[Sca-cooks] Hampton Court copper kettle

[Sue Clemenger]

It may very well be the same one, just blurred by the years in my
over-stuffed memory.  I got some decent photos of other parts of the dang
kitchen--dunno why I didn't take one of the kettle!
--Maire
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From: "femme delyon" <femmedelyon at yahoo.com>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Hampton Court copper kettle


> Well,if this is the kettle I saw at Hampton court it was set into a
surrounding of wood and was set off the floor with small steps leading up to
it. Of course I may be thinking of a different one altogether.
>                                        Johanna
>
> silverr0se at aol.com wrote:
>   >>Maire mentioned:
> <<< The most memorable piece I recall was this absolutely massive,
> huge copper
> boiling kettle that was quite a bit taller than I am, and which people
> needed to use these little built-in stairs to access the top of. >>>
>
> The stairs were built into the copper kettle? Or do you mean the site
> had some extra stairs built so the tourists could look into the kettle?
>
> Why would they need that large of a kettle? What would they have used
> it for? Although it sounds like it would make a nifty hot tub.
>
> Stefan<<
>
> Remember, Stefan, that they were cooking for the entire Court, so they
were boiling hundred of pounds of meat or whatever at a time.
>
> I highly recommend "All the King's Cooks" bu Peter Brears. He was one of
the consultants when the Hampton Court Kitchens were renovated back to their
Tudor glory and he's actually cooked Tudor style banquets there.
>
> Renata
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