Cooking on a Woodstove

I recently visited a friend of mine in Louisiana.  She is a true homesteader and a GREAT friend!  I asked her about her woodstove that appeared to be well used.  She laughed and assured me that it worked well.  Then, since it was a nice cold, January day, she showed me how to work it!

The first thing that you will notice is that it is up high.  She said she got tired of always leaning over so she had her husband put it up on blocks.  What a GREAT idea!

Notice that it has been elevated so one does not have to bend over to use.

 The first thing she did was get some wood split to put in the stove.  She had lots of wood handy as that is how they heat their lovely home.

Splitting wood

 Then add the wood to the stove with a little newspaper.

Remove the burners and add the wood from the top.

 Next you need to put the burners back in place.

Place the burners back where they belong

 Light the fire...this is really easy guys!

Light the fire.

 Now you have to wait for the stove to get hot.  Really, it did not take that long at all. 

The biscuits were cooked on the gas stove.  We are waiting for the fire to get hot.

 

Eggs cooked on cast iron with a wood stove:  YUM!

 And there you have it!  A wonderful breakfast cooked in a very little amount of time using cast iron cookware and a well loved woodstove.  Yes, everything tastes better cooked on a woodstove!