Seasoning the Girdle

A new girdle should be seasoned by covering the surface thinly with salt. Then it should be heated up slowly till scorching hot, left for about ten minutes, then cooled down before removing the salt.

Baking on a girdle is a satisfying occupation, the baking progress watched throughout and cared for more precisely than in oven baking. Attention, of course, is required: a dreaming King Alfred will not do.