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Care and Feeding of the Brown Betty – Part 5 Plus Bonus Recipe!

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Part of the Brown Betty's charm and claim to fame is that it is made from red clay, or terra cotta, making it a ceramic tea pot. What the heck is terra cotta, though? It translates from the Italian to "baked earth." It is a porous clay that is mostly used for sculptures and flower pots …

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Care And Feeding of the Brown Betty – Part 3

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In the ceramics world, jolleying is a method of shaping the inside of a plate or pot - the inner shape of the ware is made with a cutting material (metal or rigid plastic), and the clay is placed on the pottery wheel. As the clay spins, the cutters shave and shape the ware. In this …

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