Okay--posts on this thread have fallen off precippititously(a lot), So yeah--you kids need to rescue more cats, and post their photo Yup. Thanks mee.
Okay--posts on this thread have fallen off precippititously(a lot), So yeah--you kids need to rescue more cats, and post their photo Yup. Thanks mee.
when young
now older
born recently
taken today, was cold, she went by the shove
Nice cats John!
I like the cats, John.
I'm very curious about the stove. Can't remember every seeing one like it.
How does it work? It looks like you are drying towels in the right compartment. The door is partially open.
The heat, according to the kitten, seems to come from the left compartment.
I love all the cat photos! I am petless by choice, but I sure do miss having a kitty around...
Originally Posted by Simone
It's a Portuguese stove made out of cast iron, very heavy, around 1350 pounds.
This stove doesn't need a lot of wood burning to conserve energy, it's stays cozy all through the day with minimal refill.
On the left, you put wood, there are bricks on the sides and back, that is the 'agent' that allows energy conservation in the form of heat.
On the right, there's the oven, where you can make roasted food, like chicken, or a cake even.
As you might know, food cooked with wood, tastes very different, also takes longer to cook, though.
The reason the door was open is that I wasn't trying to rise the temperature to cook in the oven.
By opening the door, that heat conserved in the oven, could get out, and climatize the kitchen.
On the top, there's the grill, where you can put pans, and cook.
On the left, where's the pot pan, the temperature is higher, it's right above the fire source.
There's also a bar, that allows you to put towels, or anything else to dry up.
Okay---nunya kids photos were of cats butts. As you know, cats show off their butts. I guess it's a sign the that like you. Butt yeah(ha)--- how bout some butts?
John, thank you for the detailed information about that remarkable stove. It looks like it's in wonderful condition and clearly can serve a lot of purposes at once.
We heated with a wood stove for many years and I did some very simple cooking on the top of it. But your stove is unlike any I've seen in the houses I've visited. Very nice.
I looked further, John, and see that stoves like yours are available here and may be popular with "off the grid" and other adventurous folks.
I'm linking to a few:
https://www.remodelista.com/posts/5-...d-cook-stoves/
Here's a photo of one. The rifle probably is not included.
Screenshot 2023-12-15 at 18-38-23 5 Favorites Wood-Burning Cookstoves for the Kitchen - Remodeli.jpg
If when the sun rises, you get out the house and go to work, this kind of stoves will not be practical if you want to cook in them, you'll need to keep putting wood, and in Portugal, in the region I'm at, it's not cold enough to have this stove at high temperatures all thought out the day. In the Russian taiga, these stoves were and are still used, they heat a space like nothing I've ever experienced. I was raised with food from a stove like this, and I guess that's what made me buy one, they are quite expensive, but never die. If anyone in the US wants to buy something similar, there's these Spanish stoves here, free shipping in the US territory.
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