[Sca-cooks] irons for browning food
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
adamantius1 at verizon.net
Sun Jul 25 11:25:33 PDT 2010
On Jul 25, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Sam Wallace wrote:
> "You may scorch it at the top with a hot Fire-Shovel."
> I am not ure if this illustration is of a "Fire-Shovel" as the
> implement might be employed to catch juices rather than to deliver
> heat. It is an interesting picture, though:
>
> http://expositions.bnf.fr/gastro/grands/087.htm
>
> Guillaume
That appears to be a dripping-pan. The fire shovel is an actual shovel, usually fairly small but possibly larger to be used in larger fireplaces and with larger fires... it is used to scoop up ashes, bank coals/embers, etc.
Adamantius
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