SC - Between two dishes ...

[Jeff Berry]

Greetings to all,

a short while ago I did a small feast here in Whyt Whey
and one of the recipes I used was "To Stew Apples" from
Digbie.  Though the recipe was pretty straightforward, the
penultimate line was less so.
"You stew these between two dishes."

I am not quite certain what to make of this.   On the one hand,
might it be a bain-Marie or double boiler?  On the other, could
it be simply a covered pot?

At any rate, the whole recipe is included below.

TO STEW APPLES
"Pare them and cut them into slices. Stew them with Wine and Water
as the Pears, and season them in like manner with Spice.  Towards the
end sweeten them with Sugar, breaking them into Pap by stirring them.  When
you are ready to take them off, put in good store of fresh-butter and
incorporate it well with them, by stirring them together.  You stew
these between two dishes.  The quickest Apples are the best."


Alexandre Lerot d'Avigne

PS. For those who are interested, the entire menu as well as the article
series related to it are on my cooking site at
http://www.panix.com/~nexus/cooking - and yes, that is a more or less
blatant plug:-)
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