[Sca-cooks] Re:hot rock cookery

[Elaine Koogler]

Yeah, they do it in the south Pacific all of the time.  When I lived in 
Papua New Guinea, they would have a festival where they dug a hole in 
the ground.  After heating rocks on a fire, they would line the hole 
with the rocks, then a layer of banana leaves, followed by a pig or 
chickens or whatever, along with a lot of veggies.  Then they would pour 
in coconut milk (unsweetend...they made their own), cover the hole with 
more banana leaves, a layer of hot stones, finally a layer of dirt.  
This would essentially cook all day and provide an incredible feast at 
the end of the day.

Kiri

Devra at aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 2/21/2004 7:21:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>sca-cooks-request at ansteorra.org writes:
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>>fianna feasting in the woods on deer cooked by heated stones thrown into
>>a pit, something i don't think i want to try at the average feast site. 8)
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>Apparently, however, it does work pretty well.  In 'Prehistoric Cooking', the 
>author gives directions for doing  a medium-sized roast this way.  Too bad 
>the book isn't available from my regular wholesellers right now. *sugh*
>     Devra (whose garden is so full of tree roots that she couldn't dig a pit 
>anyway)
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>Devra Langsam
>www.poisonpenpress.com
>devra at aol.com
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