How To Cook With Earthenware Pots
So you want to learn how to cook with earthenware pots?
So where do you begin? Well if you have already made your clay pots to cook in, then keep reading, if not I suggest reading “How To Find Wild Clay” to start your clay journey.
It’s simpler than you might think, but just because its simple, doesn’t mean it’s easy. Cooking with earthenware can be done in a few ways, today we’ll talk about how to cook with earthenware or flameware (as some like to call it) in a fire and on the stove. Cooking with earthenware vessels over a flame has been done for thousands of years, and still has no sign of stopping.
Cook With Earthenware Pots: Methods
Campfire –
The campfire is an amazing place to sit and relax after a day or hiking, traveling, sight seeing or just gazing up at the stars. To be with others around the campfire makes it that much more special. One of the main ways to bond with others is through food, and with earthenware vessels you could easily turn a camping trip with family and friends into a special experience. Cooking and preparing food in earthenware vessels can show your family how resourceful and plentiful nature is, and what it can provide for you.
Follow these steps to make cooking at the campfire as easy and pain free as possible.
Step 1:
Heat your bowl next to the fireplace, it is important that you don’t just throw your earthenware bowl onto coal or fire before it is warmed up by radiant heat. Try to get as much surface area heated as possible. Flip the bowl to get all areas. If you can only touch it for 5 seconds or less, it is ready to place into the fire/coal.
Step 2:
Now that your fire has burnt down, and the bowl has been heated, take your bowl (using the proper PPE, I.e. gloves, tongs) and place it into the coal bed.
Step 3:
As it begins to cook, stir occasionally to get an even heating. Make sure that you do not use metal utensils as this can scratch the cookware.
Step 4:
Keep an eye on your food, when you think its ready, slide the cookware out of the fire, but keep it close to the side so that it can stay warm until you’re ready to eat.
Step 5:
Depending on the thickness of your cookware, it may take some time to cool down, make sure you let it sit on the sand or somewhere that you don’t mind getting heat marks on.
Step 6:
I’m always amazed at how much better things taste when they’re cooked in earthenware vessels. Another great thing is that food doesn’t stick to them if they are made properly. After you’re done, just toss it back into the fire to burn off any contaminants, pull it out, wipe it off with a cloth, and store somewhere safe for next time.
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