How Do You Cook On Wood Burning Stoves?
Wood burning stoves are much more efficient cookers than you may realize. True they take some getting used to, and you may have to enjoy a few failures before you achieve success, but mastering the art of stove top cooking on a wood stove isn’t that far out of reach. Start with the simpler items and get a feel for how you stove works, and you’ll find you can cook more than just soup in no time. Start your fire with well-seasoned wood. Wood should be seasoned-or dried-for at least six months. Hardwoods, such as oak and maple, are typically used, but how dry the wood is will make more of a difference in your cooking than what type it is. Good, dry wood will burn hot, evenly and without much smoke. Allow the fire to burn for at least 45 minutes before you begin cooking either in the oven or on the stove top. Until the fire settles and turns to coals, it won’t offer an even enough heat for cooking. Start a pot of water if you want to get something going, or do something simple like reheat
