SC - Between two dishes ...
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Tue Apr 28 18:29:48 PDT 1998
> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:09:21 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jeff Berry <nexus at panix.com>
> Subject: SC - Between two dishes ...
>
> 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?
That sounds like a reference to a chawfer or chafing dish, which is
essentially a small brazier of charcoal, in which sits a roughly
similarly-sized inner cooking plate, which can be used covered or
uncovered. Cooking between two dishes would most likely be using this
type of setup.
Adamantius
> Alexandre Lerot d'Avigne
PS.: Do I know you, my lord? I live in Østgardr too...
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Phil & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
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