How to Cook on a Wood Stove
Heat up the stove by building a nice fire in it with the damper(s) wide open., Get your cooking gear out and the ingredients ready. , As you heat up the stove, put a kettle or pot of water on to heat as well., Test the top of the stove by tossing a...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Heat up the stove by building a nice fire in it with the damper(s) wide open.
You'll need it for soup, stew, tea, coffee, dish washing...everything.
It also serves as a heat-storage measure so use a big kettle.
A canner works well. , If the water sizzles and danced, the stove is pretty much ready. , If you add cold water it will take forever to heat up again...that pan of hot water is crucial.
To "bake" something, put it in a pan (cake, bread) or in foil (potatoes) and if the top of the stove is very hot put foil items on a trivet or a bit of crumpled foil.
Then cover with a larger pan that goes all the way down to the stovetop.
Big metal bowls also work for this sort of make-shift oven.
You can use the fire-box of the stove as a sort of broiler or tandoori oven.
Wrap whatever you want to cook in heavy foil and put in the coals after things have cooled down a bit (warning...you may turn your food into charcoal).
To fry on the stovetop, use a thin thin pan.
Cast iron pans on a cast iron stove take forever to heat up so might work for soups and stews left all day, but not great for frying.
If you don't have a thin frying pan or saucepan to use, back to the heavy-duty foil! (a coffee can will work too!).
Set the pan on the stove, oil it up well.
Test for hotness with a drop of water and fry away. , You never know when you'll want a cup of tea. -
Step 2: Get your cooking gear out and the ingredients ready.
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Step 3: As you heat up the stove
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Step 4: put a kettle or pot of water on to heat as well.
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Step 5: Test the top of the stove by tossing a DROP of water on it.
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Step 6: Vary your technique depending on what you're cooking: To make soup
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Step 7: put on a pot
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Step 8: let it heat up well (keep the stove hot
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Step 9: adding wood as necessary and opening/closing the damper to try to maintain a temperature)
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Step 10: fry whatever you want fried (meat
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Step 11: etc) and add some boiling water or soup stock.
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Step 12: When done cooking
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Step 13: turn the dampers down and let the stove cool a bit
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Step 14: but keep that pan of water on there.
Detailed Guide
You'll need it for soup, stew, tea, coffee, dish washing...everything.
It also serves as a heat-storage measure so use a big kettle.
A canner works well. , If the water sizzles and danced, the stove is pretty much ready. , If you add cold water it will take forever to heat up again...that pan of hot water is crucial.
To "bake" something, put it in a pan (cake, bread) or in foil (potatoes) and if the top of the stove is very hot put foil items on a trivet or a bit of crumpled foil.
Then cover with a larger pan that goes all the way down to the stovetop.
Big metal bowls also work for this sort of make-shift oven.
You can use the fire-box of the stove as a sort of broiler or tandoori oven.
Wrap whatever you want to cook in heavy foil and put in the coals after things have cooled down a bit (warning...you may turn your food into charcoal).
To fry on the stovetop, use a thin thin pan.
Cast iron pans on a cast iron stove take forever to heat up so might work for soups and stews left all day, but not great for frying.
If you don't have a thin frying pan or saucepan to use, back to the heavy-duty foil! (a coffee can will work too!).
Set the pan on the stove, oil it up well.
Test for hotness with a drop of water and fry away. , You never know when you'll want a cup of tea.
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