Originally Posted by
bearisgray
I am so impressed by the women that could bake decently with a wood stove. How did they manage to regulate the heat of their ovens?
I would imagine it would be similar to using a flame burner, you just developed a “memory” for the fire level for each type of food. If they made bread each week or so, the baking was an ingrained habit, just like each woman’s recipe before cook books.