SC - Porridger? (NOT OOP)
Elysant1 at aol.com
Elysant1 at aol.com
Sat Dec 9 13:03:07 PST 2000
In a message dated 12/6/00 10:50:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,
selene at earthlink.net writes:
<< Porringers seem to be eating vessels, pipkins were used for cooking. You
probably already know what the chamber pot was for. >>
I seem to remember being taught in Britain that a "porriger" was a type of
nesting double boiler one made or cooked porridge and other things in gently
(and we had one for the purpose). Could the bowls being described in this
thread be the insert of a double boiler? Just a thought.
Elysant
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