Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 304
ed. A large stone was used instead ot dogsto keep the wood up. Inside the hearth is worn down atthree places, where, evidently, saucepans were set. A smallgutter-shaped channel served for the passage of a current of COOKERY IN POETRY AND REAL LIFE 295 air to feed the flame. The sides of the cavity… … FIG. 140.—LAKGE EARTHEN COOKING POT IN THE MUSEU.M AT CANDIA. own cooking. It was a fancy of the Homeric poets to showthat even a king could cook. When Agamemnon sent a specialembassy to appease Achilles, Patroklos ^ set a great cauldronon the blazing fire and put in it the fat flanks of a sheep…
Palaces
Internet Archive · University of Toronto, Robarts Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
