Trammel hooks are still used in the corner of Portugal in which I live - quite a lot of families have an old house which still has a hearth covering half the kitchen, filled with chains and hooks for setting various fires and putting pots on at various heights.
Of course, most folks also have a modern kitchen, but for high days and holidays they cook the old way still. Not unusual to see an old lady cranking a kid goat on a turnspit, either.
Thing is, some of these “old” houses were built as recently as the 70’s, using techniques which hadn’t changed since the medieval era - stone and timber, lath and plaster, packed earth floors - such are the privations of nearly a century of stunted development, particularly in rural areas.
Of course, most folks also have a modern kitchen, but for high days and holidays they cook the old way still. Not unusual to see an old lady cranking a kid goat on a turnspit, either.
Thing is, some of these “old” houses were built as recently as the 70’s, using techniques which hadn’t changed since the medieval era - stone and timber, lath and plaster, packed earth floors - such are the privations of nearly a century of stunted development, particularly in rural areas.