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[Charles McCathieNevile]

Welcome to the list.
What you really need t do is find a mason who can build a small brick 
dome with a floor. A good compromise is a miniature Nissen hut (those 
semi-circle things like Gomer Pyle lived in) covered in dirt. Light a 
fire in it, let it burn for a while, then sweep out the coals and put 
your food in to bake. (This is moderately tricky. Sometimes it worked and 
sometimes it didn't quite, and then we lost the oven (and the land it was 
on). But this is how many medieval ovens worked)

Or take an oil drum (best one of the 4-gallon olive oil drums in the 
supermarket), clean out the oil, and put a rack in it. Heap upthe coals 
around it. To do a really good job, cut a strip out of the bottom, and 
put in a steel plate about two inches into the thing (to stop the direct 
heat). The heavier your container the better, as you can pre-heat it 
properly.

Cheers

Charles Ragnar

On Sat, 27 Dec 1997, Mordonnade wrote:
> I cook hearty meals for my fighters, and the Lords who are friends of our
> household, and our smalls when at War, as a House marches on it's stomach.

Nordmannia actually march on our feet. Specially to feasts... ;)

> I would appreciate it gratefully if any of you have some good receipts for
> good hearty fare.  I have not yet tried baking in camp, haven't figured out
> how to do it over  an open fire.
> 
> Yours in service to the Dream, 
> Mordonna
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