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La Cocina con Fogón de Pastor/
Kitchen with Shepherd's Bed Fireplace

The kitchen is typical of those on the Spanish Colonial ranches of the 18th
century. Its architecture includes vigas (beams) and rajas (rough cedar
sticks between the beams). This method of ceiling a room is still used in
New Mexico today. The pastor's (shepherd's) wife cooked in a corner of
the fireplace. She used pots made of clay; she ground her own corn on the
metate; she used local herbs kept handy by hanging them from the ceiling.
Her blankets were of ranch-woven wool. Her furniture was made not far
from her front door and her baby slept happily on a sheepskin in a
swinging crib.

Photos courtesy of Ms. Shirley Barnes
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El Rancho de Las Golondrinas is located at 334 Los Pinos Road, Santa Fe, NM 87507
Phone: (505) 471-2261 Fax: (505) 471-5623
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