The old oven
Greece
Some years ago, not many actually, in the remote mountainous villages,locals used to build big ovens out in their yards in order to save as much of useful space as possible in the interior.In these ovens housewives mainly prepared bread but also baked all sort of other food, especially when they had visitors. Now, I was told, they are abandonned thanks to other modern commodities...
Alfredo Ruiz Baltanás 05/04/2015 13:32
A bread oven … a timeless and universal theme; how manny meanings in something so basic and simple!Great photography with beautiful textures.
Cordially
Alfredo RB
Harold Thompson 05/04/2015 9:41
Bet the bread was very good and tasty too.;-)) Harold
ekatarina 04/04/2015 23:17
Une photo très pittoresque !Carlo.Pollaci 04/04/2015 21:32
Queste pietre annerite parlano e raccontano dell'umile lavoro delle donne per preparare, con amore, il cibo ai loro familiari.Ottima incisiva testimonianza.
Un caro saluto,
Carlo
Christos Banos 04/04/2015 18:06
Great work!Do not forget the wonderful greens pies made in those big baking trays ...
Akoma 9ymamai tnv gefsi apo tis 9aumasies Hpeirwtikes pites!
Ax ti omorfa xronia...
geia sou
Xrnstos
s. sabine krause 04/04/2015 17:51
yikes, what a huge, impressive and amazingly anthopomorphic thing this is! i see two hollow eyes in the rock and a huge arch of a mouth! in fact, i think it's saying something: "FEED ME!!" as much as i agree with sue thompson on the lovliness of homemade bread, i wouldn't be surprised either, if this particular oven openly expressed its desire for human flesh: "bring 'em on! hansel and gretel, a witch… i don't care, as long as it's filling! FEED ME and do it quick!" grimms' fairy tales… yep, that's where it belongs!! ; )) an eye-opening image, alexander! greetings, sabine. p.s: have a very happy easter!Sue Thompson 04/04/2015 16:28
I dare say that the bread and other food that was baked in such ovens had a wonderful flavour, much better than the modern stuff bought at the supermarkets.Mmmmm... home baked bread.... the aroma and the taste... exquisite.
Happy memories
:))