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Heat a flat stone in the fire until it is nearly red hot. Dust any ash off it, brush with oil and use to cook meat and fish on.
To cook an egg, prick a hole in one end and stand in hot ashes for ten minutes. Or, cut the top off an orange, scoop out the flesh and cook egg in"shell"
Make a barbecue by supporting a piece of metal mesh on logs over hot coals Brush the mesh with oil before you put food on it
Cook a stew overnight in a billy stood in hot ashes. Make sure you cover the billy with a lid or plate and bank the ashes up round it almost to the top. Boil up the next day before eating