with different mechanisms.

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It was used to transport and heat up milk.

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-300 grams of chickpeas.
-A cabbage.
-Half a kilo of carrots.
-6 medium sized potatoes.
-Half a kilo of black pudding.
-4 cow bones.
-200 grams of fat.
-100 grams of iberian ham.

Cooking time: 2 hours.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9eHdzrPTbM

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-A loaf of bread.
-3 slices of bacon.
-A chorizo.
-A garlic.
-A glass of olive oil (to fry).
-Half a spoonfull of paprika.
-Half a glass of water.
-A spinch of salt.

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-A loaf of bread.
-4 eggs.
-A litre of milk.
-A cup of sugar.
-A pinch of speel of an orange.
-A branch/little bit of cinnamon.
-3/4 litres of olive oil (to fry)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5LZXFfPmbU

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In the past, as well as nowadays, people used to use conductor materials, such as ceramic or metal, to save energy while cooking. The advantage of metal is that it gets hot faster; and ceramic keeps very well the heat, so you can move the pan away from the fire earlier and put another one, allowing you to cook more food in less time.

When cooking some dishes like legumes, which require a lot of time boiling, they used to leave them under water for 12-24h, reducing widely its cooking time. Also, putting a cover over the pot, heat is saved, not only when it is on the fire but also once it has been removed.

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¿Sabes qué y cómo cocinaban tus antepasados antes de que apareciese, o se utilizase, la energía eléctrica o el gas?
Do you know what and how your ancestors cooked before electricity or gas appeared or was used?