K, so the whole earth oven workshop thing has probably run
amok? But today, after reading part of a book called The Magic of Fire by William Rubel, lent to me by my far-ranging
friend, Marilyn Anthony, of Lundale Farm, and being faced with our first Snow
Day of the season, I decided to cook some beans in a casserole in the
fireplace, a lรก Salem Witch Trials, and while I was at it, what the hay! Why
not bake some bread as well? Now Rubel only includes flatbread and steamed
Boston brown bread recipes in his book—teaching people to make sourdough and
teaching them to cook on fire no doubt comprising too great an object for one
hard-cover book—but since, like I said, I can already make dough, what the hay!
And damned if it wasn’t just. so. good.
So I assume that, Salem Witch Trial-like, I have been
possessed by some kind of Supernatural Item with an agenda about teaching me to
cook with fire. Its purpose is not known to me, but I am enjoying the fruits of
possession.
The beans, btw, are still in there. Maybe by breakfast, they’ll
be cooked.
sweet!
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time I lived on an acreage...our oven stopped working so we roasted a chicken once in our firepit and it worked quite well I must say :)
Mmmmmm. Roasted chicken….
ReplyDeleteSo. . . how were the beans?
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a great holiday season! - Cindy
The beans were nomidocious. I would like to try baking different bean varieties and comparing them. I also have a sneaking suspicion there may be a real New England bean pot under the Christmas tree. Heh. heh. heh. Happy holidays to you and yours too!
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