[Sca-cooks] Porringers?

[maredudd at caerthe.org]

Quoting Dan Phelps <phelpsd at gate.net>:

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> 
> As a side note why pewter?  Metal was expensive, wooden and pottery items
> were cheaper and thus more likely to be used.  

Of course, wood and pottery *are* options. But there are several advantages to 
pewter - it doesn't break, it can be scrubbed completely clean, and it 
transfers cold easily. And it's not inappropriate to the lesser nobility within 
the timeframe. 

There really is so little difference between the cost of the three materials, 
that for me anyway, it matters little on that level. It's going to be an 
investment either way.

> Horn used either as spoons or
> cups/tumblers would seem to me to be a good choice as well.  

Reproduction period pewter spoons are pretty easy to get for under $10 each. My 
horn spoons lasted less than a season - they split along the grain pretty 
quickly in spite of cleaning and drying right after eating. 

Eirene