pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on tue 3 feb 04
holding 'Liquids' ...
Hi Lee,
Would you help me to understand please, how a wet (?), just
made(?), soft, 'green' or otherwise not fired clay vessel
may be used to cook liquids in, by being set into a
hole-in-the-ground on top of which a fire is made?
I am having some troubles here...
Thanks!
Phil
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Love" >
(snip...)
> I'm wondering if maybe the first clay vessel was
> formed to hold liquids and it was later discovered that
the clay
> hardened in the fire? These folks came to the Japanese
islands to
> escape the ice in the north. Could be that someone was
melting snow at
> the hearth in a clay container, left it in the fire and
discovered that
> it was hardened and reusable.
>
> Lee In Mashiko
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