Christy T.
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Just something to share--I bought a copy of a book about historical cooking practices and recipes from the 17th century. That's the 1600's. In it there's a drawing of a large cauldron filled with water, with a smaller cauldron containing food sitting in the water inside of the larger one, and a mesh type bag and other items also in the water in the large cauldron, so the food could be boiled at the same time without mixing some of the food items with each other. It says that this was a common way of cooking at that time. You may already know this, but I found it interesting, and it will be fun to try a few of those old recipes.