Making my first Garden Soup of the season... on my woodstove

[chickensducks&agoose]

I have a woodstove. It doesn't get much use because we are mostly a middle class kind of family, with propane, and crock pots, and a microwave and a toaster oven, and an electric griddle. Anyway, our finances are kind of bad lately, and we owe the propane company a TON of money and our tank is empty. so I threw a few logs into the emergency woodstove and put an empty pot on top, and headed out to the garden. found a few gigantic potatoes, a bunch of tiny ones, 5 small onions, a small cabbage and some carrots. brought them in, chopped the onions, added them with some oil to the pot, and cooked them for a while, then added the carrots... I'm waiting on them cooking another 10 minutes before I add the water (boiling in another pot on the woodstove) and the cabbage and potato. I am very excited, but wish I could think of a way to cook bread (or a bread-like substance) either tin foiled and stuck IN the stove (only access is from the top.. really) or in a covered pan? any thoughts?

 

[miss_thenorth]

there is a thread on her somewhere about what to cook in a cast iron dutch oven. someone posted a pic of delicious looking bread that was 'cooked ' in it. Thry looking for that thread, I'm sure that would work on a wood stove.

 

[urban dreamer]

there is a thread on her somewhere about what to cook in a cast iron dutch oven. someone posted a pic of delicious looking bread that was 'cooked ' in it. Thry looking for that thread, I'm sure that would work on a wood stove.

I have seen sour dough made in a dutch oven. I've never tried it (in a dutch oven) but it's worth a shot! Youtube it.

 

[Wifezilla]

Very resourceful Good job!

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

I made cornbread batter, and put it in a well greased metal pan. then I stoked the woodstove up a bit, and put a cookie cooling rack on top, (about 1/2 inch clearance) and then the pan on that, with a metal lid covering it. about 8 minutes later, removed the whole thing, flipped the cornbread onto a plate, sawed off the black bottom, and Voila! Fantastic corn bread. next time might have the stove less hot, or use a higher rack..

 

[Mackay]

You could make corn huspuppies and cook them on a griddle. Ihaven't got a recipie. I made them years ago.

Have any herbs in your garden to throw in that pot?

 

[deb4o]

WoW chickens,

what a resourceful person you are,I'am sure your soup and cornbread will be fantastic!!

way to go

 

[freemotion]

English muffins can be cooked on a griddle, I remember my mother doing this.

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

I also made an apple crisp, in a covered aluminum camping pot... i cooked it too long, and it was a little burnt, and very mushy, and it tasted a LOT like woodstove. in a gross sooty kind of way... hope the chickens will eat it.

 

[SKR8PN]

The soup sounds like it is delicious!!

For baking on your wood stove try to find you one of these.

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http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-ANTIQUE...132?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf1924794