Oven Progress - the 5th week - FIRE!
Today was a big day ... um ... no, it was so much bigger than that ... um ... i'm not even sure if I can put into words the anticipation I have felt for today.
... and all for a tiny little fire that we allowed to burn for only an hour or so.
The black granite stone has been installed at the mouth of the oven and Dennis has constructed a wonderful door from recycled timber (and a bit of high tech ceramic wool and steel)
For the rest of the week we will light small fires everyday and push them around the interior of the oven to further dry the masonry ... then the real fires will begin ...
... then will come bread ...
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myself with Dennis the oven builderÂ
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myself with Daryl (the great chef I work with)
Cheers,
PhilÂ