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Post by Black Hand on May 19, 2019 5:34:51 GMT -7
As anyone who cooks knows, lids are a great help. That said, lids seem to be rare/non-existent for these brass kettles. I have heard they might exist (as "after-market" items or modifications), but does anyone have any information about them?
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Post by straekat on May 19, 2019 10:32:45 GMT -7
No real info from me on this.
Packing things in means I prefer traveling as light as possible. Softer metals such as brass, copper, or tin are apt to get bent out of shape and then when out of round can be annoying to use. Depending on the diameter of the kettle, multi-tasking a tin plate, wooden bowl, whatever is used for food prep or cutting, or something similar does the same thing while saving weight, space/bulk.
All that stuff about traveling light goes out the window if the other half is going to be there, because it means loading up the wagon train and a few mules for the smaller stuff.... 
I'll look through my references and see what evidence for lids turns up in the archaeological record. |
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Post by Keith on May 19, 2019 14:55:57 GMT -7
As anyone who cooks knows, lids are a great help. That said, lids seem to be rare/non-existent for these brass kettles. I have heard they might exist (as "after-market" items or modifications), but does anyone have any information about them? Plenty of examples of kettle with lids, I have some examples myself, but no examples of lids on trade kettle. However, there were kettle lid vendors, so there is a precedent for having a wooden lid. I totally agree, a lid is a great advantage, but due to weight restrictions I have never bothered to make one for my kettle.  Wooden kettle lid vendor 1659. Keith. |
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