Mikk cooks with Fire

Mikk cooks with Fire Love cooking over fire in its varous forms, fire pits, pizza oven, smoker.

A bit of a first. We saw lamb breast at the farm shop and since I didn’t have anything else in mind they got put in the ...
14/06/2026

A bit of a first. We saw lamb breast at the farm shop and since I didn’t have anything else in mind they got put in the shopping basket. Never cooked with them before but decided to cook like pork ribs. They had a rub of oil, wild garlic salt and a bit of honey and left in the fridge for the afternoon. I was in 2 minds whether to cook outside or in the shed, but it was quite windy with some possibility of rain so shed it was. (And it didn’t rain). Long slow cook with some occasional basting with a mix of stuff I can’t remember (I think oil, lime juice, red wine vinegar, honey and wild garlic salt, but I could have forgotten something). They were deliciously tender and cooked spot on. Served with foil cooked carrots and onions. Pudding was some grilled that peaches (also rescued from the farm shop) served with hibiscus and rose petal syrup. No cat visits. They were both too busy arguing with each other

10/06/2026

I forgot Mr B filmed me when I was trying to extract the sea bass from its salty crust, and getting salt everywhere. Anyway here it is. Note that the fire makes a great disposal route.

Yesterday evening I gave up trying to predict if it would rain or not and headed to the shed. That’s what it’s there for...
07/06/2026

Yesterday evening I gave up trying to predict if it would rain or not and headed to the shed. That’s what it’s there for after all. I’ve been wanting to cook fish in a salt crust for a while and bought a whole sea bass from the fish shop with this in mind. Fish was stuffed with smoked garlic, fennel and lemon before being encased in a salt crust. I stuck it on the grill with my trusty wok over the top to help cook from the top as well. 45 mins later I pulled it off to rest, before breaking into it. Served with puy lentils. Very tasty, cooked to perfection, but I do now need to sweep up all the salt off the floor. Daisy was very keen to try some too.

This table entered our life a few years ago, as a scrappy pine table that the owners thought was only fit for firewood. ...
04/06/2026

This table entered our life a few years ago, as a scrappy pine table that the owners thought was only fit for firewood. We thought it was a good upcycling project for Miss B. After sanding, staining, routing, epoxy resin added, not liking the result, more sanding, varnishing with a walnut coloured varnish etc, here it is. Hopefully it will soon be Miss Bs dining table as it was always intended to be

This moth decided my car was the place to be. In a rain storm.
04/06/2026

This moth decided my car was the place to be. In a rain storm.

Tapas trail again. This was our second port (the tap house) of call after the wonderful  (which I forgot to take photos ...
28/05/2026

Tapas trail again. This was our second port (the tap house) of call after the wonderful (which I forgot to take photos of.
Followed by ice cream. Black forest in my case, and I shouldn’t but I did and I don’t care.

No shed photos at the weekend as Miss B came home and we ate out. However to make up for this we went to Harlow Carr yes...
13/05/2026

No shed photos at the weekend as Miss B came home and we ate out. However to make up for this we went to Harlow Carr yesterday and got a few treats from Betty’s while there. Gooey rascal, original fat rascal and a curd tart. Not necessarily in that order. Oh and we saw lots of flowers too.

Pork ribs. I did 2 racks thinking we’d have leftovers. Readers, we did not have leftovers.Ribs were marinaded in a soy, ...
03/05/2026

Pork ribs. I did 2 racks thinking we’d have leftovers. Readers, we did not have leftovers.
Ribs were marinaded in a soy, hoisin, ginger, garlic, chill and pomegranate molasses mix overnight then cooked in the marinade before being slapped on the grill. They weee dipped in the marinade every timesheet were turned over. Carrots and baby sweet corn cooked in some butter and some red pepper to go with the ribs. Neither cat visited but Daisy was Daisying around the wood while Mr B took photos of stuff.

Beech leaf liqueur time. This meant scrambling up the banking to reach our big beech tree. Daisy decided she couldn’t be...
02/05/2026

Beech leaf liqueur time. This meant scrambling up the banking to reach our big beech tree. Daisy decided she couldn’t be arsed to join me.

Daisy is brave enough again to walk up the lane, so I took advantage to take some photos of our bluebells form a differe...
29/04/2026

Daisy is brave enough again to walk up the lane, so I took advantage to take some photos of our bluebells form a different POV. she kept photobombing, but I guess there are worse photobombers out there.

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