The Traditional Kitchen

The objects in this exhibition have been given to us by residents of Luzaide/Valcarlos. For many years, these objects were used in the village’s houses, and they were now being kept on the roof terraces of those houses. So Luzaide/Valcarlos is grateful to everyone who has helped us by providing us with ethnographic objects and…

In the kitchen, we can see various instruments related to cheese making. Nowadays, it is difficult to imagine that, until not so long ago, cheese was made in the kitchen at home. In 1969, José María Satrustegui meticulously recorded its traditional production in Luzaide/Valcarlos in his work “The Domestic Group of Luzaide/Valcarlos” featured in the…

The task of shucking corn was very important, as white corn varieties grown on all the farmsteads were traditionally used to make corn ‘talos’ and bread. That is why we find a chair in the kitchen with a basket in front of it full of corn ready to be shucked. The variety of the corn…

Among the foods on display throughout the kitchen, ‘katalanbrotx’ (from the French gateau à la broche) stands out. It is a cake prepared on a wooden cone placed horizontally next to a wood fire, to which the dough is added in layers while the cone is rotated, thus baking it slowly. The process is repeated…