SC - potatoes / FAQ

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From: Par Leijonhufvud <parlei at algonet.se>
To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG <sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Thursday, October 01, 1998 2:42 AM
Subject: Re: SC - potatoes / FAQ


>
>On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Dottie Elliott wrote:
>
>> >Actually, I'm not 100% certain that baking was generally avaiable in
>> >most Neolithic cultures. I do know that ovens was not generally used
>> >even in all Iron Age cultures. Anyone know more on this? For fun (extra
>> >credit?) one might also discuss how cooking changed when pots (of any
>> >kind) became avaiable to Paleolithic groups.
>>
>> Baking in a dish with a lid, set in the coals and covered with coals has
>> been done at least since Roman times. They had a specific dish for this
>> called a teslos. This was an earthenware dish. I also have seen a number
>> of period dishes that specifically mention this way of baking pies.
>
>But there is AFAIK no or few ovens discovered from e.g. Viking age
>Norwegian sites (contrasting with e.g. Danish sites from the same era).
>Most likley the grains that was not boiled were "baked" on skillets [1].
>
>Experiments could also show us to what extent it is possible to bake
>bread in cooking pits (Viking age cooking pits have been found in the
>Swedish province Naerke, perhaps also in other locations[2]). It should
>certainly be possible in a cooking vessel, the big question is: did they
>do this?). Does regular pit cooking count as a form of baking or is it
>a separate category (my opinion).
>
>/UlfR


Another question along this vein. So many culture have a variation of flat
bread or griddle bread. Would this be considered an ancient way of baking
that has been passed on through the generations?

Thorbjorn the Cook
Shittemwoode/Antir
{Northwest Washington}

Just because you wander,
doesn't mean you're lost.



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