Subj : Books
To : Carol Shenkenberger
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Tue Jul 09 2024 13:56:23
Hi Carol,
> > Those books were good reads; I have the first 5 in paperback, last one
> > on my Nook. It would be interesting to try some of the cooking
> > techniques; some of them (pit "oven" for rxample) are still in use
> > today.
CS> >
> CS> I've done some of it over the fireplace in winter, Fun for a trial!
CS> >
> We have a gas fireplace so it wouldn't work out quite as well. However,
> Steve does have a charcoal grill, egg shaped but not the name brand
> green one. Might be worth trying that for "campfire" cooking. He grilled
> a pizza the other night but because of time constraints, did it on one
> of our gas grills.
CS> >
CS> Got our fireplace cleaned today and agreed to some repairs. Not bad,
CS> few here get annual cleanings and USE the fireplace much. He found
CS> our well used truely functional fireplace really nice. The extended
CS> hearth is quite unique in a modern hearth but normal in the
CS> 1700-1800's.
We have a small hearth but don't use the fireplace that often, even in
winter. Can't really do any cooking in the fireplace but do have the
camper stove if our power goes out. It's a 3 burner top with a small
oven so we could do quite a bit of cooking, just can't use the microwave
unless we run the generator.
