it has influenced cooking traditions in Germany and neighbouring countries. Greece A yiouvetsi is similar to a guvec. Moussaka is made in these. Spain In Spanish cooking a ceramic roaster known as olla de barro is used. Another clay pot used in Spain is the cazuela. Italy The pignatta is a vase-shaped pot used for cooking beans in the coals of a fireplace or in a wood-fired oven. Another Italian clay pot is the tiella, which is a wide glazed clay pot used in Puglia and Calabria. In Tuscany the coccio and fiasco are bean pots. Dishes commonly prepared in clay pots include ribollita. In South American cuisines Clay pots are used in various South American dishes, including cazuela, which is named for the Spanish cooking pot. In North American cuisines Native American civilizations traditionally cooked in clay pots, although they fell out of favor after European settlers' introduction of metal cookware. In the modern United States some cooks choose to use clay pots for health or environmental reasons.In New England and other regions, baked beans were traditionally cooked with salt pork in a beanpot in a brick oven for six to eight hours. In the absence of a brick oven, the beans were cooked in a beanpot nestled in a bed of embers placed near the outer edges of a hearth, about a foot away from the fire. "Bean hole" cooking may have originated with the native Penobscot people and later practiced in logging camps. A fire would be made in a stone-lined pit and allowed to burn down to hot coals, and then a pot with seasoned beans would be placed in the ashes, covered over with dirt, and left to cook overnight or longer. The beans were a staple of New England logging camps, served at every meal. References Cooking techniques ja:鍋#材質と特徴