SC - a grid?

[Stefan li Rous]

Maggie MacD.asked:
> >Here is what Neckham wrote (quoted and translated in _Daily Life in the 
> >12th Century_); he doesn't give recipes, unfortunately.
> >
> >"A roast of pork is prepared diligently on a grid, frequently basted, and 
> >laid on the grid just as the hot coals cease to smoke.
> >Elizabeth/Betty Cook
> 
> Just what is a grid? Is it a castiron thingie like on my barbecue outside? 
> (the little paralell bars, etc). Or is it a griddle? or an oddball name for 
> a spit?

I think there is a discussion about this from either this list or the
Ansteorra one in this file in my FOOD section:
utensils-msg     (133K) 10/ 1/99    Utensils, plates, trenchers, cast
iron pots.

If I remember correctly the concensous was something closer to your first
statement.

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