SC - Re: charcoal

[Elaine Koogler]

They do a similar thing in Papua New Guinea, only with stones.  These are heated
in the fire, then a pit is lined with some of them, the food is put in, more hot
stones are placed on top, then covered with earth and allowed to cook...usually
all day.

I do have a copy of the tapestry, but it's upstairs.  However, if memory serves,
I did manage to find it on the web...I simply did a search on Bayeux Tapestry.
As I recall, the pictures are large and well-detailed, so it should be easy to
see.

Kiri

Christina van Tets wrote:

> 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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