All the same… not only are pots made from mud or clay a lot easier to make with very little “flat” to their bottoms, but a fully rounded shape at the bottom provides the best possible outer surface shape for anything like “even” absorption/distribution of heat from an open fire below into the pot’s contents.
If used to fully cook a full load of food (a stew/curry/soup/sauce over anything remotely like open fire, flat-bottomed pots almost always BURN at least some of the food near the outer edge of the bottom, and thus horribly pollute the flavour of whatever you’re cooking.
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Mudpots as I know them are nothing of the kind.
Mudpot - Wikipedia
All the same… not only are pots made from mud or clay a lot easier to make with very little “flat” to their bottoms, but a fully rounded shape at the bottom provides the best possible outer surface shape for anything like “even” absorption/distribution of heat from an open fire below into the pot’s contents.
If used to fully cook a full load of food (a stew/curry/soup/sauce over anything remotely like open fire, flat-bottomed pots almost always BURN at least some of the food near the outer edge of the bottom, and thus horribly pollute the flavour of whatever you’re cooking.