SC - stoves/fireboxes

[Ann Sasahara]

Greetings

I have not seen the photos, but I toured the Hampton Court kitchens.  The
roasting hearths and baking ovens were located along the exterior walls.
There was a partition that divided the kitchen in half.  Along the base of
this partition was a white-washed, brick counter with 8 holes in the top.
This was the heating stove.

Interesting things:
1 - there was no flue/chimney for any of these stoves, but the roof was
   2.5 stories above the floor in that area (plenty of smoke room)

2 - each oven had a separate fuel hole below the pothole.  This was done,
    so each pot could be "set" at a different temperature. Very neat idea
    for individual temp. control

3 - the heating ovens were adjacent to the work tables where the coffins
   were set for filling and the serving platters were loaded for carrying
   to the Great Hall.  The pots were 5-8 quarts, so I assume they were
   used for sauces and other "small" volume items.  120 +/- coffins
   may have been set out near the stoves, because that's where there was
   work space, so I assume the filling for 120+ pies was cooked elsewhere
   in the room.

this is making me hungry

in service,

Ariann


On Tue, 5 Oct 1999 LrdRas at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 10/5/99 3:04:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> macdairi at hotmail.com writes:
> 
> << Was it Ras who said he had picture of one of these stoves? >>
> 
> IIRC, one of the pictures at Cindy Renfrow's site that are archived on the 
> lindah site shows a center room brickwork with what appear to be a series of 
> small fireboxes built into it around the walls of the base, overlaying this 
> is a flat surface with a pot or 2 sitting on it. If this is not a stove, I 
> would be greatly surprised. Certainly there is no need to conjecture a pot 
> with fire directly coming into contact with the pot itself if this is a stove 
> type construction. And once the surface was heated it would be a simple 
> matter to use the fireboxes to keep the surface variously hot depending on 
> the type of woods, etc., were maintained in the firebox and the frequency of 
> replacing fuel or damping the flames.
> 
> Ras
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