On Saturday, May 8, 2004, at 01:59 PM, Barry wrote:

> Pile some hay or dry grass up about 1 foot to 18 inches high throw duck
> into grass.
> Light.
> Pile on more hay so that the pile burns about 10 minutes.
> Let it burn out. Fish out the chunks. Mmmmm... black on the outside,
> juicy and tender on the inside!
>
>
Seen other cooking 'techniques' like that.  In France on the sea we
visited an old oyster fisherman. He piled up the oysters and just laid
a pile of dried grape vines on top. The vines burned very quickly and
hot. In a few minutes we were eating the oysters.

The best steak I ever ate was just thrown directly on top of a deep bed
of hardwood coals. After a short time we turned it over to cook the
other side. Pick off the coals, it was wonderful.