On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:40:08 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Fri 18 Jan 2008 11:23:04a, Dee.Dee told us...
>
>>
>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> 3.184...
>>> On Fri 18 Jan 2008 09:34:09a, Goomba38 told us...
>>>
>>>> Didn't they originally have flat lids to bank coals on top of (in fires
>>>> or fireplaces) or is that named thing something else?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, and the pots often had 3 feet on the bottom to help secure them in
>>> the fire.

>>> Wayne Boatwright
>>>
>>
>> They demonstrated their use at "Jamestown" when I was there last.
>> Dee Dee
>>
>Did they bake in them or just cook a main dish in them? My great
>grandmother used to talk of baking bread in her fireplace in such a pot.
>She had a wood cookstove, but also cooked some things in the fireplace.

this is what i recall them used for in boy scouts, for biscuits and
the like.

your pal,
blake