Jan 04 2011
Cooking with Firewood
Back when I was a child, my grandmother already taught me how to cook using firewood. We don’t have a gas stove at that time. I grew up using this old and traditional cooking method. I actually miss cooking rice and viand using firewood since I am already getting used in cooking using a gas and electric stove nowadays.
I love to cook over real fire. Cooking with firewood or even through a charcoal grill is fun and it creates a unique and delicious aromas and flavors that help enhances the food. While good charcoal and smoke cooking can certainly give you some nice char-broiled wood flavors, there is nothing quite like a real wood fire. There is something very primitive about it, harking back to pre-modern times when food was all cooked over an open wood fire.
Most people do not take advantage of real wood to cook anymore because technology has made things easier for us. Between gas stoves and grills and easy to light charcoal, cooking with fire is quick, easy and pretty much hassle free nowadays. However, there is something to be said for a leisurely afternoon, building a real fire and then using that fire to perfectly cook your favorite foods.
