SC - Peasant cookery

[Bonne of Traquair]

> ><< All this leads to helping me create as Period an experience as
> > possible. Since English potters were not of noble birth, I am really
> >not
> > looking to or expecting elaborate food..or is this wrong? >>
> >
> >Yes, and no. Iron and copper kettles were used extensively for boiling
> >and
> >other such things.
>
>[An interesting side point is the appearance, in illuminations , of these
>kettles with clay vessels resting within the boiling water.
>protects the food from metal contamination, I suppose..]
>
>  Pottery would, SFAIK, been more used in hearth side
> >
> >cookery.

I thought that cooking in a dish within the kettle of boiling water was also 
done?  Like a pudding basin is used today.

Bonne


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