Note 2 — FURNITURE
Reading edition
According to Miquel y Badía, the focus of the Romans is the present clar de foch of Cataluña; “a square platform of brick or stone raised somewhat from the ground, surrounded by a bench (escó), and large enough to serve for roasting beasts entire.”
Swinburne wrote from Reus in 1775;—“we here for the first time saw a true Spanish kitchen, viz., an hearth raised above the level of the floor under a wide funnel, where a circle of muleteers were huddled together over a few cinders.”