Salamanders: Not a Recipe ~1886

Cooking salamanders Sketch
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Cooking Salamander

Salamanders are used to heat up dishes without placing them in an oven. What I can’t figure out is how the second salamander works. The angle seems odd.

Source: Miss Corson’s Practical American Cookery and Household Management, 1886.

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