Technically, we aren’t living completely off-grid. However, since moving to our new house a year and a half ago, we heat entirely with wood and use our woodstove for 95% of our cooking. We’ve really only turned the propane stove on to assist with holiday cooking.
Using the woodstove primarily means that our potholders were taking a beating – constantly grungy and developing burn marks, etc. – and therefore in the laundry quite often.
One day there wasn’t a potholder or kitchen towel to be found when I had to lift a pot off the stove. Viola’! My husband’s welding gloves to the rescue! They were supposed to be downstairs in the garage next to the big woodstove. That thing gets rip-roaring glowing hot and those gloves are crucial for me avoiding nasty burns trying to stoke it sometimes.
Anyhow, the gloves had somehow (read – older child who had stoked the downstairs stove forgetting they had them on) made their way upstairs and were (thankfully!) put behind the woodstove for safe keeping. How handy they were! Just grab any pot or pan (with or without a handle ;-)) and go! We heat water on our woodstove for many uses too and scalded hands from slopping water were now a thing of the past!
So there’s my tip! Welding Glove Potholders – the hottest thing in the homestead kitchen! (Well, besides your woodstove…or your pot…definitely NOT your hands though. 😉 )
I think my husband with have to buy me a pretty pink pair if he wants these back in the future! 😀
‘Til next time,
Tamara
ps – This post is part of the Homestead Barn Hop!
5 responses to “Off-grid Woodstove Cooking Tip”
Rebekah
April 13th, 2013 at 15:53
What a wonderful idea, Tamara! (as usual!) I so enjoy reading your posts! Keep ’em coming!!
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Tamara
April 17th, 2013 at 09:02
Thank you Rebekah! I miss popping in at your blog… I think my user name was Tamara and the same blog name (as this one) over there. Not sure if you still have yours password protected or not…I was there just the other day but didn’t see where one would type anything in. Anyway, add me to the blog list if you can or let me know what else you need. Love ya! Hope all is well!
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Rebekah
April 18th, 2013 at 18:21
I’ll do what I can to add you to the list, ok?
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Rebekah
April 18th, 2013 at 18:24
I need to know exactly ehat your Blogger username is so I can add it to the “OK” list.
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Tamara
April 23rd, 2013 at 22:32
Here’s me:
http://www.blogger.com/profile/15077946764681554108
Hope that helps – I’m anxious to catch up! 🙂
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