enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Terracotta - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta

   Unglazed terracotta is suitable for use below ground to carry pressurized water (an archaic use), for garden pots and irrigation or building decoration in many environments, and for oil containers, oil lamps, or ovens. Most other uses require the material to be glazed, such as tableware, sanitary piping, or building decorations built for ...

3. Clay pot cooking - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_pot_cooking

   Cooking in unglazed clay pots which are first immersed in water dates at least to the Etruscans in first century BC but likely dates to several centuries earlier. [1] The Romans adapted the technique and the cooking vessel, which became known as the Roman pot, a cooking vessel similar to those made since April 1967 by the German company Römertopf.

4. List of cooking vessels - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cooking_vessels

   Sufuria – a flat based, deep sided, lipped and handleless cooking pot or container. [35] [36] It is ubiquitous in Kenya, Tanzania and other Great Lakes nations. [37] Tajine – a North African Berber dish which is named after the earthenware pot in which it is cooked. Tangia – an urn-shaped terra cotta cooking vessel [38]

5. Olla - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olla

   As a modern gardening tool, ollas are generally made from terracotta plant pots. [7] There are various methods to create them, but one of the easiest is to fill the bottom opening in an unglazed terracotta pot, bury it in the ground, and keep it topped up with water. Plants need to be within roots'-reach of the olla to make use of the water ...

6. Ancient Roman pottery - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Roman_pottery

   Red gloss terra sigillata ware with relief decoration. Compare the plain unglossed restored section to the left. The designation 'fine wares' is used by archaeologists for Roman pottery intended for serving food and drink at table, as opposed to those designed for cooking and food preparation, storage, transport and other purposes.

7. Earthenware - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthenware

   Terracotta flower pots with terracotta tiles in the background Due to its porosity, fired earthenware, with a water absorption of 5-8%, must be glazed to be watertight. [ 11 ] Earthenware has lower mechanical strength than bone china, porcelain or stoneware, and consequently articles are commonly made in thicker cross-section, although they are ...