[Sca-cooks] pantler knife/chaffer knife

[Huette von Ahrens]

--- James Prescott <prescotj at telusplanet.net>
wrote:


> OED gives the verb chaff "To roll up (dough)
> into a rounded form in the moulding of a round 
> loaf." It mentions a chaffing table on which 
> this is  done.
> 
> It is thus tempting to suggest that a chaffer
> would  be a knife used for cutting the (large) 
> round loaves.

Which edition are you using?  This definition is
not in my 1971 edition.

Huette



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