A Conversation for Building and Using a Mudbrick Oven
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Zarquon's Singing Fish! Started conversation Nov 4, 2003
I always wondered why they call it a Horno?
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Sea Change Posted Nov 6, 2003
Horno means oven in Spanish. I don't know why anyone might prefer this word, instead of tandoor, f'rinstance.
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Zarquon's Singing Fish! Posted Nov 6, 2003
Thanks, Sea Change. Spanish isn't one of my languages, although I can see the similarities with the Italian 'forno' now I know what it means.
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PedanticBarSteward Posted Jul 31, 2008
In Morocco they don't use 'bricks' (http://benshashatales.googlepages.com/breadoven!, the ovens are a clay/straw mix, laid over a pile of stones (which are then removed). There is a home to let the smoke out whilst the fire rages, but this is blocked up once the fire dies down, to allow the oven to get hot.
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PedanticBarSteward Posted Jul 31, 2008
Sorry - the link should be http://benshashatales.googlepages.com/breadoven
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