A Posnet is :A little basin; a porringer; a skillet.
When people only had the Hearth to cook over they needed posnet to sit over coals to cook .
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This would be a early example of the Hearth with the oven with flue in the back but as time went on the oven was on the face of the Hearth.
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A clever cook can make good meat of a whetstone.” Erasmus
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1880
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If by chance you have one they are worth some good money.
A clever cook can make good meat of a whetstone.” Erasmus
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cool stuff Steeley!
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Thanks I guess the Bronze ones are worth the most 18th century.
A clever cook can make good meat of a whetstone.” Erasmus
We sure have things easy these days...
Steeley, is the top pic in the 2nd post from Williamsburg?
one man gathers what another man spills...
No that's the Misses she fought me on the uniform.
it could be Williamsburg but there so many places in the U.S. that do this.
A clever cook can make good meat of a whetstone.” Erasmus
Open Hearth Cooking in Camden, New Jersey .
A clever cook can make good meat of a whetstone.” Erasmus
Awesome thanks, our friends in the northeast may be trying to duplicate that this weekend.
one man gathers what another man spills...
Image #5 (putting the coals on top of the pot) is the way I Remember making Cobbler in a campfire with a Dutch Oven. Steeley if you ever make it to Detroit you need to visit The Henry Ford/Greenfield Village.
Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
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