martes, 3 de marzo de 2009

4:30 am time to start the fire....




It is 4:00 am when we walk into Peace and Life, turning lights, turning the gas on, quickly heating up water for our sponges, and setting up the working surface on our big table. While I start working on the breads, George is outside getting the fire started in our outside oven. It is a real dance when it comes to setting up the wood, keeping the fire going so it gets hot enough, then letting it burn down, raking the coals out and mopping the floor of the oven to bring it down to the perfect temperature. Finally the "temp" ia tested by throwing in the oven a handful of flour and seeing how quickly it burns. And voilá we are ready to bake. George might say "it's a HOT oven today"....

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