SC - Re: seeking recipes (Outdoor Feast)

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

Hi from Anne-Marie...

> No, I'm not buying it.  You would still need to handle hot food coming
> off of the fire, and hot kettles and cauldrons.  Maybe our padded quilted
> square things aren't, but I tend to use a towel or my apron as often as
> one of those anyway, so I don't think I would go along with the idea that
> they weren't used in period.  

could be...the pictures we got are of cooks using towel type gizmos to
protect their hands from hot plates, etc. Alas, the fire retardant wool
doesnt come in towel type :) oh well!


> 
> > as well as example in catelogs of medieval kitchen toys.
> 
> Um, really?  Where can I get these cataloges?
> 
The Muserum of London has a catelog of all kinds of stuff (the pre-cursor
to their great ones on Knives and Scabbards, Dress Accessories, etc). Not
much discussion, but lots of pictures. Some friends brought one back from
England (did they bring back two? Oh no!). Also there's a book that's been
waived in front of my face, in French, "everyday objects of the middle
ages" or some such thing. A big fat book with tons of photos of medieval
pots, pans, gizmos and gadgets. As i dont own eiterh of these, I cant
provide an ISBN alas.

hope this helps...
- --AM
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