"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2012-03-01, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> Sorry, it looks like a branding iron to me. I wouldn't find it could
>> take
>> the place of a toaster oven.
>
> What do you think ol' Southern cooks in the genteel Antebellum South
> used in their elaborate kitchens when they made toasted cheese for The
> Colonel in one of these?:
>
> http://www.wakefieldscearce.com/cheese-dishes
>
> It wasn't an electric toaster oven, ferchrysakes!
>
> nb
>
LOL Probably in a cast iron skillet over a wood fire in the (separate from
the house) kitchen. Those "ol' Southern cooks" were slaves, BTW. I have no
proof they were making grilled cheese sandwiches for the massah I
apologize for missing the branding-iron looking gizmo in my google search.
I wouldn't have any use for one of those since I don't cook over a wood
fire, but it's an interesting artifact

Jill