flyinglentris
Disabled and Retired Veteran
In some cultures, lacking ovens or not ever having built stone ovens or used flat heated rocks, etc., wrapping food in leaves or fronds and burying them in a fire's heated ash bed worked to get food cooked. The Hawaiian and Polynesian peoples are known to have done this using Banana leaves.
Of course, the alternative for people who never built ovens, would be to build a spit and either prop it over a fire between two poles or lean it over a fire.
As a kid, when we raked up the autumn leaves and burned them, we used to barbecue some steaks and wrapped potatoes in aluminum foil, burying them in the burning leaves to get them cooked. That's my only experience with ground cooking food.
I'm sure the Polynesians were not the only people to cook food by burying it in the ground by a fire.
Please share your knowledge and possibly experience with cooking food, buried in the ground near a fire.
BTW: The technique is known as Earth Ovens or Pit Cooking. Pig is often an object of pit cooking.
Of course, the alternative for people who never built ovens, would be to build a spit and either prop it over a fire between two poles or lean it over a fire.
As a kid, when we raked up the autumn leaves and burned them, we used to barbecue some steaks and wrapped potatoes in aluminum foil, burying them in the burning leaves to get them cooked. That's my only experience with ground cooking food.
I'm sure the Polynesians were not the only people to cook food by burying it in the ground by a fire.
Please share your knowledge and possibly experience with cooking food, buried in the ground near a fire.
BTW: The technique is known as Earth Ovens or Pit Cooking. Pig is often an object of pit cooking.