Yesterday my wife experimented with baking bread in a coffee can in our fireplace, (our oven is on the fritz) and the results were astounding...it was delicious! It was an all-wheat bread and the fire really gave it a great smokey taste. She just had to keep an eye on it so it didnt burn.
I have purchased a grill that can be used over a fire, and soon we'd like to experiment with pizza as well. Steaks of course have been fantastic cooked over the open flames.
"I'm dougwalkabout and I approve [of] this post." ;-)
Seriously, though, I love how our woodstove takes over as the "altar" in the living room as soon as we light it. It turns the TV into just another power-sucking idiot appliance. Then pull out the guitar and get some music going, crack another bottle of red, and life as we know it is very, very good.
Though when family start telling stories, one might occasionally wish for a "mute" button.
Gotta try that coffee can bread.
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