Cooking in an Open Fire
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Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver wrote that “I'm probably a bit romantic about it, but I think we humans miss having contact with fire. We need it.”
And indeed we do. My wife and I cook at home on a gas stove and oven every day. But I had forgotten the amazing sensation of cooking in an open fire – and of sitting around it afterward.
We went on a family camping trip to Sequoia National Park in July and got to do just that.
Sending my kids to collect branches of firewood to feed the fire…
Watching my brother-in-law kindling the 🔥…
Wrapping the 🥔 🍠🍆 before placing them in the 🔥…
Listening to the snap-crackle-pop of as they roasted on the open fire…
Marveling as the flames licked the cool nighttime air…
Holding still as the embers briefly pierced the space between us…
And after the fire had gone to sleep, there was quiet under the stars by our 🏕.
Those moments were very surreal.
