[Sca-cooks] Fwd: Oven temperature question

[Gaylin Walli]

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> From: Randy Asplund <randyaf at provide.net>
> Date: Wed Oct 27, 2004  4:49:19  PM America/Detroit
> Subject: Oven temperature question
> Reply-To: The Electronic Discussion Group of the Midrealm Laurels 
> <midlaurel at minstrel.com>
>
> I have a question for the bakers.
>
> At the end of the day of a medieval baker, how hot is his oven?
>
> I also want to know how long it might stay that hot, and what 
> temperature it might be by morning.
>
> I need to replicate putting a casserole filled with sticks in such an 
> oven and then taking that out in the morning. I am curious about what 
> a reasonable simulation with a modern oven might be? Would it be best 
> to start at a certain temperature and then gradually back it off over 
> the course of several hours to simulate medieval oven cooling?
>
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