SC - kitchen in a krak

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/22/00 12:57:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
stefan at texas.net writes:

<< For those unaware of the charcoal burning, this was the prime fuel
 used in iron work and by latter period it was often difficult to find
 good timber in England because the land had been so deforested by
 cutting it for charcoal. >>

Also the forests never fully recovered after William the Conqueror laid waste 
to the land. 'Laying waste to a land was just as devastating as an atom bomb. 
Three days of riding in any direction would not find a single living thing. 

Ras