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A brasero is a heater commonly used in Spain. It is placed under a table covered with a cloth that extends to the floor to provide heat for people sitting at the table. This arrangement is similar to the Japanese kotatsu or Iranian korsi. Modern braseros are electric, but in the past they have been coal fired.
The brasero was considered a dangerous piece of furniture inside a house, because the embers it generated were not retained. Many accidental fires have been ignited by fabric coming in contact with braseros. Because a brasero is covered, combustion occurred with small quantities of oxygen, and instead of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide was generated. Carbon monoxide poisoning often killed silently while the victims slept, especially when habitations were poorly ventilated.
The modern brasero is an electric heater with a thermostat attached to guard against too much heat being generated. Most homes in Spain had a brasero until modern heating systems were installed in newly built homes over the last 15 years. The brasero is making a comeback due to rising heating prices and the economic crisis. People love the idea of the brasero heating the people close to it, rather than the room in general and all the heat leaving through the windows.
In South America, notably Argentina, a brasero is a small grill attached to a box with coals used to serve sizzling hot meats at an asado.
Category:Cooking appliances
Brasero may refer to:
- Brasero (heater), a heater or an oven
- Brasero (software), CD/DVD-burning software for Linux
Brasero is a free disc- burning program for Unix-like systems, which serves as a graphical front-end (using GTK+) to cdrtools, cdrskin, growisofs, and (optionally) libburn.
Brasero is the default CD/DVD application in the GNOME desktop.
Licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Brasero is free software.
Usage examples of "brasero".
Yo pedí una pluma de caña, unas tijeras, una gran hoja de papel veneciano, un cuerno de tinta, un brasero, unas semillas de cilantro y una onza de benjuí.
Encendí el benjuí y el cilantro y quemé las invocaciones en el brasero.
El círculo de tinta había sido marcado en la mano, el benjuí arrojado al brasero, las invocaciones quemadas.
Even as he took his wife into his arms, Aguirrez knew that El Brasero had engineered the witchcraft arrests and trials to bring the Basque and his property within his greedy grasp.
El Brasero was undoubtedly hiding behind thick wood, but he would get the message.
Aguirrez had blood in his eyes as he savored the prospect of dousing El Brasero's fire.
He was condemned to death and was headed for the stake, when fate intervened in the unlikely form of El Brasero.
Blackthorne was commanding Brasero's lead galley when they caught up with Aguirrez on his caravel off the coast of France in 1515.
Unfortunately, Brasero had the services of an informer who knew that Aguirrez always stopped in the Faroe Islands to rest before crossing the ocean to North America.
And he knew that even if he stashed the relics in North America, when he returned to Europe, Brasero would be waiting.
But Diego knew from their previous encounter of the informant on board Brasero's ship and prudently moved the caravel away from the caves.
Instead of killing him, he toyed with Martinez before he doused Brasero's flame forever.
He was condemned to death and was headed for the stake, when fate intervened in the unlikely form ofEl Brasero.
Unfor tunately, Brasero had the services of an informer who knew that Aguirrez always stopped in the Faroe Islands to rest before crossing the ocean to North America.
Diego stationed a handful of his men on shore, where they could be seen by Brasero, and when Martinez launched his boats, the men ran into the caves, drawing their pursuers after them.