An article appearing in Timesleader.com by Amy Culbertson lists clay bakeware as making a comeback this year in a big way. This is just one of the many reasons BakewarePans.com is featuring Romertopf Clay bakeware as they are one of the premier makers of Clay Baking Products.
About a thousand years ago, chicken was covered in mud (yummy), placed in the embers of a fire and left there until the mud lost all of it's moisture and had hardened. Once this happened, it was taken out of the embers and broken open to take out the now cooked chicken.