What You Need to Know
Stone boiling is a moist-heat cooking method. It involves placing heated rocks into a water-filled container to heat the liquid to the point where it can be used to cook. This method of food preparation is a fuel-intensive process and it often requires the heating and reheating of stones before the water reaches an effective cooking temperature.
Steps
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Hangi (Māori): Primary cooking method for meats and root vegetables
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Clambake (Native American): Creates steam pockets for shellfish cooking
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Acorn mush (California tribes): Leaching tannins through controlled heating