What have you cooked on your stove top?

This was a mustgo soup. Carrots and celery from a dish earlier in the week. Chicken carcass from Mrs. Warner’s chicken salad. we always have taters and onion on hand. And there was half a box of orzo in the pantry that has been passed over for a while. It’s gonna be cold tonight working on the side of the interstate A thermos of this will keep me going. Most of the ingredients the Mrs would have thrown away. I’m sure when she gets home she will say it smells great and have a bowl or two!

 

Never had dumplings… I guess I’ll have to try that sometime.

 

dont

 

Cream soups and chowders tend to be a favorite here. If they sit and are heated for several hours.....stirred and sampled for taste now and again....
Sca.

 

I never had a wood stove to cook on but I would assume soups and stews would be great to cook as they could simmer for a long time.

 

I keep a 2 gallon stock pot on the stove all the time, but its just for humidity.
It never boils, gets to 170°.

I have made (boiled) soup in a small pot though.

 

Yes I cooked on a woodstove until I was 18 years. Eggs and pancakes right on top of the stove with no fry pan, porridge in a double boiler and cakes in the oven! Then on a oil stove until I was 20 not as much fun as the wood stove.

 

Cooked a pan full o hobo hash (chopped kielbasa, diced pots, vegs) on the cabin stove once. Dammmmm... it was good. Giz and I ate that whole batch... ... ...

 

The other night I kind of overdid it loading the stove and the house went up around 80 degrees. My 7 year old just had to have chicken nuggets but no way I was using the oven. This worked. 10 minutes on the stove covered in aluminum foil, flip, another 10 minutes and they came out perfect.

 

I've cooked on mine quite a bit over the years, especially when the power is out. I try to avoid cooking things that spatter (i.e., bacon and other greasy foods) but eggs, soups, stews, etc. are all fair game (and of course, coffee). I use mine a lot for reheating leftovers instead of wasting electricity using the stove or microwave. Will be reheating some black bear sloppy joe mix in a couple hours for dinner!

 

I've cooked a lot of things on it.
Never in it though.

 

Had a leftover boneless chicken breast so I cut it into slices and reheated some of them on the stove wrapped in foil (similar to what MikeInMa mentioned for pizza). Was not in the mood for a cold sandwich for lunch and this was a quick fix.

Had me wondering if anyone has used a pie iron on their woodstove to make sandwiches?

 

Hell yes!

 

Don't really use the stove for cooking except in power outages. Because Lakewood has overhead power and many, many tall trees, they are not as infrequent as one might expect. Over the years we have cooked percolator coffee, mulled wine and spiced cider, grilled cheese sandwiches in foil, fish stew, clam chowder, beef stew and a whole lot of other stew/goulash items which best remain nameless. I also seem to remember a couple of egg and sausage Quiche-like breakfast items. We have never used the wood stove for frying or actually cooked in the stove. It seems to be best with stews and covered baking dish items that require longer, lower heats. When we do find ourselves using the wood stove for cooking there is always a sense of adventure associated with it and the surrounding circumstances!

 

Got a pot of chicken soup going.

 

SAME!
made it yesterday, heating for dinner on the stove presently.
Just stuck it to the gas company.
Got hot water on for hot chocolate and tea tonight.
And the pot of hot water there will be good for dishes later.

 

We like to crumble ritz crackers on top.

I think im gonna call it inflation soup. Use to be red meat on Saturday night…

 

I like this thread!

Finally got my hearth finished, now to get the stove in soon hopefully.

Didn't look into everyone's profile to see who was cooking on what kind of stove. I'll have an Absolute Steel. Not sure if most who are cooking are using older stoves, or tube? Can you cook on an AS? With its location in the house, I'm thinking I will have to learn how to mostly burn on the low and slow side, which may 9nly be so useful for cooking. If so, I will definitely have to figure out how to not mess up the top......

 

My steel plate stove is in the basement so no worries about any mess. I use a trivet and try to be careful tho. I want to make up a grill for inside the stove this year.