The cavalry originated in the countries of the ancient world, in the regions where horses were raised on a large scale. Before the appearance of the cavalry in the armies of Egypt, China, and India, horse-drawn war chariots were used.
Roasting is cooking food, from meats to vegetables, with fats so that they have a brown and glazed exterior and a moist flavor. Baking muffins. Baking is the term used for cooking foods such as bread, potatoes, apples, etc. in dry heat in an oven.
To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes.In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned. [BAcon. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. Roastedin wrath and fire.