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A tagine is both pot and dish

The conical lid returns condensation so stews cook without much liquid A tagine is a shallow earthenware base with a tall cone shaped lid, used across north Africa. Steam rises into the cone, cools and runs back down, so meat and vegetables braise in their own juices with little added water. The shape also keeps the heat gentle under a charcoal fire. It sits in Mondo's food collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The conical lid returns condensation so stews cook without much liquid. The figure is taken from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a food fact?: Yes. It sits on the Food shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.