[Sca-cooks] peach pit molds, period utensils

[Angelfire]

forgive my two cents worth, but perhaps a peg jug

I have seen them and they look interesting, according to the documentation that
accompanied them, they were used in monasteries to assist in the allocation of the
daily allowance of spirit's (cider ect)

pigs circled down the jug t even intervals, the peg was pulled and the liquid
decanted into the individual pots, thus giving each an equal measure, apparently
also covers the phrase "bringing someone down a peg"

I know personally I would love a couple of them

Angelfire

"Mark.S Harris" wrote:

> Olga replied to me with:
> > Hi Stefan.
> > Yep, got your order, and a new batch of molds are currently drying- hope to
> > fire this weekend.  (Yours too, Ilaria!)
>
> Wonderful! And thanks for the note on how to keep the marzipan from
> sticking. While I will try the marzipan, I was also thinking of using
> the molds for sugar paste.
>
> > Thanks for the references- not really what I meant, though.  More a matter
> > of What do y'all need?  Pipkins? Clay griddles/frypans? Unglazed jugs?
> > Culinary molds of specific size/type/shapes?  :)  Among other things, I hope
> > to learn more about exactly how the utensils are used- "form follows
> > function", so the more I know about cooking techniques, the better my pots
> > will work.
>
> Well, I thought some of the commentary that was in the untensils-msg
> file
> and similar files might help on how they would be used.
>
> "Unglazed jugs"? How big? A gallon? Two? Since the liquid would saturate
> these, I was wondering if you used just plain water, whether this could
> be used to cool the water through evaporative cooling? Would this work
> at Pennsic with its sometimes high humidity?
>
> While having a spout at the bottom would be nice, I'm not sure such
> an item would be period. Although maybe a cork would work well enough?
> Maybe the idea best would simply be a dipper with a long handle on it.
>
> So do you make an appropriate unglazed jug? If so, how much money
> for it? I guess shipping might be a problem. I'd have to consider
> how much I'd use it before next Pennsic or whether to pick it up
> there.
>
> Thanks,
>   Stefan
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