Christo's Cucina

[Wlodek]

Happy Birthday C - that's from the sunny South Lakes in the UK. For a change (and surprisingly) sunny indeed.

I was briefly puzzled by the note on irrigation lines too, my first thought was bread and steam.

We did pizza for anything from 4 to 16 - the latter requires either some careful planning and preparation, some cunning delegating (as in Tom Sawyer's fence painting), or both.

Talking about roofs - my single slope slate roof is probably slightly too flat, but there are no damp problems, even after serious near-horizontal downpours. And it is too windy here for leaves accumulating.

All the best once again,
W.

[Dino_Pizza]

Happy Birthday Christo!
You are quite lucky to have your birthday in the mid of summer so you can use your beautiful patio and pizza oven. Sounds like you're having a great birthday. I hope others helped with all those pizzas or is making them part of the birthday fun ?

take care, Dino

[dusty]

Happy belated birthday Christo!

dusty

[christo]

Hi All!!!

It's been a while - I've been working on other projects and just enjoying the oven and patio.

The oven has seen a lot of use and we are having zero issues with it. The cracks that formed during the first firings have not gotten worse and I'm happy with that.

I burned some pine and other wood in my oven and the front got a good coating of soot on it. I've gone back to hickory and oak only and that seems to keep the soot at bay.

Had a small pizza party on Saturday about 12 neighbors came over and we had a great time - it's funny how when we have a party or get together at the house - they all expect the oven to be running!

Still making dough the forno way - everyone loves it. I have taken some short cuts to forming the dough and use a rolling pin - I like the texture of hand forming the crust - but the production aspect of rolling makes me enjoy more time with my guests.

Off topic but here's a pic of my car- 1954 Triumph TR2 - two days after waking it up from a 30 year sleep - I spent 4 months and had disassembled most of it - painted, reassembled(most of it) by 11:30pm the night before the car show. The next morning we drove it for the first time out of the neighborhood on a 4 and a half hours to a car show in Dobson, NC the next morning. Since I had run out of time, the car had no working electrics other than a brake light. I hot-wired it every time we ran it somewhere and charged the battery at the hotel parking lot. Oh and somehow got a second place finish at the show - musta been the sympathy vote!

All the best - I'm going to try to spend more time here again - I love the build pics. You folks are really bringing the game up to a new level.

[Jaronimo]

That car looks like a lot of fun!

[cobblerdave]

[ I hot-wired it every time we ran it somewhere and charged the battery at the hotel parking lot. Oh and somehow got a second place finish at the show - musta been the sympathy vote!
Gudday
Early English Electrics.....My Mate has a 1954 english Ford Zepher ...He talks about Lucas....Prince of darkness!!!!!

Regards Dave
Yes its a real classic great restore...good you kept the original paint colours