[Sca-cooks] Potjies

charding at nwlink.com charding at nwlink.com
Thu Jun 14 09:15:19 PDT 2007


Meat hooks are great.  My partner William found one at Mark deGaukler's
booth.  It had apparently been discarded because one of the three hooks
was broken.  It was from a 15th cen. find.  William put a handle on it,
and it works just fine with two hooks.

Maeva


> Or you could potentially use a period meat hook to grab the chicken.  It
> has
> a long handle with three almost finger-like pieces that come out from the
> side.  I haven't used mine yet, but I got it from Historic Enterprises.
>
> Kiri
>
> On 6/14/07, Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> Michael Gunter wrote:
>> > I got a three-legged and round bottomed pot. The round bottom
>> > hasn't been opened yet but I roasted a chicken in the legged pot
>> > and it worked great. There are a couple of disadvantages from my
>> > modern dutch oven. One is that the top is a little narrow so getting
>> > the chicken in was a little cumbersome.
>>
>> As I understand it, there is a reason for this shaping.  It steers the
>> steam to the center top and condenses on the inside, effectively
>> self-basting the contents.  Next time I roast a chicken in one I will
>> probably install a hook with which to lift out the birdie without having
>> to put my hands in the roasting hot pot in order to get a grip.
>>
>> Steering out of period a little:  I bet that the popular Beer Can
>> Chicken would work great in a potjie.
>>
>> Selene
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