[Sca-cooks] [Fwd: Salamander - History?]

[johnna holloway]

OED takes it back to Hannah---

d. Cookery. A circular iron plate which is heated
 and placed over a pudding or other dish to brown it.
1755 H. Glasse Art of Cookery (ed. 5) 331 Put it in
 the Oven to brown, or do it with a Salamander.

Middle English Dictionary fails to list it.

Johnna Holloway   Johnnae llyn Lewis

I own one. It came from Williams-Sonoma. My son
was seriously into creme brulee for a while.


marilyn traber wrote:
>
> Hey - all youse old timers, anybody want to take a crack at this
> > margali
> proprieter of the Rock by the back step of the Cathedral of the
> Flaming Salamander ;-)

> Does anyone have a reference for a source concerning the history
> and use of > salamanders?
>