hearth cooking
Cooking over flames
Hearth cooking is preparing food directly in or around a fireplace, using the open flame, hot coals, and radiant heat rather than a modern stove.
Traditional techniques include roasting on spits, baking in Dutch ovens nestled in coals, and cooking in cast iron suspended from hooks: She learned hearth cooking at a living history museum.
The practice survives among historical reenactors and those drawn to pre-industrial methods.
- bannockScottish flat round bread
- cauldronLarge metal cooking pot
- bakingCooking with dry heat
- Dutch ovenThick-walled lidded pot
- iron potHeavy metal cooking vessel
roasting · flatbread · bread baking · cast iron · pottage · simmering · trivet · smoking · smoke flavor · spit · andirons · grilling · bellows · trammel · stew · braising · open fire · smoked meat