[Sca-cooks] clay pie dishes

[Stefan li Rous]

Etain mentioned:
I also do a lot of  firepit
cooking in pottery, and there was a vendor selling some VERY nice
pots  for
such use! (I got a pie dish...it worked great yesterday at our Cook's
Guild meeting)
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So, is this shaped like a modern pie pan, but made out clay? Or is it  
more like a clay skillet with a handle and some legs?  Does it have a  
top, like a Dutch oven?

When I think of a "pie", I think of something baked, especially  
between two layers of crust.

Is this pie dish actually meant to be put in an oven? Or over a low  
fire to you end up getting an effect close to baking? The clay  
absorbing and then reradiating the heat? Still doesn't sound like the  
center would "bake", though.

Stefan
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