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January/February 2012 Features

  • The Zeer Pot
  • A Simple Water Heater
  • Fire From the Sun
  • The Poor Man's Contender
  • Hot Stone Cooking

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    January/February 2012 featured article

    by Jessica Diemer-Eaton

    While cooking with hot stones dates back thousands of years, it it still utilized by many today around the world as a primary or secondary means of heating stews, cooking meats, and baking breads. And why not? The amazing capabilities of the stone's heat retention, its versatile use, and its availability lends itself as a prime choice material for grilling, baking, steaming, boiling, and drying foods. Dehydrating Foods - In New Jersey, archaeologists have uncovered large, man-made beds of collected river stones. One in particular measured about 25 by 50 feet in size. Some rocks show signs of fires that were made on top of them. The earth below contained posthole stains, suggesting that racks were built above the rock beds. Being that these tend to be located close to rivers and their tributaries, it is theorized that the Native People suspended their fish on the racks above the rocks to dry. read more...
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