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Re: strawberry jars

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Martha wrote:
     
Out of self-defense I bought a strawberry jar this season. Hubby had found 
some awful pottery 'thing'. Painted flaking orange paint, has a big gaping 
hole like it might be a ceramic cooker on legs or something. Big tube hole 
in the top. (Imagine a 2 foot adobe 'bread kiln').



     Hi Martha,
     
     Perhaps I'm wrong, but the 'jar' you are describing sounds like an 
     outdoor ceramic wood stove. You put sand in the bottom and lay your 
     wood on the sand, light it, and the smoke goes out the tube top. It 
     acts similar to those newfangled patio fireplaces you can roll around 
     on wheels. They are generally very expensive, I've priced some of a 
     decent size from $80 to $150. Here in Southern California we call them 
     Chimeneas (spelling?), pronounced Chi-muh-ni-as, or Chi-muh-ni-a. If I 
     had one of those, I'd use it in winter to keep my patio warm enough to 
     barbecue on! Have fun with it! You can burn wood in it. (Or you could 
     struggle with strawberries in it, but I don't know how they would get 
     enough sunlight or keep moist enough...)
     Shawn
     swestaway@coh.org
     Claremont, CA  USDA9b Sunset19


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