Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on April 17, 2005 at 00:34:47 from 195.93.21.2 user ACB.
In Reply to: Re: Mrs. DIXON cooking over open fire posted by Ed Kiser on April 16, 2005 at 23:30:13:
Ed, I think you are being too literal. It is common for recipes to contain phrases like "draw the pan off the fire", where what is meant is "take the pan off the heat". I'm sure Mrs Dixon was cooking over a range ring; we know she had a good oven, because later on we find her baking pork pies, for which she is renowned, so she must have had a good kitchen range.