[Sca-cooks] scotch and hot pads

[Pixel, Queen of Cats]

In the King Arthur Flour catalog (tons of stuff you really don't need, but
is cool to drool over) they have leather hot pads. I myself have used
heavy suede work gloves when I didn't have anything else useful to
hand. You might think about attaching some heavy leather or suede to the
parts that will contact hot surfaces. The suede will do a lot to keep the
heat from your hands, and takes a lot more to burn than does fabric.

I don't recall seeing anything in my manuscripts that shows what was used,
unfortunately.

Margaret

On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Jennifer Thompson wrote:

>
> On a slightly different topic (food related, if not food) has anyone noticed
> anything on hand protection from hot pots? It would probably be mentioned in
> one of the husbandry books rather than a cookbook. I've been told that
> modern professionals use folded towels (I suppose we can't expect them to
> use the gimmicky mittens from Linens N Things) or their own
> invulnerable-to-heat hands. When on site, I've been known to use whatever
> was handy, towels, favors, my own *not* fire resistant hands, and quite
> often my apron or skirt.
>
> I'm curious because I'm making some. My (basic black, thank you) mittens
> have lost all their protective wadding at the most used points. At the same
> time, I received some wool that when spun up is so scratchy as to be
> unusable for most purposes. So I've knit it into squares which I will then
> felt and cover with heat and fire resistant, but not particularly absorbent,
> wool.
>
> It seemed sensible and I wondered if other people had come up with the idea
> separately or if there is a mention of something similarly useful in the
> literature.
>