SC - Perforated or covered vessel?

[LYN M PARKINSON]

>>In Take 1000 Eggs, vol. 2, p. 447, there is an illustration from the
Lutrell Psalter (c. 1340) showing several dishes being prepared for
service.  The middle figure is holding a tall thin vessel that may be a
spice shaker.<<


I was robbed!  Only got 381 pp!


The shaker does make sense--the holed vessel, then, refers only to the
saffron.  That would put golden specks over the surface of the pudding
and would be quite pretty.  Thanks, Cindy!  Didn't realize that spice
shakers were quite so early--I picture the cook with his leather bags and
sensitive fingers!


Regards,

Allison
allilyn at juno.com, Barony Marche of the Debatable Lands, Pittsburgh, PA
Kingdom of Aethelmearc

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