MAKE YOUR SWEET POTATOES ECOLOGICALLY!

Nowadays people in developed countries always use cookers (induction, gas), microwaves or ovens to prepare their meals. During that process people produce high consumption of energies! Water, gas or electricity become more expensive and its reserves are decreasing. Let´s have a look on traditional way of cooking, very ecological one. Perhaps we will need and use this knowledge in future.

Quick technique of making a kiln/ mud oven to cook sweet potatoes! 6 steps, see below!

Step 1

First of all we loosen the soil in the place where we want to have a kiln. Then we start to build strong base made of dried pieces of mud. It looks like a bridge. We only need some skilfulness and patience because our work is to find a way of putting mud pieces together and don´t let them fall!

Step 2

Completion of the construction. We make a semi-circle out of other mud pieces on the ground which is connected with the main „bridge“.  Afterwards we carefully build the top part of the oven. It is all about your effort and desire! It is really possible that the oven won´t fall down! J It is just amazing!

Step 3

We hollow space under the mud oven so that there is a place for fire and sweet potatoes.

Step 4

It is time to make a fire. Wood, paper and lighter are used. But you can also try to make a fire without a lighter! It is of course more difficult but also more entertaining! Use dried grass, small woody parts and blow up your fire! J 

Step 5

It is necessary to let fire heat up the oven (mud pieces) and the soil under the oven. It doesn´t take a long time!

Step 6

Now follows the last step- removing the fire and throwing sweet potatoes into prepared hole + demolishing the oven. Hot mud pieces fall down on potatoes and kiln them!

After few hours becomes a beautiful feeling of enjoying the taste of sweet potateos prepared just by yourself! J