At 12:50 AM 6/20/98 +0000, you wrote: >Ginny wrote: > >> [snip]. Seal the lid and cook in a slow oven >> for a couple of hours. This is wonderful for any kind of a cheap cut, >> or stewing beef. > >Many thanks for posting this. I have had a clay baker for years and have >never used it....I'd lost the instruction book and figured I'd probably >blow up the kitchen if I tried to use it without "lessons." > >Now I will give it a try. >Catharine > If it's a Romer topf or something like that, I have one, and you have to immerse the lid in water for 10 minutes first, then start cooking in a cold oven. Don't turn on the heat until the frotz pot or whatever is in the oven. Margaret >