A chafing dish in the 17th century was a portable dish to hold burning embers or coals for receipts (recipes) that required more delicate heat away from the heat of the main hearth fire. Pictured is my reproduction ceramic chafing dish filled with embers in preparation for the cooking of the receipt To dress Eggs in the Spanish fashion.
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