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

[Mark.S Harris]

Well, I'm not sure that the Florilegium counts as the referance that
Robert is looking for, but there are several descriptions and
referances in this file in the FOOD-UTENSILS section of the
Florilegium:
utensils-msg     (166K)  4/11/01    Utensils, plates, trenchers, cast
iron pots.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/utensils-msg.html

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net

> Hey - all youse old timers, anybody want to take a crack at this
> ?  <WEG>
> margali
> proprieter of the Rock by the back step of the Cathedral of the
> Flaming Salamander ;-)
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Salamander - History?
> Date: 09 Dec 2001 15:40:55 GMT
> From: combatlit at aol.com (Combat Lit)
> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
> Newsgroups: rec.food.historic
>
> I am writing an article about Janet Ross's 1899 cookbook, Leaves
> From Our
> Tuscan Kitchen.  One of the recipes mentions browning the top of
> a dish with a
> salamander.
>
> Does anyone have a reference for a source concerning the history
> and use of
> salamanders?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert