SC - Re: Pie and Bread Pans

[alysk at ix.netcom.com]

Stefan wrote:

>Why spend the time and resources
>to make a coffin crust each time you make a pie when a clay container
>would ease that or even eliminate the crust?

One reason might be that the completed coffin served as a storage "vessel".
Food that wasn't finished was just saved and served again in the same
dough coffin.  At least one art work shows a pie stored on a shelf with mice
eating from it, indicating that the unfinished pie wasn't tossed out or given
to someone else.  IIRC, there are some notations about minor meals (a supper,
breakfast) being made up from the leftovers.  If one didn't have a crust, or
served in the clay container, one would have to have more clay containers.
Pure speculation, but possible??

Alys Katharine