SC - Dutch ovens + other cooking gear

[LYN M PARKINSON]

>> I do not believe that there is sufficient justification in assuming
the meaning of the word "Dutch" as used in most common phrases (at least
common in my region of the USA) would automatically lead to the
conclusion that those using the phrases were speaking of "Germans." 
Indeed, quite the contrary, IMO.>>


Ras, You could be right, but I'm beginning to wonder.  I'm sitting here,
with my German book, seeing the things in woodcuts that AM wants, and
can't find anywhere else.  If the Germans did have the pots no-one else
had, then they might well be called 'German' or 'Dutch' if that was what
Germans were called in an area like Pennsylvania.  After all, don't the
PD call the rest of us 'English'?  Common usuage, not necessarily
derogatory, depending on the speaker.  My ancestors come from both the
'English'--generally Scots, and the 'Dutch'.


I hope the latest try to get a jpg file to Adamantius worked, so you can
see them.  Does someone want to try to put these scans on a web page? 
Presuming I ever get the hang of sending them?


One cook, AM, is standing by his raised fireplace, with one foot lifted 
onto the edge.  He is cooking in a long handled frying pan, presumably
held in his left hand, which we don't see.  The long handle rests on the
thigh of his raised right leg, and is steadied there by his right
forearm, while he uses a spoon in his right  hand to stir the contents of
the pan.  The pan is over a roaring fire.  There is a grill section of
the raised hearth to the rear, but his pan is about a foot above the
fire, with the tips of flame reaching it.  His sleeve is rolled up, and
the forearm is bare, so the heat must not be reaching his arm as a short
handled one might do.  Sitting on the floor is another fry pan, with a
medium handle--not so short as ours, but not as long as some I've seen.
If that's a 12" skillet, it's about an 18" handle.  Next page shows a
footed ring over the fire with a pot on it, like a modern chafing dish.


There's a picture or two from Bartolomeo Scappe's book, 'Opera'.  There's
a footed square, with a pot on it, and the pot's handle is a little
longer than our frying pan handles.  "per lanoreri di pasta" is the
caption beside it.  There are several pictures of large pots, or kettles,
with feet, and a mention of
"dreifussigen Topfen" which is 3-footed pot.  There are both medium and
long handled frying pans, but no short handled ones.  And no tripod to
hand a pot from.


Regards,

Allison

allilyn at juno.com

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