http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/cooking-baking-with-a-wood-stove/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/cooking-baking-with-a-wood-stove/#comment-81581 Shirley http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=1447#comment-81581 Ann, there very definitely IS a rhythm to using a wood stove, and that rhythm will be different for each household. I have not considered a second stove outside, but I'm sure that would be a workable option for some people. Ann, there very definitely IS a rhythm to using a wood stove, and that rhythm will be different for each household. I have not considered a second stove outside, but I’m sure that would be a workable option for some people.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/cooking-baking-with-a-wood-stove/#comment-77523 Ann http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=1447#comment-77523 I wondered if there was a rhythm to a wood stove? Do you crank it in the AM, set water to heat for coffee, cook eggs on top and plan on biscuits or bread an hour or so later? Do you plan on slow cooking at night or afternoon? Do you reload and heat up for the evening meal? Have you considered a second stove in a shed outside for the summer? Or would that be too expensive and wasteful? I throw all this out there because we are contemplating building our "last house" to be as energy efficient as possible and a cook stove is definitely something I'm considering. You are inspiring! I wondered if there was a rhythm to a wood stove? Do you crank it in the AM, set water to heat for coffee, cook eggs on top and plan on biscuits or bread an hour or so later? Do you plan on slow cooking at night or afternoon? Do you reload and heat up for the evening meal? Have you considered a second stove in a shed outside for the summer? Or would that be too expensive and wasteful? I throw all this out there because we are contemplating building our “last house” to be as energy efficient as possible and a cook stove is definitely something I’m considering. You are inspiring!

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/cooking-baking-with-a-wood-stove/#comment-46795 Dmarie http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=1447#comment-46795 We don't have a woodstove, but our woodburner does have a shelf that I can slow-cook things upon. (If I need something to be boiling though, we could open up the dampers fully, but that would heat us out of the room.) I get such a charge out of cooking on that shelf! And I love knowing that the electricity-hungry cooktop of our stove is being used less. We don’t have a woodstove, but our woodburner does have a shelf that I can slow-cook things upon. (If I need something to be boiling though, we could open up the dampers fully, but that would heat us out of the room.) I get such a charge out of cooking on that shelf! And I love knowing that the electricity-hungry cooktop of our stove is being used less.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/cooking-baking-with-a-wood-stove/#comment-44841 Luke http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=1447#comment-44841 Perfect advice. Perfect advice.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/cooking-baking-with-a-wood-stove/#comment-44840 Bill http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=1447#comment-44840 We have been cooking on our old Majestic now for about five years. The cast iron pots, pans and griddles all seem to work very well. I cook our bacon in the oven on a cast iron pan or griddle and it comes out beautiful. No need to turn it as it cooks and browns on both sides with the cast iron. As it finishes I take the bacon and put it on a paper towel and plate and place it in the warming oven to hold until the pancakes and eggs are ready. I have found the the warming oven is my best friend when cooking. Also I have an extra eye that I sit on top of the stove surface to the far right and while cooking things that are going too fast I put them on the extra eye ho hold until the other items finish off. Bill We have been cooking on our old Majestic now for about five years. The cast iron pots, pans and griddles all seem to work very well. I cook our bacon in the oven on a cast iron pan or griddle and it comes out beautiful. No need to turn it as it cooks and browns on both sides with the cast iron. As it finishes I take the bacon and put it on a paper towel and plate and place it in the warming oven to hold until the pancakes and eggs are ready. I have found the the warming oven is my best friend when cooking. Also I have an extra eye that I sit on top of the stove surface to the far right and while cooking things that are going too fast I put them on the extra eye ho hold until the other items finish off.
Bill

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/cooking-baking-with-a-wood-stove/#comment-44839 Vic http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=1447#comment-44839 I learned how to cook on a wood stove when I was 17 but it was a necessity then (no other means of cooking food in the place we were living). Even so, I still like to cook on our newer wood stove (crock pot meals are great that way) and enjoy the meals all that much more knowing we don't require electricity to do so. I was never able to bake properly in that stove I learned on though, so still have to learn that skill, but will look forward to trying when I have a stove with a firebox big enough to cook in. I have to admit I have been looking around, and have found a couple of wood stoves I really do like as well. I learned how to cook on a wood stove when I was 17 but it was a necessity then (no other means of cooking food in the place we were living). Even so, I still like to cook on our newer wood stove (crock pot meals are great that way) and enjoy the meals all that much more knowing we don’t require electricity to do so.
I was never able to bake properly in that stove I learned on though, so still have to learn that skill, but will look forward to trying when I have a stove with a firebox big enough to cook in. I have to admit I have been looking around, and have found a couple of wood stoves I really do like as well.

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