[Sca-cooks] Seasoning a Potjie

[Huette von Ahrens]

--- Volker Bach <carlton_bach at yahoo.de> wrote:

> Am Sonntag, 19. Juni 2005 05:22 schrieb Stefan li Rous:
> 

> 
> A friend of mine has a garden plot where I can do it. She also offered me a 
> corner of it for a herb garden, so that's promising. AND she is a skilled 
> potter. If we can arrange this, I think the best thing would be to have a big 
> fire there, season the pot for a few hours while digging the garden, then try 
> bake a roast in clay in the embers and use the potjie for a veggie stew and/
> or bread to go with it. Sounds like the perfect way to spend a Saturday.
> 
> I'll have to make her something nice in return. Maybe a leather costrel. 
> 
> Giano
>
Does you friend have her own kiln?  If she does, perhaps it would be better to season your
potjie in the kiln.  It would get a even heating and a slow cooling off and 500 degrees is
nothing for a kiln to achieve.

Huette

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