SC - liver (was rare foods at feasts-rant)

[Olwen the Odd]

Bear skrev:

>"Gridirons were a standard piece of equipment in the ancient kitchen
>(Maritial Epigrams 14.221, Petronius Satyricon 31.11, Apicius On the Art of
>Cooking 7.2.1, 7.4.2).

Hey, Bear, do you have any references or pics of an early gridiron? I'm not
limitting my question to you, either- if ANYBODY has refs to pics or URLs
regarding Medieval or ancient cooking equipment, I'd be interested in seeing
them.

Stefan, do we feel a file coming on?   ;-)

Phlip

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Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

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