[Sca-cooks] RE: pot holders

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

hey all from Anne-Marie

on potholders in period....

we need to be careful that we're not creating a need that didnt exhist....

we have lots of pictures of medieval people cooking. None of them seem to
use potholders. They appear to use long paddles or spoons, and pots are
hung over the fire on gizmos that let you swing them on and off.

I cook over a fire all the time, and use my rake, an L shaped metal toy to
lift pots on and off and lift lids. We do have wool potholders (wool scraps
sewn into a thick pad) too, but I'm finding that the rake does most of what
I need, and my hand inside my heavy linen apron can do the rest.

I'd love to see pictorial evidence of a potholder, though! they can be
awfully handy sometimes....

--AM



At 09:01 AM 6/12/01 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>> > I'll be at Hagerstown, Md for Highland river Meleeeeees this
>weekend,.... Ru
>>
>
>Wish I could join you (the A&S theme looks particularly interesting) but
>Atlantia is a bit far for a weekend trip. 8-)
>
>But thank you for the invitation. I bound off the second potholder this
>morning and I'll be felting tonight. I'll let you know how my finished
>product works out.
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