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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>RE: turning a roast: When we were active in
the SCA, we saw a diagram and then designed a means of cooking by suspending a
marinated roast in a macrame bag hanging from a slanted pole, so that the meat
hung over a drippings pan, with heat from a reflector (we used aluminum
foil, which was not actually period). Originally, the meat burned over the
fire until we moved it back and used the foil. Supposedly, a cardboard
sail on the rope was going to spin the meat for even cooking. We ended up
spinning the rope by hand every few minutes, and I almost fell into the fire
once, overcome by smoke (scary in a long dress). The roast
(about 10 pounds of beef) was delicious (with lots of help from
passersby, who liked to improve things), well-done on the outside and rare in
the middle. Took about five hours to cook. A piece of the macrame
bag was put into the memory compost pile, and we made stew from the remains of
the meat. YUM!</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>