A giant black cauldron dominated the harbor from a high cliff.

The co-owner, Jeff Mullins, arranges for the claws to be boiled in giant cauldrons for exactly 15 minutes, then iced down to keep the meat from adhering to the shell.

Nearby, giant cauldrons full of dye made from mangrove bark bubble quietly to themselves.

Then, taking aim at the giant cauldron in which the Olympic flame will burn through Aug. 9, Rebollo sent his arrow into a titanium dish for ignition and wild appreciation by those in the stands.

Alphonse described it: "It was as if a giant cauldron had splattered the gold nuggets over a bed of pure blue quartz crystals as a setting for some magnificent crown jewels of inestimable value."

When performing "Mein Teil" ("My part"), Flake is "cooked" with a flame-thrower by Till in a giant cauldron.

On Feb. 13, 1988, she was the final runner in the Olympic torch relay and was chosen to ignite the giant cauldron at McMahon Stadium, kicking off the Calgary Winter Olympics.

Our little chunk of meat floated now in the center of the giant cauldron, and I had the odd sensation that the invisible giant looming over our heads might spear us with his knife as a delicacy.

The jump had been twenty feet and it seemed as if they had fallen into the bottom of a giant cauldron, an alchemist's vessel of fire, and the flames poured in from above.

It made a noise like steam, hissing and bubbling out from under the lid of some boiling, giant cauldron.