{"id":1791,"date":"2008-10-07T09:28:02","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T17:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/osu_archives\/2008\/10\/07\/1791\/"},"modified":"2008-10-07T09:28:02","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T17:28:02","slug":"1791","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/2008\/10\/07\/1791\/","title":{"rendered":"More than a pan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There is a certain amount of confusion regarding the name for that three-legged, long-handled frying pan we call a &#8220;spider.&#8221; Collectors of kitchenware tell us that its shape evokes the arachnid-high stilty legs holding up a round black body. With a bit of a stretch, the long handle appendage is also somehow lifelike. The opening at the shaped tip of the handle, usually a hook or a rattail, suggests an eye. The organic nature of the image is carried into its name, as was typical of early technology terminology. It\u2019s like the common use of the word &#8220;dogs,&#8221; (originally work animals,) and the terms &#8220;firedogs&#8221; (andirons,) or &#8220;spit dogs&#8221; (mechanical spit turners.)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalofantiques.com\/hearthjan01.htm\">There&#8217;s History in Your Frying Pan<\/a> article in the <em>Journal of Antiques Collectibles<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There is a certain amount of confusion regarding the name for that three-legged, long-handled frying pan we call a &#8220;spider.&#8221; Collectors of kitchenware tell us that its shape evokes the arachnid-high stilty legs holding up a round black body. With a bit of a stretch, the long handle appendage is also somehow lifelike. The opening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1451,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[233190,822,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main-page","category-recipes","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1451"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/scarc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}