Cooking Over an Open Fire

I was able to convince Aunt Pat and Carlean to enter the Cast Iron Chef competition with me this year, even though we found out only at the last minute that we still could sign up. But they and Uncle Bear and Shaun were great sports, and we spent the two weekends beforehand working out recipes - over woodfire!

 Chicken halved and stewed with herbs and mushrooms - later we made a sweet & sour parsley sauce for it

 Parsnips and turnips boiled with onion, baked apple and almond "pudding" (above); Crusty bread from a sponge starter (left)