SC - Re: charcoal

[Christina van Tets]

Hello the List!

Stefan said:
>
>Yes, I had forgotten all about this possibility. I've been thinking
>charcoal was primarily of commercial use, but I imagine it was used
>in domestic fires also, even if it was more expensive. I seem to
>remember various complaints about coal (both dug up and sea coal)
>when it began to be used in houses. While I believe this was mostly
>in Scotland and such areas that were short of timber, I can see
>charcoal being used prior to this and in other countries.
>

Does anyone have access to a copy of the Bayeux tapestry?  From memory, 
there are wood fires for the large-scale cooking areas and what looks like 
charcoal in the braziers.  Is this right?  If so, it may relate to a 
practice I met in South Africa of making the fire at an open end of the pit, 
then moving hot coals to underneath the food.

Cairistiona
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