[Sca-cooks] pantler knife/chaffer knife

[Terry Decker]

This is rather interesting.  I've read all of the sources people have given, 
but I didn't catch all of the variations.  Makes me wonder if these 
variations are geographic or temporal.  I may need to investigate the 
workings of the pantry after I get the paper on simnels out of the way.

Bear


> Fabulous Feasts or rather not so Fab Feasts was right here.
> No index.... so I had to hunt... ok on page 28 she says
> as regards the pantler
> "He used three knives at his own breadboard: a chaffer for large loaves,
> a parer, and a trencher knife for smoothing the edges of the special 
> sliced
> bread that served as platters." on page 29 she adds
> that the 4th knife was the mensal knife wgich cut the upper crust...
>
> Brears illustrates a set of German carving knives from the late 15th 
> century
> but doesn't mention the chaffer in All the King's Cooks.
>
> I'll keep looking.
>
> Johnnae