[Sca-cooks] Re: Ruperto de Nola, Libre del Coch

[Philippa Alderton]

Well, I know of three modern cast iron pots  which fit
that description- all of them, I think, are for sale
in the Lehman's catalog at:

www.lehmans.com

One is a straight sided Dutch oven, one is a cauldron
(round bottom, straight sides slanting out) and one is
that South African pot, which is very rounded. All
have three legs, and I think all can be gotten with
the lid designed for holding coals. If you can figure
out which shape you want, all three are available in
several sizes.

Phlip


--- Stefan li Rous <stefan at texas.net> wrote:
> While I was off at Gulf Wars, I received this email
> from a non-SCA person.
> He has given me permission to repost this to this
> list to see if any of
> you could answer his questions. I believe we've
> talked about similar
> pots in the past.
>
> Please remember to copy him on any replies as he is
> not on this list.
>
> Thanks,
>    Stefan
>
> > Subject: Ruperto de Nola, Libre del Coch
> > Date:  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 17:55:49 -0800
> > From: Dick Wild <wild1 at humboldt1.com>
> > To: stefan at florilegium.org
> >
> > Dear Stefan:  I just stumbled across your site in
> my search for information
> > about Ruperto de Nolas "Libre del Coch."  In a
> quote I found in The
> > Heritage of Spanish Cooking by Alicia Rios and
> Lourdes March, Ruperto de
> > Nolas says:  ......."and in case the oven
> (village) is not ready, put the
> > casserole on the coal fire and fill the iron
> covering with embers; in this
> > way it will taste as if it were baked in the oven,
> and maybe even better
> > because it is closer at hand to watch over; this
> is how to make good rice."
> >
> > My question is, is there a site that I can access
> to find a photo, drawing,
> > or a more specific description of the iron
> casserole container that he
> > describes?  I've heard that these pots, cauldrons,
> etc were called
> > Marmitas.  If they are Marmitas, my understanding
> is that they had three
> > legs and could hold live coals on their lids.
> Part of me thinks that these
> > pots may very well have been transported to the
> Iberian Peninsula by the
> > Romans or Greeks and used by the slaves in the
> Roman kitchens.
> >
> > Any information about these pots that you can
> share with me will be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Dick Wild
>
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> Kingdom of Ansteorra
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