The Book Shelf

As autumn marches forward, wood is being cut and stacked for winter-time use. I grow nostalgic for the enveloping warmth of wood heat and cooking on the wood stove (someday soon with our Waterford Stanley cookstove!). The following book fuels the feeling! "American Wood Heat Cookery" – by Margaret Byrd Adams For anyone interested in [...]

By |2015-01-21T17:22:53-08:00October 15th, 2014|Cooking, Homesteading, Off Grid Life, Ranch Life, The Book Shelf|0 Comments
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Wood Stove Cooking

I love cooking on a simple wood stove! Whether it is cowboy coffee (boiled), pancakes (hot cakes, griddle cakes… whatever you call them!), fried eggs, grilled cheese sandwiches or what have you, the final result always seems to taste so much better! Recall the old saying that one has “slaved all day over a hot [...]

By |2014-03-17T15:04:38-07:00March 17th, 2014|Cooking, Ranch Life, Solar Living|0 Comments
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