[Sca-cooks] Re: Dutch Oven

[Jenn Strobel]

I'm assuming that you're talking about a "huispot" (literally: house pot). 
My assumption has always been that it was crockery rather than metal because 
the cooking time was so incredibly long, and it seems to me that putting 
coals on metal would heat the top of a metal pot too much before the heat 
would be spread throughout the food and the rest of the pot.

Just some thoughts.

Odriana

p.s. So, tell me what you know about Cocboek, i'm translating it into 
English :-)

On 9/8/05, Amy Cox <scarybunny at mindless.com> wrote:
> 
> "In "Eenen seer schoonen ende excellenten Cocboeck" 1593 the Dutch
> word 'oven' refers to a pan with vertical sides and a hollow lid,
> placed on a grate above the fire and with coals put into the lid."
> 
> Wow! Okay, I knew they were actually dutch, but I thought they were a
> couple hundred years older. HOORAY! :)
> 
> Thank you so much!
> 
> Mihrimah
> 
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