Why use fires inside the home in the first place, why not simply cook outside?
For very practical reasons people usually do not cook outside. In the dry season it’s too hot, in the rainy season it is too wet. When it is windy dust and dirt blows into the food. Animals can steal the food if it is being cooked outdoors. On an open fire even a slight breeze blows the heat away from the cooking pot. This means that it takes ages to cook a meal and uses a lot more fuel, fuel that may have taken hours to collect. A breeze at mid-day in the sun’s burning heat means that the food doesn’t cook but the cook does. There are also deep-seated social reasons why people don’t cook outdoors. What people eat reflects their social status and people can be very sensitive about their neighbours’ views of their status. Sometimes people may not want their neighbours to know what they are cooking as it may be seen as being inferior. In many cultures people do not like other people seeing what they are eating so seek the privacy of their home. In some cultures fire can be considered sac
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