Jeff Lawrence on thu 27 may 99
Hello clayart,
Whilst setting up for an open house last night I discovered that I
mismeasured my posole (hominy to you US east coasters; dried corn to you in
other lands) and had no room after it expanded to add the rest of the
ingredients. In a flash of inspiration, I put the excess in a nearby
covered dish and popped it in my computer kiln to hold at 275 for the
requisite 7 hours. It worked great.
Believing there is no such thing as too much of a good thing, I'm now
contemplating barbecuing in my gas kiln at my next gathering. I could
probably get most of a cow in there.
Any cautionary or hortatory tales out there?
Jeff
Jeff Lawrence Sun Dagger Design
jml@sundagger.com Rt. 3 Box 220
www.sundagger.com Espanola, NM 87532
vox 505-753-5913 fax 505-753-8074
dave morrison on fri 28 may 99
lol, in under grad we used to pull all nighters and cook frozen pizza in the
skutt. worked like a dream. we probably all have traces of various things
in us now tho. flash backs! wow.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Lawrence
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Thursday, May 27, 1999 9:54 PM
Subject: kiln cooking
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Hello clayart,
Whilst setting up for an open house last night I discovered that I
mismeasured my posole (hominy to you US east coasters; dried corn to you in
other lands) and had no room after it expanded to add the rest of the
ingredients. In a flash of inspiration, I put the excess in a nearby
covered dish and popped it in my computer kiln to hold at 275 for the
requisite 7 hours. It worked great.
Believing there is no such thing as too much of a good thing, I'm now
contemplating barbecuing in my gas kiln at my next gathering. I could
probably get most of a cow in there.
Any cautionary or hortatory tales out there?
Jeff
Jeff Lawrence Sun Dagger Design
jml@sundagger.com Rt. 3 Box 220
www.sundagger.com Espanola, NM 87532
vox 505-753-5913 fax 505-753-8074
Elias Portor on sat 29 may 99
I have a weird question about barbequing in the kiln. If you cook in something
that expels certain chemical by products what are the chances of those products
becoming a part of your dinner? Is this a new way to intake iron, cobalt and
the other essential minerals? Just a weird thought. eportor
Jeff Lawrence wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hello clayart,
>
> Whilst setting up for an open house last night I discovered that I
> mismeasured my posole (hominy to you US east coasters; dried corn to you in
> other lands) and had no room after it expanded to add the rest of the
> ingredients. In a flash of inspiration, I put the excess in a nearby
> covered dish and popped it in my computer kiln to hold at 275 for the
> requisite 7 hours. It worked great.
>
> Believing there is no such thing as too much of a good thing, I'm now
> contemplating barbecuing in my gas kiln at my next gathering. I could
> probably get most of a cow in there.
>
> Any cautionary or hortatory tales out there?
>
> Jeff
> Jeff Lawrence Sun Dagger Design
> jml@sundagger.com Rt. 3 Box 220
> www.sundagger.com Espanola, NM 87532
> vox 505-753-5913 fax 505-753-8074
Sharon R Pemberton on sun 30 may 99
I ran a resident art facility in a mountain area in Arizona. The last night
of each session staff would raku all night and our cook would stay up and
cook omletts and quesadillas on top of the kiln. Food never tasted so good!
Pug
Jeff Lawrence on mon 31 may 99
Hello,
The other day someone (sorry, the name is on another machine) suggested
that cooking food in a kiln is bad because of possible contaminants to the
food from prior glaze firings.
Out of curiosity, I'm wondering:
- which glaze oxides do in fact volatilize from glazes and stick on the
kiln walls and shelves to contaminate my barbecue? Lead and chrome are the
only ones I've read about.
- would such nasties reappear at food-cooking temperatures?
- if they did reappear, are these materials absorbed by food or do they
just stick to the outside surface?
- has anybody sued oven makers for using chrome-plated oven racks?
Thanks in advance for any informed opinions!
Best,
Jeff
Jeff Lawrence Sun Dagger Design
jml@sundagger.com Rt. 3 Box 220
www.sundagger.com Espanola, NM 87532
vox 505-753-5913 fax 505-753-8074
nikom chimnok on tue 1 jun 99
Hello Clayarters,
Once I was watching a bunch of guys warming a kiln, one of our big
10 cubic meter jobs that is fired through the door and takes about two days
to warm and dry out.They had a huge chunk of firewood that was partially
rotten, and somebody suspected there were grubs inside. They started
whacking at it with a big knife, pulling out big juicy grubs the size of the
1st joint of your thumb, then roasting them before the fire they had going
in front of the kiln. They claimed they were delicious with the cheap white
lightning they were sipping.
Do you think this is safe? Just curious, you know--the local firemen
certainly don't care about your opinion.
Nikom in Thailand
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