This is full sensual cooking; chopping wood, lighting the fire, roasting potatoes.
The smells of smoke, damp earth and the noble tubers themselves combine to create a rich bouquet that feeds the soul as much as the belly.
It is a feral reconnection to our ancestors and a reminder of the joy of the direct, simple pleasures of the now.
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