My take on this that grease/oil is retained in the indentations and releases just enough to lubricate. I think I want one of these. Peter Peter Burns Zooarchaeology Laboratory Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Harvard University 11 Divinity Avenue Cambridge,MA 02138 USA Phone: 617-495-8317 ________________________________ From: Cooking technologies of ancient Mediterranean cultures. [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Ralph Hancock [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 4:34 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Griddles, a reprise Are the holes in the bottom of this thing simply recesses which have acquired a black patina from being unscrubbable, or do they communicate with a space underneath that might be filled with boiling oil? RH ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM1NTAzIHBnYnVybnNARkFTLkhBUlZBUkQuRURVIEFOQ0lFTlQtRk9PRC1URUNIIHxtjRckaaPx&c=SIGNOFF<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__listserv.dartmouth.edu_scripts_wa.exe-3FTICKET-3DNzM1NTAzIHBnYnVybnNARkFTLkhBUlZBUkQuRURVIEFOQ0lFTlQtRk9PRC1URUNIIHxtjRckaaPx-26c-3DSIGNOFF&d=AAMBaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=UTx_VGKLLTCWbm8XEii-AhW9geaGYT3uNNPcWNvvDdo&m=5SB7qqbNGfiHznZuqrn-98fVWm5bZwo3A7B7qOfwYv8&s=eJH3b_BdZELt_zDsSBsiQrWTIxEEXDdD6kjLc8hL0uM&e=> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: https://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH
