Anyone using the fireplace to cook?

[Fan of the 1911]

It's cold, anyone using their fireplace to cook. The wife and I have been using it for baked potatoes. I had a gift card for bass pro I needed to use, and I bought a double pie iron. Last Friday we had a chance to season them and cook a steak. It was a little more work than the grill, but we already had a fire going. It was well worth the 20$. Anyone else making good use of the fireplace?

 

[Katahdin]

Try tinfoil dinners, wrap up some meat, veggies, potatoes, seasonings, etc. Double layer it in tinfoil and place on the coals for about 9 minutes on each side. We do this sometimes in our woodstove. My wife, who is a bit of gourmet cook, is amazed at how good the meals come out.

 

[murphy1244]

I do Pizza on the Top of my wood burner.

 

[adirondackmtnman]

I do Pizza on the Top of my wood burner.

That's our go-to meal when the power's out in the winter. Good ol' woodstove pizza. Summertime we just fire up the grill like nothing happened.

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[dmccarty]

I have not done any real cooking on the wood stove, but when we lost power, I did warm up some soup. Never really though about cooking inside the wood stove but I guess we could once the fire burned down to coals.

There is a cooking show on one of the PBS channels that I manage to watch from time to time. The guy is cooking in an open fireplace using cooking equipment, ingredients and recipes. I think he might be filming the show in Williamsburg. It is fun to watch what he can cook with dutch ovens and skillets in an open hearth. I would hate to be cooking like that in the summer though. Today, it would great, but on July 4th, not so much. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[smstonypoint]

There is a cooking show on one of the PBS channels that I manage to watch from time to time. The guy is cooking in an open fireplace using cooking equipment, ingredients and recipes. I think he might be filming the show in Williamsburg.

I think you are referring to A Taste of History | Cooking Shows | PBS Food.

Steve

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Try tinfoil dinners, wrap up some meat, veggies, potatoes, seasonings, etc. Double layer it in tinfoil and place on the coals for about 9 minutes on each side. We do this sometimes in our woodstove. My wife, who is a bit of gourmet cook, is amazed at how good the meals come out.

We used to call those "Hobo Dinners". Kids loved them.

 

[dmccarty]

I think you are referring to A Taste of History | Cooking Shows | PBS Food.

Steve

Yep! That is the guy. Great show. We watched another documentary about the house/castle that is shown in Downton Abbey. The show does use some of the history of the house and the Lady living in the house in 1914 did turn the place into a hospital. She opened the hospital in September 1914 which is impressive since WWI start in late July 1914. The Lady's wife, was the guy who funded the Egyptian expedition that found King Tut. He was using his wife's money since he was in debt before he married his very rich wife. Anyway, what really got my attention in the documentary was talking to the two cooks. They used to have large number of kitchen staff but now it is only two. Some of the recipes they still use have been handed down through the centuries. One of their favorite dishes is a curry recipes that was created by an Indian cook one of the Lords had brought back from India i the 1600 or 1700s.

Surprisingly, the house/castle, the current Lord called it a castle, still has most of its land attached to the estate. About 5,000 acres but I don't know if those are metric or English acres. The current Lord said they had managed to keep most of the land and only sold off about 20% which is very impressive for a castle/estate that has centuries old.

The kitchen was very modern and I did not see an open fireplace to cook in but I am sure some of the rooms still has fireplaces that could be used in a pinch. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[/pine]

we cook potatoes in the coals all the time...we don't even bothering with foil...the skins get a little hard (but are still edible)...they have a very good and unique flavor...butter and season to taste but they are good on their own...!

 

[charlz]

Growing up when it was really cold my mom would put a open pot of hot spiced tea on the wood stove. When your cup ran out you could just go over to the stove and fill it up again. It was the kind with fruit juices, tea, cinnamon, cloves etc. A lot of people with old farm houses still used the wood cook stove in the winter. One friends ranch we hunted on had a old cabin with a wood cook stove. Was neat to cook on but sucked to wake up cold and hungry then have to light/rebuild the fire and wait almost an hour for it to be hot enough to cook on etc.