Ancient Israelite cuisine aside, and the loaves were baked on the heated surface. People also began placing a convex dome, initially earthenware and later metal, over the pit-oven and cooking the flatbreads on the dome instead of on the ash-covered surface; this type of oven is probably what was meant by the biblical "machabat", often translated as “griddle”. The Persians introduced a clay oven called a tanur (similar to the Indian tandoor), which had an opening at the bottom for the fire, and through which the bread was placed to be baked on the inner wall of the upper chamber from the heat
Russian oven characteristics. For example, in "The Magic Swan Geese" a girl meets a Russian oven, and asks it for directions. The oven offers the girl rye buns, and subsequently, on the girl's return, hides her from the swan geese. One of the main features of the oven in Russian fairy tales is that it serves as a means of transport, virtually the counterpart on the ground to the magic carpet. Russian oven A Russian oven or Russian stove () is a unique type of masonry stove that first appeared in the 15th century. It is used both for cooking and domestic