"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> 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


Regarding using the pot to
1) as a container to bake a pie in; i.e., using the container itself as a
pie pan or bread pan as NYT bread, or biscuits on the floor of the pan)
or
2) to insert another container into the pot to do the cooking; i.e., placing
the prepared pie onto its pie plate and baking in it inside the pot; thereby
using it as an OVEN

I do not know. I am ashamed to say that I did not ask.

The only thing that really relates to me in anyway is the fact that for a
very long time I thought that a lot of the Chinese vessels that were used to
cook in, were actually vessels that were put into steamers for cooking, and
even at that some of the vessels that were put into steamers actually had
vessels within them. AAARGGH!

What is anyone's educated opinion?
Dee