What's cookin'

Friday, 2:28 pm

By Kate

Feb

10

2006

It was a cold morning and the house was cozy warm from the wood stove. But the air was very dry. I filled the cast iron pot with water and placed that on top of the stove. And then I got to thinking...why not put my heavy stainless steel stock pot on top of the stove with the not-nearly-thawed chicken along with some chicken stock and cream of mushroom soup and potatoes and carrots and celery and mushrooms and a few onions and a bay leaf to gently simmer for most of the day.

For the cost of 4 good sized hunks of split wood, I’ve heated and humidified my house all day, and cooked dinner. That’s a pretty sweet deal. Smells good in here, too.