[Sca-cooks] Kitchen Towels

[Jeff Gedney]

>Duck cloth? Is that like duck tape? Does the sticky side go up or  
>down? :-)
>
>What is a "couche"?

"Duck" cloth is a sturdy cotton canvas type twill cloth.
A lot of canvas tents are made from a heavy cotton duck.

"Duck tape" does not exist except as a brand name of _duct_ 
tape, which was originally desigend to be used installing 
and repairing HVAC (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning) 
ductwork, hence the name.

A "couche" is a piece of canvas used to shape french loaves
such as baguettes. it goes in the oven with the bread, and 
it's chief advantage over a metal pan is that the steam from 
the bread is retained next to the bread by being absorbed into 
the couche, without condensing as water, forming a better
and deeper crust. 

Capt Elias
Dragonship Haven, East
(Stratford, CT, USA)
Apprentice in the House of Silverwing

-Renaissance Geek of the Cyber Seas
- Help! I am being pecked to death by the Ducks of Dilletanteism! 
There are SO damn many more things I want to try in 
the SCA than I can possibly have time for. 
It's killing me!!!

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Upon the hempen tackle ship-boys climbing;
Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give
To sounds confused; behold the threaden sails,
Borne with the invisible and creeping wind,
Draw the huge bottoms through the furrow'd sea,
Breasting the lofty surge: O, do but think
You stand upon the ravage and behold
A city on the inconstant billows dancing;
For so appears this fleet majestical,
Holding due course to Harfleur. 
  - Shakespeare - Henry V, Act III, Prologue