Chris and I were out shopping today, and we had been tipped off by Bob Christy (the photographer who did the "Broken Down Heroes" exhibit a few years back) a few days ago that The Log Cabin Shop in Lodi had a trivet for open hearth cooking exactly like we have been looking for!!
Literally, we have been scouring antique shops since moving to Ohio in 2001 to find one like we had at the last museum we worked at in New York. They were never tall enough to put embers under and set a Dutch oven or frying pan on. All we ever found were short ones, either for decorative use or to use like a pot holder.
The trivet is about 6 inches off the ground, which gives Chris plenty of room to stack hot coals underneath. With the pancake breakfast coming up in February, it sure is good timing to find one.
In fact, they had two, so he got both of them! This will allow him to make better use of the fire, cooking more things at once.
The first cooking demo he has this year will be McKinley Day on January 26. If you come in that day, ask to see his new trivets! I'm sure he'll be happy to show them off.
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