Community Ovens topic items

The following pages, events, forum topics and blog entries have been tagged as Community Ovens:

  • Oven Building In Eden
    Once upon a time when only rich men could afford an oven and the space to house it, the poor shared an oven between the villagers. It would be lit once aweek and every household would take their bread to be baked in it, much like as still happens in poor countries today. The bread would be followed by casseroles or joints of meat and as the oven heat declined, cakes would follow and finally, in the gentle slow lowering of temperature, meringues and cheesecake would gently bake.This worked well with economical use of fuel resources.
  • Oven Building In Eden
    Once upon a time when only rich men could afford an oven and the space to house it, the poor shared an oven between the villagers. It would be lit once aweek and every household would take their bread to be baked in it, much like as still happens in poor countries today. The bread would be followed by casseroles or joints of meat and as the oven heat declined, cakes would follow and finally, in the gentle slow lowering of temperature, meringues and cheesecake would gently bake.This worked well with economical use of fuel resources.
  • Finding clay for ovens
    From Peter Dicken:I'm no expert on finding clay, leaving it to the people who want an oven built to source it.  Locally dug is always best, regardless of quality, as you can always adjust the amount of sand you mix in with it to compensate for impurities such as soil/sand in any clay you find.  Look closely at becks/ghylls running down to the Eden.  If the banks look yellow and firm it's more than likely to be clay as sand tends to drop when dry and form a beach.
  • Finding clay for ovens
    From Peter Dicken:I'm no expert on finding clay, leaving it to the people who want an oven built to source it.  Locally dug is always best, regardless of quality, as you can always adjust the amount of sand you mix in with it to compensate for impurities such as soil/sand in any clay you find.  Look closely at becks/ghylls running down to the Eden.  If the banks look yellow and firm it's more than likely to be clay as sand tends to drop when dry and form a beach.
  • Portable oven at The Watermill
    Date: Wednesday, 20 April, 2011 - 00:00 to Saturday, 4 May, 2024 - 00:52
    Organisation: PACT
    Venue: The Watermill, Little Salkeld
  • Acorn Bank oven building
    Date: Tuesday, 12 April, 2011 - 10:00 to Saturday, 4 May, 2024 - 00:52
    Organisation: PACT Ovenistas
    Venue: Acorn Bank, Temple Sowerby
    We're starting to build a cob oven at Acorn Bank.Turn up at around 10am.Please contact the food group if you need more details.The oven will be completed on Tuesday 3rd May and fired ready for Mill w/e 14th May.
  • Acorn Bank oven building
    Date: Tuesday, 3 May, 2011 - 00:00 to Saturday, 4 May, 2024 - 00:52
    Organisation: PACT Ovenistas
    Venue: Acorn Bank, Temple Sowerby
    The cob oven at Acorn Bank will be completed today and fired ready for Mill w/e 14th May.
  • Forest Garden Oven Build
    Date: Wednesday, 16 February, 2011 - 11:00 to Saturday, 4 May, 2024 - 00:52
    Organisation: PACT Food Group
    Venue: Newton-Rigg Forest Garden
    The next stage in the Forest Garden Oven Build will be from 11am wednesday feb 
  • Newton-Rigg Oven Build report
    Date: Wednesday, 9 February, 2011 - 00:00 to Saturday, 4 May, 2024 - 00:52
    Organisation: PACT Food Group
    Venue: Newton-Rigg Forest Garden
    Once again, a good turn out of students from Newton Rigg, and other University of Cumbria sites, guaranteed  a fun filled, informative, educational session.
  • Redfield's 'Gruffalo' Cob Oven
    At a WWOOF council meeting hosted by the Low-Impact Living Initiative at Redfield Community, I saw Redfield's cob oven, nicknamed the Gruffalo - though we didn't get a chance to fire it up.