SC - Toasting salamander.

[Christina Nevin]

Speaking of toasting, I got to see an interesting piece of kitchen equipment
in action on TV this weekend. The BBC did a docu on Hampton Court Palace,
including a brief piece showing re-enactors in the kitchen. They showed a
'salamander', basically a flat iron disk with a very long handle, which was
shoved in the coals to heat up, and then used mostly to heat cheese on top
of bread. A medieval toastie maker the housekeeper said (erm, yes, well...).
I'm not sure how accurate this is, as I didn't agree with some of the other
stuff they said about food of the time. Has anyone seen pictures of this
equipment in use?

Lucretzia

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Lady Lucrezia-Isabella di Freccia   |  mka Tina Nevin
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versifiers" - Aretino, 1536 
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