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[Denny]

so do you all roast hot dogs and marsmallows over those fires?

[Soapweed]

There would be no reason not to. All the pioneer women used cow chips for their cooking fires, as that is all there was. Old time pictures show big piles of cow chips gathered and stacked by the homestead shacks. This showed preparation and readiness for a long winter. The cow chip fires worked well, but didn't burn quite as hot as wood, and there were more ashes to haul out. It was a case of use cow chips or eat cold meals, as in many prairie areas there simply was no alternative fuel.

[shorthorn]

Thats neat i have always read of doing that but never been able to the dung beetles get ours or the earth worms. So they dont get dry enough to burn.