Post by Breadandwine on Mar 31, 2012 18:06:18 GMT
Yesterday was the most fantastic day!
It began at 9.00am, making spills to start the fire in the Dragon - and ended at around 7.30 last night with me eating my dinner of pizza from the chiminea - along with a glass or two of home-made red!
Along the way I'd made 11 pizzas in the Dragon with a mixed class of youngsters from 2 primary schools in Somerset, plus 5 pizzas, a calzone and a small focaccia!
The weather was superb, the kids were great, the support staff (including one of the head teachers for a brief moment!
), from David, who chopped the wood I needed, through to Jenny, who was there to assist any youngster who needed it, were brilliant!
Teaching your hobby to a bunch of bright-eyed, eager kids - who are then going to eat what they've just made - just doesn't get better than this!
I'd do this every day of the week, if I could!
Then, after some necessary chores, I lit the chiminea about 4.30 (much later than intended!) and made 1 potato pizza, two vegan pizzas and two cheese and tomato pizzas. The calzone was also vegan - with peppers, vegan cheese, mushroom pate, tomatoes, vegan pesto, plus chopped chillies. Then I managed to make a focaccia, but the heat was fading fast.
I now have this on my blog - including pics:
nobreadisanisland.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/amusing-clay-oven.html
And the chiminea (4th firing this year) story is here:
nobreadisanisland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/chiminea-firings-of-2011-number-1-7112.html
Cheers, Paul
Ps. Forgot to mention - after all this I fancied some pud - so I googled and found a great recipe for vegan microwaved sponge pudding - and ten minutes later I was tucking in. Even better, my wife doesn't particularly care for it!
Just finished the last morsel.
It began at 9.00am, making spills to start the fire in the Dragon - and ended at around 7.30 last night with me eating my dinner of pizza from the chiminea - along with a glass or two of home-made red!
Along the way I'd made 11 pizzas in the Dragon with a mixed class of youngsters from 2 primary schools in Somerset, plus 5 pizzas, a calzone and a small focaccia!
The weather was superb, the kids were great, the support staff (including one of the head teachers for a brief moment!
), from David, who chopped the wood I needed, through to Jenny, who was there to assist any youngster who needed it, were brilliant! Teaching your hobby to a bunch of bright-eyed, eager kids - who are then going to eat what they've just made - just doesn't get better than this!
I'd do this every day of the week, if I could!
Then, after some necessary chores, I lit the chiminea about 4.30 (much later than intended!) and made 1 potato pizza, two vegan pizzas and two cheese and tomato pizzas. The calzone was also vegan - with peppers, vegan cheese, mushroom pate, tomatoes, vegan pesto, plus chopped chillies. Then I managed to make a focaccia, but the heat was fading fast.
I now have this on my blog - including pics:
nobreadisanisland.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/amusing-clay-oven.html
And the chiminea (4th firing this year) story is here:
nobreadisanisland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/chiminea-firings-of-2011-number-1-7112.html
Cheers, Paul
Ps. Forgot to mention - after all this I fancied some pud - so I googled and found a great recipe for vegan microwaved sponge pudding - and ten minutes later I was tucking in. Even better, my wife doesn't particularly care for it!
Just finished the last morsel.
