Klassiek separaat van het woongebouw gebouwd bakhuis: altijd gevaar voor brand in het bakhuis.. Deze ovens werden klassiek gestookt met droge takkebossen: hevig vuur met hoge temperaturen en hoge warmteoverdacht naar de klei en de stenen. Normaal staat er onder de oven een bak om de hete as in te rakelen alvorens te starten met bakken. Na het stoken werd de bakvloer in de oven kort gereinigd met een natte doek rond een stok gedraaid. Normaal was er een trog om deeg te kneden en te laten rijzen. Waarschijnlijk stond er vroeger ook een molen voor het malen. Mogelijks was deze oven verbonden met de graanzolder via een buis die uitkwam in de bak van de molen. Gist werd gehaald bij de lokale brouwer (biergist). Het rek aan de zijkant dient om het brood te laten uitdampen. Normaal werd 1 maal per week gebakken. Het bakken gebeurde meestal met tarwe (beste smaak) en rogge. In de oorlog werd ook als eens gebakken met erwten en paardebonen. Het dorsen van het graan gebeurde klassiek in de winter wanneer er niet veel werk was voor de boer en de knechten buiten. Het dorsen gebeurde in de schuur op een houten vloer met een vlegel in kadans volgens het aantal personen. Het graan werd dan door een wannemolen geblazen om het kaf en het koren te scheiden. Het kaf werd gebruikt als matras (kafzak).
Translation: Classically built separately from the residential building: there is always a risk of fire in the baking house. These ovens were traditionally fired with dry branch forests: intense fire with high temperatures and high heat transfer to the clay and stones. Normally there is a container under the oven to rake in the hot ashes before starting the baking. After firing, the baking floor in the oven was briefly cleaned with a wet cloth wrapped around a stick. Normally there was a trough to knead dough and let it rise. There probably used to be a mill for grinding as well. Possibly this oven was connected to the granary by a pipe that ended in the mill's bin. Yeast was obtained from the local brewer (beer yeast). The rack on the side is used to let the bread evaporate. Normally, baking was done once a week. The baking was mostly done with wheat (best taste) and rye. During the war, baking was also done with peas and horse beans. The threshing of the grain was traditionally done in the winter when there was not much work for the farmer and the servants outside. Threshing was done in the barn on a wooden floor with a flail in cadence according to the number of people. The grain was then blown through a fan mill to separate the chaff and the wheat. The chaff was used as a mattress (chaff bag).
@@labradorsrawesome here in Australia we do have some of these old wood fire ovens like this from farms and barkery's mostly and some till being used today.. nothing like a wood fired bread or a meat pie
Classic bakehouse built separately from the residential building: there is always a risk of fire in the bakehouse. These ovens were traditionally fired with dry branch forests: intense fire with high temperatures and high heat transfer to the clay and stones. Normally there is a container under the oven to rake in the hot ashes before starting the baking. After firing, the baking floor in the oven was briefly cleaned with a wet cloth wrapped around a stick. Normally there was a trough to knead dough and let it rise. There probably used to be a mill for grinding as well. Possibly this oven was connected to the granary by a pipe that ended in the mill's bin. Yeast was obtained from the local brewer (beer yeast). The rack on the side is used to let the bread evaporate. Normally, baking was done once a week. The baking was mostly done with wheat (best taste) and rye. During the war, baking was also done with peas and horse beans. The threshing of the grain was traditionally done in the winter when there was not much work for the farmer and the servants outside. Threshing was done in the barn on a wooden floor with a flail in cadence according to the number of people. The grain was then blown through a fan mill to separate the chaff from the wheat. The chaff was used as a mattress (chaff bag).
As a pizza chef who works with wood fired ovens I just want to remind you that it may be called a bread oven but it is simply and oven. You can learn how to regulate and manage the heat by where you put your fire, how long you burn it and the wood you burn. And you can cook anything in it. With practise you be getting it super hot for pizza, then clearing the Ash out and cooking bread on the first heat, then cakes and maybe some slow cooked meat left in on the residual heat. Good luck.
I believe the name petit four means small oven. After cooking bread bakers would use the lower temperature oven to bake pastries. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit_four
All those ashes were from burning paper, the previous owner was not using it as an oven or just had a lot of papers to get rid of. a bread oven would never have that much ash in it.
Great comment... We primarily use ours for most cooking throughout July, August and September to keep the heat out of the house but when the kids and the grandkids come for Christmas week we use it all week and never let it cool down, i cook a half a side of pork at a time in there and we use a variety of dutch ovens in the stone oven for compartmentalizing and different temperatures, ofcourse pizza is quite popular with the little kids and I
Don't worry about stumbling for the right word. I do it all the time and English is my first language! :) I've just recently found your channel and have started watching your videos from the beginning. Thanks for taking us on your journey. You have a lot of work to do, but you both seem to handle it well. The history of your property and the photos you share are very interesting. Blessings on your restoration!
Don't forget to have the chimney swept out also as the years of soot buildup in it can catch fire in the chimney and cause the floor above to catch fire as well.
Yeah someone was obviously burning a lot of wood in there but not cleaning it out to fill it up with so much ash so that chimney has got to be a creosote nightmare. Though the longer I watched... Maybe someone was just burning a ton of garbage in there too.
@De Hoeve. Old Belgian farm renovation Just a tip i learned from my mother, when you start the fire don't use chemical starters because they will give taste to the food. Put the wood on the side not in the midle of the oven so the flame covers the intire top. Keep an eye on the colors of the bricks they will be changing color as the oven gets to the right temperature (White is good) I hope it helps you
I was about to say this too. I recall from my childhood when my uncle made a Hangi (an earth firepit - New Zealand Maori cooking method using heated stones). Unfortunately he "cheated" the same way, and the whole meal tasted of kerosine as the chemicals in the firestarter got in to the stones. A lot of work making it, but ruined to save five minutes :(
Makes you wonder what they burnt in that oven.... 📝 🔥 You two approach restoration with such love for the buildings. Someone put their heart and soul into running that farm. It’s good to see you want to restore their dreams. Maybe not by farming, I don’t know what your plans are, but I’m sure the original owners would be happy to know you own it now and are loving it as much as they did!
HOWDY, FROM TEXAS !!! I JUST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL AND I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR A SWEET FAMILY TO GIVE JUSTICE TO AN OLD ABANDONED FARMSTEAD. WHAT A WONDERFUL FIND! I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS CHANNEL , ESPECIALLY THAT BEAUTIFUL CAT. WE HAVE TWO TUXADO CATS ( BLACK AND WHITE ) NAMED LADY AND BELLA AND THEY RULE THE HOUSE! WE ARE CAT PEOPLE AND I LOVED IT WHEN Y'ALL WERE TAKING A BREAK TO EAT AND YOUR CAT HAD HER BOWL TOO!! SO CUTE !! ENJOY ALL THE ADVENTURES LIVING IN A 100 + YEAR OLD FARMSTEAD, WE WILL KEEP YOUR FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS. PS...WHEN YOU TOOK THE ASHES OUR OF THE OVEN HOUSE,..YOU CAN PUT THE ASHES IN A CONTAINER AND ADD WATER ( IT MAKES LYE ) YOU CAN GOOGLE THAT UP AND MAKE HOMEMADE SOAP, AND WITH THE LAVENDER FLOWERS YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT USING OUT FRONT....LAVENDER HOMEMADE BAR SOAP,....MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT DOWN THE ROAD AND MARKET ON LINE. ANY SCENT WILL WORK EVEN BAY LEAVES OR MINT PLANTS. HAPPY, HAPPY, OLD BELGIAN FARM,...SANDY AND LEE HATTON IN EAST TEXAS
That bread house is awesome. We always have a pizza oven in the yard as the husband builds them for the family. When the kids were still living at home and we had 20 other kids running around the yard (we had a pool so there was always lots of kids at our place) - we had to find an easy cheap way to feed them all. Our go to recipe - get a cast iron pot and put 2 layers of raw sausages on the bottom. Potatoes (heaps) and whatever vegies you have throw them in. Then a dash of curry paste, a couple of tins of tomatoes, one or two jars of pasta sauce and then top up with water so everything is covered with liquid. Shove it in your pizza oven or bakehouse - come back about 2 -3 hours later. The yummiest sausage and vegie casserole. Have a loaf of bread ready for everyone to sop up the sauce. There was never any leftovers. Hungry kids satisfied. Your kids are only a few years off from that stage, they would love this with their friends. It is even easier than pizza to cook. All the best to you both.
Mmmmm... sounds so yummy! I noted down the recipe. Do you have a pizza oven now? Maybe you could share the way you cooked it on your channel? To keep it for the future generations 😀 What a wonderful memories you have!
@@DeHoeveOldBelgianFarm We have one but I blew the roof off with the multiple eucalyptus fire storms inside it. Because we are surrounded by so much bush, we need to get rid of sticks, branches, leaves. etc. The eucalyptus plants have such strong oils they burn and put off heaps of heat. The pizza oven was so big I could burn heaps off at a time, but it weakened the roof. The repair is on our winter job list. So I will be doing a vlog. I will make sure I do the sausage casserole but now there is only 2 of us - so a smaller sample. LOL. All the best.
It is heartwarming to see you both taking care and appreciating the work of people before you. That oven evokes such warm feelings. Thank you for sharing. Keep safe. ❤
I would scrub the bottom of the oven so it is very clean and then find some fire clay and give it a coat of 1 inch thick to smooth it out , this will make cleaning it out much easier and smoother floor for baking on
Don't be sorry for the mess as we all know that both of you are working hard to refurbish this old house...Thanks to allow us to watch the work progress...
I find the more simpler the building the more beautiful it is. Your bake house is a gorgeous building by itself & can see why you want to restore it to its former glory. These types of builds are a dream for me to have.
Here in the eastern part of the United states the pioneers used the upper stories for spinning wool, or weaving on looms, for sewing quilts. And other activities that they could do in cold winter months, They used the upper room because of the heat rising from the huge fireplaces that also had built in ovens.
Just a tip form someone who has done a little bit of wood fired pizza making - you can use a wet mop to clean up any ash from the floor of the oven (good if you want to put bread right on the bricks) and also get a Infrared Thermometer. Also you might like to make a metal door for the oven - as cooking once the fire goes out is possible, and the door helps keep the heat in. The big thing to manage though with an oven like this is the amount of wood it needs to bring it up to temprature and then keep it there (it might take the best part of a day!). Have fun and good luck and thanks for posting! :-)
Yeah a door is a must for cooking in the embers. My Irish grandmother had a wood fired aga & a wood bread oven in the wall. The bread oven had a metal door and she said it helped keep the heat in. I don't know how she cooked with the aga & the bread oven, because there were no thermostats or temperature indicators but her food & bread were PERFECT every single time. :)
Hello. You found wire in the bread oven. I think they wrapped a bundle of wood together with wire and put the whole bundle into the bread oven. This is how. Take a bundle of wire wrapped wood and set it about arms length inside the bread oven. Light the bundle on fire and push it all the way to the back of the bread oven. Do this with three or four bundles of wood. Pushing them all the way to the back wall of the bread oven. When the bread oven is hot enough you can cook your bread in front of your coats. Turning the loaves as needed. Have fun with your oven! Cook lots of loaves of bread at once. 🍞🥖🥐🥩🍕🥔🥘
THANK YOU for this - reminds me of my childhood visiting my grandparents in Ireland. My grandmother had a wood fired aga & a bread oven in the wall of their cottage. Neither had any kind of temperature indicators but she cooked beautifully & everything was so tasty. Sadly I was often in trouble (I was NEVER girly enough for her - so was always being scolded for messing around outside & getting muddy) which meant my chore was cleaning the ash out of the wall oven (as I called it) and the aga. You will need to make sure the oven is very clean if you're looking to put the bread pan on on the bricks directly. But thanks for reminding me of the (MANY) days I had I to clean that oven! LOL! I don't think yours was EVER cleaned out! XD The ash would be good on rose beds (it's what my grandmother did with it).
It was my pleasure! Glad that you enjoyed the video. The word 'wall oven' past soooo good to it. I could imagine how big it seemed to be for a small child. Thanks for sharing your story here, I enjoyed reading it 🙂
Молодцы ребята, случайно наткнулся, затянуло смотреть, не понимаю английский, но когда услышал русскую речь вдвойне стало приятно. Люди с руками нигде не пропадут, так держать!!!!!
Yes, the bakehouse would make a fabulous summer kitchen, with French doors opening on to the courtyard for al fresco dining on summer evenings. Is there room in the loft for a guest bedroom and small ensuite? I just love it and I'm green with envy.
I pictured your ideas and I love it! Waiting desperately for the warm sunny evenings... I would like to stick to the initial purpose of the building and do not change it a lot. A bar with Belgian beer combined with summer kitchen would work perfectly here. We have another barn that we would like to convert to a guest house (possibly b&b), we will tour it in the next weeks :-) it is a real treasure of this property.
@petnzme01 native americans do not put in 2nd holes in their horno [their version of bake oven]. however there are three advices that i noted from observing and hearing modern day pueblo indians, ... get real long pole (with attachments) similar to screw on kind for brooms, painter poles [no metal, too hot to touch], you will need hoe attachment to rake out and dump ash on floor [yes while hot-warm]. broom attachment [not plastic kind] to sweep ash, shovel attachment to [clean off the floor] cooled ash [usually two days to cool it off]., some kind of a long peel attachment to remove the baked materials, second advice, on the back side where clay dome is. indian replenish this with mix clay and rocks, preferably river rocks that is Igneous type. final advice-observation pueblos does sweep ash out but leave a bit ash in is ok, not bother mop out the oven.. they pick select wood (that is food safe.. usually not evergreen materials), after the burn, they want a little ash on the bake surface, this ash is baked on to bottom of bread becomes real tasty. in fact pueblo keeps first bake bread [because of fresh ash on bottom] . and give away 2nd and 3rd baked breads. I never had chance to taste the first set. on the "day of baking', I understand they make enough for 30 bread, baking 10 each time. .
I think the opening in the floor in the attic was used as a grain chute. Grains would have been stored/dried above and then swept into that chute for bagging or use.which makes that a granary/bake house....very cool. I have similar openings in the floor of my farms granary in Minnesota, USA. I miss Belgium. I lived there for a short while over 20 years ago. In Brussels 🇧🇪 🇺🇸
This is my favouite part of the farm, once renovated it would be lovely in the summer months. I would just seal the brick with a breathable brick dust sealer, it is quick to do, cheap, and will look lovely.
I would have put the wheelbarrow close to the wall underneath the oven and used the hoe to let it fall right into it. I would have used the ash for the trees and evergreens in the garden. NICE JOB regardless - you are very careful. Love your channel!
The only problem is the room would fill with a big cloud of ash. I, personally would have done it just like they did. Takes longer, but you're not inhaling god knows what.
Думал, показалось с русской речью в другом видео, ан-нет) Подписался, буду посмотреть как вы конфетку сделаете из старой усадьбы. Красивый старый дом, кирпичная кладка, ммм. А печка, такая же, как и русская печь)
Добрый вечер,я случайно наткнулся на ваш канал,вы просто молодцы, смотреть настолько приятно вас,желаю вам от всей души что бы у вас все получилось и сбылось все что планируете,большой пламяный привет вам с Ингушетия.
lovely bake oven, you could make it into a guest cottage with fireplace. lol I found your channel yesterdaya and have been watching you dig up a floor and take apart a roof, ! so much ambition to rebuild and old farmhouse and stables. awesome. I will keep watching ! Annmarie in Oregon USA
We use a very similar type oven here in Pueblo country in New Mexico and have for centuries within my pueblo the women only use dry ceder wood for baking it burned hot and clean and leaves very little ash and the smoke gives bread the best flavor
Hi Curtis, cool and very interesting, I didn’t know about ceder. We have ceders here but ... they grow in botanical gardens 😂 it would be a fortune to use it as a burn wood.
@@DeHoeveOldBelgianFarm well it's juniper but still a variety of cedar and that as well as pinon are what grow here. We are high in elevation a dry high desert on the Colorado plateau. We use what we have and it serves us well at least we think so
The demolition work is messy. No need to apologize for the mess. I like the recycling way of Belgium. Organized not a mess. You are such a hard worker. And an excited one.
This would make a great canning room, cheese making, fermenting and walk in freezer. You could also use it for storing bulk home supplies etc.,. Great food prep and if you are hunters and wantto cut your own meat, fish, fowl.
We use ours for most cooking throughout July, August and September, we also use a 3 burner wood stove that pipes into the chimney. Learning how to maintain 350 to 375 degrees is the tricky part, it takes a few burned loafs of bread to figure out the best place is in the oven. Dutch ovens work well for compartmentalizing. Anyway, it takes about 24 hours to heat our oven up and we never let it cool all the way down once we start it, i put a fire in it once in the morning and once in the afternoon.
This has been a pleasure to watch, I love the comment from a subscriber regarding feeding a large gathering of children and her menu advice along with her recipes. 🍕🍜🥖🥨This is why I love watching these RUclips channels. I love learning about other cultures and countries. Very heartwarming!!! Love from Southern California ☀️☀️☀️🙋🏻♀️
If you save all those ashes from the oven, you can let water drip through them in a wooden "V" frame with a 1inch gap and make your own lye water... (homemade soap with addition of fat..)
You and your family are blessed to have been led to this property. What a wonderful opportunity, it is going to bring much joy to you and those of us you kindly take along for the journey. Your positivity in what many would see as challenge and adversity is lovely to see. May God continue to bless you with the fruits of your labour
Very skilled fire built for the first time. The old design of the oven is obviously well done. The new owners will obviously be very happy as they bring this property back to life. The time and effort you invest will pay you back many times over. Best wishes for your channel and your home.
I love it. It would make a lovely and cozy autumn sitting room with furniture and a good book. The children could even be playing in the loft! Amazing!
The ashes are very good to amend the soil where you wish to plant in your garden. I would love to see your work, a power washer on those front bricks In your yard will bring them back to new. Your trim on the window and shutters Could use a touch of paint to bring her back to her glory. What an amazing home you’ve chosen! I know everything takes time but it will be exciting to watch you’re progress!
This is like cleaning out my wood stoves but on a bigger scale . There is nothing better than the smell of woodsmoke . Your farmhouse is so beautiful and I wish you well on your journey to returning it to its formal glory . Can I offer some help to stop the wind noise on your microphone . Cut off the bottom of some old nylon tights or a nylon pop sock and put it over your microphone before the foam wind shield ,then put your fluffy windshield on top of that . It’s an old trick I use in my job . Xxx
Thanks a lot for support, Helen! And many thanks for the tip to get rid of this windy sound. I will try it out. Learning curve here as well... never filmed before a lot :-)
@@DeHoeveOldBelgianFarm If you need any help just let me know . I am a sound recordist and I have worked in film and television for 37 years and will gladly help you out . I work for ITV , so if your questions are not about sound I know people who will know the answers to anything else . Your videos are very good . I have just found your channel and have subscribed. It is so clear to see your excitement about the farmhouse and also you don’t seem to be afraid of hard work . Much love x
I sometimes fantasize about having an oven very similar to that one for baking stews, pizzas, etc. Having it in a small building has enhanced my idea of it. Thanks much!!!🌞😎✌️🎻
My amateur guess would be the attic was used for storing wheat outside the reach of rodents. And that the hole in the floor was used to deliver the wheat downstairs.
@@AbundantAcresHomestead don’t know if you have ever watched “History Travelor Underground”. It is a great channel that travels to many historical sights. Many episodes deal with Presidents, civil war, WWII, etc. I love history also, and I love his channel. I loved this channel, espiecally when they found the items in the attic of the barn. My family is Belgium, and I don’t travel, so I am really enjoying this channel.
Sandra Westley from the UK Stephanie from Lelande Chateau, her RUclips channel goes under the name of The Chateau Dairies, they re tiled there’s inside, her Mum also climbed inside to clean it out, if you go back on the videos some time last year I think. All that ash is really good for your flower beds.
Your farm has such lovely bones! Each space you clean up brings new young life to this old home that I am sure someone loved at one time. Thank You for sharing this journey!
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Klassiek separaat van het woongebouw gebouwd bakhuis: altijd gevaar voor brand in het bakhuis..
Deze ovens werden klassiek gestookt met droge takkebossen: hevig vuur met hoge temperaturen en hoge warmteoverdacht naar de klei en de stenen.
Normaal staat er onder de oven een bak om de hete as in te rakelen alvorens te starten met bakken. Na het stoken werd de bakvloer in de oven kort gereinigd met een natte doek rond een stok gedraaid.
Normaal was er een trog om deeg te kneden en te laten rijzen.
Waarschijnlijk stond er vroeger ook een molen voor het malen. Mogelijks was deze oven verbonden met de graanzolder via een buis die uitkwam in de bak van de molen.
Gist werd gehaald bij de lokale brouwer (biergist).
Het rek aan de zijkant dient om het brood te laten uitdampen.
Normaal werd 1 maal per week gebakken.
Het bakken gebeurde meestal met tarwe (beste smaak) en rogge. In de oorlog werd ook als eens gebakken met erwten en paardebonen.
Het dorsen van het graan gebeurde klassiek in de winter wanneer er niet veel werk was voor de boer en de knechten buiten. Het dorsen gebeurde in de schuur op een houten vloer met een vlegel in kadans volgens het aantal personen. Het graan werd dan door een wannemolen geblazen om het kaf en het koren te scheiden. Het kaf werd gebruikt als matras (kafzak).
Translation:
Classically built separately from the residential building: there is always a risk of fire in the baking house. These ovens were traditionally fired with dry branch forests: intense fire with high temperatures and high heat transfer to the clay and stones. Normally there is a container under the oven to rake in the hot ashes before starting the baking. After firing, the baking floor in the oven was briefly cleaned with a wet cloth wrapped around a stick. Normally there was a trough to knead dough and let it rise. There probably used to be a mill for grinding as well. Possibly this oven was connected to the granary by a pipe that ended in the mill's bin. Yeast was obtained from the local brewer (beer yeast). The rack on the side is used to let the bread evaporate.
Normally, baking was done once a week. The baking was mostly done with wheat (best taste) and rye. During the war, baking was also done with peas and horse beans. The threshing of the grain was traditionally done in the winter when there was not much work for the farmer and the servants outside. Threshing was done in the barn on a wooden floor with a flail in cadence according to the number of people. The grain was then blown through a fan mill to separate the chaff and the wheat. The chaff was used as a mattress (chaff bag).
@@labradorsrawesome here in Australia we do have some of these old wood fire ovens like this from farms and barkery's mostly and some till being used today.. nothing like a wood fired bread or a meat pie
Classic bakehouse built separately from the residential building: there is always a risk of fire in the bakehouse.
These ovens were traditionally fired with dry branch forests: intense fire with high temperatures and high heat transfer to the clay and stones.
Normally there is a container under the oven to rake in the hot ashes before starting the baking. After firing, the baking floor in the oven was briefly cleaned with a wet cloth wrapped around a stick.
Normally there was a trough to knead dough and let it rise.
There probably used to be a mill for grinding as well. Possibly this oven was connected to the granary by a pipe that ended in the mill's bin.
Yeast was obtained from the local brewer (beer yeast).
The rack on the side is used to let the bread evaporate.
Normally, baking was done once a week.
The baking was mostly done with wheat (best taste) and rye. During the war, baking was also done with peas and horse beans.
The threshing of the grain was traditionally done in the winter when there was not much work for the farmer and the servants outside. Threshing was done in the barn on a wooden floor with a flail in cadence according to the number of people. The grain was then blown through a fan mill to separate the chaff from the wheat. The chaff was used as a mattress (chaff bag).
Thank you Ingrid, manage to translate and was transfixed!
@@labradorsrawesome You can hit the translate and you can read it in English! But thank you for yours, much better!
As a pizza chef who works with wood fired ovens I just want to remind you that it may be called a bread oven but it is simply and oven. You can learn how to regulate and manage the heat by where you put your fire, how long you burn it and the wood you burn. And you can cook anything in it. With practise you be getting it super hot for pizza, then clearing the Ash out and cooking bread on the first heat, then cakes and maybe some slow cooked meat left in on the residual heat. Good luck.
I believe the name petit four means small oven. After cooking bread bakers would use the lower temperature oven to bake pastries. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit_four
All those ashes were from burning paper, the previous owner was not using it as an oven or just had a lot of papers to get rid of. a bread oven would never have that much ash in it.
Great comment... We primarily use ours for most cooking throughout July, August and September to keep the heat out of the house but when the kids and the grandkids come for Christmas week we use it all week and never let it cool down, i cook a half a side of pork at a time in there and we use a variety of dutch ovens in the stone oven for compartmentalizing and different temperatures, ofcourse pizza is quite popular with the little kids and I
Don't worry about stumbling for the right word. I do it all the time and English is my first language! :) I've just recently found your channel and have started watching your videos from the beginning. Thanks for taking us on your journey. You have a lot of work to do, but you both seem to handle it well. The history of your property and the photos you share are very interesting. Blessings on your restoration!
English is my 1st language too and I still look for the right words, despite an expensive university education! You are doing just fine.
Don't forget to have the chimney swept out also as the years of soot buildup in it can catch fire in the chimney and cause the floor above to catch fire as well.
Yeah someone was obviously burning a lot of wood in there but not cleaning it out to fill it up with so much ash so that chimney has got to be a creosote nightmare.
Though the longer I watched... Maybe someone was just burning a ton of garbage in there too.
@De Hoeve. Old Belgian farm renovation Just a tip i learned from my mother, when you start the fire don't use chemical starters because they will give taste to the food. Put the wood on the side not in the midle of the oven so the flame covers the intire top. Keep an eye on the colors of the bricks they will be changing color as the oven gets to the right temperature (White is good) I hope it helps you
Thanks for these useful tips 👍🏻I hope to make use of them very soon.
I saw the fire starter - sacré bleu!!
I was about to say this too.
I recall from my childhood when my uncle made a Hangi (an earth firepit - New Zealand Maori cooking method using heated stones). Unfortunately he "cheated" the same way, and the whole meal tasted of kerosine as the chemicals in the firestarter got in to the stones. A lot of work making it, but ruined to save five minutes :(
Ash is good to mix in your soil . Thank you for taking us on your journey. It’s going to be fun to watch your progress ❤️👍🏼🌵🇺🇸
Depends on your type of soil.
Yeah true. Depends on the acidity or Alkalinity levels. Ash is used to make it more of alkaline or to reduce acidity as it neutralizes it.
Makes you wonder what they burnt in that oven.... 📝 🔥
You two approach restoration with such love for the buildings. Someone put their heart and soul into running that farm. It’s good to see you want to restore their dreams. Maybe not by farming, I don’t know what your plans are, but I’m sure the original owners would be happy to know you own it now and are loving it as much as they did!
HOWDY, FROM TEXAS !!! I JUST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL AND I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR A SWEET FAMILY TO GIVE JUSTICE TO AN OLD ABANDONED FARMSTEAD. WHAT A WONDERFUL FIND! I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS CHANNEL , ESPECIALLY THAT BEAUTIFUL CAT. WE HAVE TWO TUXADO CATS ( BLACK AND WHITE ) NAMED LADY AND BELLA AND THEY RULE THE HOUSE!
WE ARE CAT PEOPLE AND I LOVED IT WHEN Y'ALL WERE TAKING A BREAK TO EAT AND YOUR CAT HAD HER BOWL TOO!! SO CUTE !!
ENJOY ALL THE ADVENTURES LIVING IN A 100 + YEAR OLD FARMSTEAD, WE WILL KEEP YOUR FAMILY IN OUR PRAYERS.
PS...WHEN YOU TOOK THE ASHES OUR OF THE OVEN HOUSE,..YOU CAN PUT THE ASHES IN A CONTAINER AND ADD WATER ( IT MAKES LYE ) YOU CAN GOOGLE THAT UP AND MAKE HOMEMADE SOAP, AND WITH THE LAVENDER FLOWERS YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT USING OUT FRONT....LAVENDER HOMEMADE BAR SOAP,....MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT DOWN THE ROAD AND MARKET ON LINE. ANY SCENT WILL WORK EVEN BAY LEAVES OR MINT PLANTS.
HAPPY, HAPPY, OLD BELGIAN FARM,...SANDY AND LEE HATTON IN EAST TEXAS
That bread house is awesome. We always have a pizza oven in the yard as the husband builds them for the family. When the kids were still living at home and we had 20 other kids running around the yard (we had a pool so there was always lots of kids at our place) - we had to find an easy cheap way to feed them all. Our go to recipe - get a cast iron pot and put 2 layers of raw sausages on the bottom. Potatoes (heaps) and whatever vegies you have throw them in. Then a dash of curry paste, a couple of tins of tomatoes, one or two jars of pasta sauce and then top up with water so everything is covered with liquid. Shove it in your pizza oven or bakehouse - come back about 2 -3 hours later. The yummiest sausage and vegie casserole. Have a loaf of bread ready for everyone to sop up the sauce. There was never any leftovers. Hungry kids satisfied. Your kids are only a few years off from that stage, they would love this with their friends. It is even easier than pizza to cook. All the best to you both.
Mmmmm... sounds so yummy! I noted down the recipe. Do you have a pizza oven now? Maybe you could share the way you cooked it on your channel? To keep it for the future generations 😀 What a wonderful memories you have!
@@DeHoeveOldBelgianFarm We have one but I blew the roof off with the multiple eucalyptus fire storms inside it. Because we are surrounded by so much bush, we need to get rid of sticks, branches, leaves. etc. The eucalyptus plants have such strong oils they burn and put off heaps of heat. The pizza oven was so big I could burn heaps off at a time, but it weakened the roof. The repair is on our winter job list. So I will be doing a vlog. I will make sure I do the sausage casserole but now there is only 2 of us - so a smaller sample. LOL. All the best.
It is heartwarming to see you both taking care and appreciating the work of people before you. That oven evokes such warm feelings. Thank you for sharing. Keep safe. ❤
I would scrub the bottom of the oven so it is very clean and then find some fire clay and give it a coat of 1 inch thick to smooth it out , this will make cleaning it out much easier and smoother floor for baking on
A house just for baking - I can smell the bread already!!
Don't be sorry for the mess as we all know that both of you are working hard to refurbish this old house...Thanks to allow us to watch the work progress...
Love the idea of a summer kitchen!
Thanks, Jerrie! The more I play with this idea, the more I love it 😀 Don't want to change the initial purpose of this building a lot.
I like the bake oven, restored it will be a lot of work, but really rewarding!
I find the more simpler the building the more beautiful it is. Your bake house is a gorgeous building by itself & can see why you want to restore it to its former glory. These types of builds are a dream for me to have.
Image all of the lovely breads and pizzas you will make for your kids.
Ребята , добрый день . Вы такие молодцы , смотрю и очень рада за вас . Да, это тяжелый труд , но результат будет на века
What a great thing to have, a bread/pizza oven for future times of stress in the world and stores are closed again. Ash great for the compost too.
English as a second language is not easy but your getting better evertime you show an episode....good work..
The oven oh, what a gift to be used once it's cleaned out for usage, the removed ash is good for placing in vegetable beds. 🔈👀
Oh that bake house remodeling will be so fun to renovate. That would be my own hideout
Wat 'n wonderlike oond. Geen rook ontsnap. Perfekte werkmanskap! Groete van Suid Afrika.
This is a big plus to have on the farm, a wonderful thing. I was imagining the wonderful meals for your family. Thank you very much for sharing this.
My favourite post. Something uniquely satisfying to watch a well built fire in a well built structure. 🍞 🍕 🔥
Bravo 👏🏻
Very relaxing to see the fire burn with the music.... :)
Here in the eastern part of the United states the pioneers used the upper stories for spinning wool, or weaving on looms, for sewing quilts. And other activities that they could do in cold winter months, They used the upper room because of the heat rising from the huge fireplaces that also had built in ovens.
Just a tip form someone who has done a little bit of wood fired pizza making - you can use a wet mop to clean up any ash from the floor of the oven (good if you want to put bread right on the bricks) and also get a Infrared Thermometer. Also you might like to make a metal door for the oven - as cooking once the fire goes out is possible, and the door helps keep the heat in. The big thing to manage though with an oven like this is the amount of wood it needs to bring it up to temprature and then keep it there (it might take the best part of a day!). Have fun and good luck and thanks for posting! :-)
Yeah a door is a must for cooking in the embers. My Irish grandmother had a wood fired aga & a wood bread oven in the wall. The bread oven had a metal door and she said it helped keep the heat in. I don't know how she cooked with the aga & the bread oven, because there were no thermostats or temperature indicators but her food & bread were PERFECT every single time. :)
900 degrees for pizza, as it cools bread and cookies...quiche
There is a metal door to this oven already.
@@troublemcallister730 thats old people for you, they have some of the last greatest known knowledge and secrets.
She knew the wood fire. Experience!
I think I have watched all the previous posts and somehow found them hauntingly mesmerizing. I WANT TO SEE MORE! ESPECIALY THE FINAL PRODUCT!
Awww... thank you! I am looking forward to the end result as well 😁
Hello. You found wire in the bread oven. I think they wrapped a bundle of wood together with wire and put the whole bundle into the bread oven.
This is how.
Take a bundle of wire wrapped wood and set it about arms length inside the bread oven.
Light the bundle on fire and push it all the way to the back of the bread oven.
Do this with three or four bundles of wood. Pushing them all the way to the back wall of the bread oven.
When the bread oven is hot enough you can cook your bread in front of your coats. Turning the loaves as needed.
Have fun with your oven! Cook lots of loaves of bread at once. 🍞🥖🥐🥩🍕🥔🥘
That fire in the brick oven looks so cozy😀
THANK YOU for this - reminds me of my childhood visiting my grandparents in Ireland. My grandmother had a wood fired aga & a bread oven in the wall of their cottage. Neither had any kind of temperature indicators but she cooked beautifully & everything was so tasty. Sadly I was often in trouble (I was NEVER girly enough for her - so was always being scolded for messing around outside & getting muddy) which meant my chore was cleaning the ash out of the wall oven (as I called it) and the aga. You will need to make sure the oven is very clean if you're looking to put the bread pan on on the bricks directly. But thanks for reminding me of the (MANY) days I had I to clean that oven! LOL! I don't think yours was EVER cleaned out! XD The ash would be good on rose beds (it's what my grandmother did with it).
It was my pleasure! Glad that you enjoyed the video. The word 'wall oven' past soooo good to it. I could imagine how big it seemed to be for a small child. Thanks for sharing your story here, I enjoyed reading it 🙂
First time lit in many many years. How very exciting!
Молодцы ребята, случайно наткнулся, затянуло смотреть, не понимаю английский, но когда услышал русскую речь вдвойне стало приятно. Люди с руками нигде не пропадут, так держать!!!!!
Спасибо большое за добрые слова! Мы планируем добавить субтитры на русском, но неизвестно, когда получится. Время :-(
Да я тоже подумал что ослышался )))
по большей части - восторги на тему того какое тут все классное)))
@@DeHoeveOldBelgianFarm Я так думаю что если будут ролики и на русском подписчиков будет больше.Удачи вам !
Yes, the bakehouse would make a fabulous summer kitchen, with French doors opening on to the courtyard for al fresco dining on summer evenings. Is there room in the loft for a guest bedroom and small ensuite? I just love it and I'm green with envy.
Great ideas!
I can picture that, and it is a beautiful idea!
I pictured your ideas and I love it! Waiting desperately for the warm sunny evenings... I would like to stick to the initial purpose of the building and do not change it a lot. A bar with Belgian beer combined with summer kitchen would work perfectly here.
We have another barn that we would like to convert to a guest house (possibly b&b), we will tour it in the next weeks :-) it is a real treasure of this property.
Fresh bread in the summer, without heating up the house.
@petnzme01 native americans do not put in 2nd holes in their horno [their version of bake oven]. however there are three advices that i noted from observing and hearing modern day pueblo indians, ... get real long pole (with attachments) similar to screw on kind for brooms, painter poles [no metal, too hot to touch],
you will need hoe attachment to rake out and dump ash on floor [yes while hot-warm]. broom attachment [not plastic kind] to sweep ash, shovel attachment to [clean off the floor] cooled ash [usually two days to cool it off]., some kind of a long peel attachment to remove the baked materials,
second advice, on the back side where clay dome is. indian replenish this with mix clay and rocks, preferably river rocks that is Igneous type.
final advice-observation pueblos does sweep ash out but leave a bit ash in is ok, not bother mop out the oven.. they pick select wood (that is food safe.. usually not evergreen materials), after the burn, they want a little ash on the bake surface, this ash is baked on to bottom of bread becomes real tasty. in fact pueblo keeps first bake bread [because of fresh ash on bottom] . and give away 2nd and 3rd baked breads. I never had chance to taste the first set. on the "day of baking', I understand they make enough for 30 bread, baking 10 each time. .
You could bake bread & sell it to the locals! Glad you got it cleaned out! Thank you for the video!
Wat mooi dat jullie een gebouw hebben met een oven! Dat is toch onbetaalbaar. Ik vind jullie video’s geweldig om te zien. Succes.
This is my favorite of your videos so far! I was warmed by the fire... I hope you eventually do a "This is how a bread oven works" video...
I think the opening in the floor in the attic was used as a grain chute. Grains would have been stored/dried above and then swept into that chute for bagging or use.which makes that a granary/bake house....very cool. I have similar openings in the floor of my farms granary in Minnesota, USA. I miss Belgium. I lived there for a short while over 20 years ago. In Brussels 🇧🇪 🇺🇸
That makes perfect sense 👍🏻 thanks for sharing it here, Charlie! Greetings from Belgium 🇧🇪
Nice to see you Charlie, I grew up on a farm in Minnesota . Still live in the state.
This is my favouite part of the farm, once renovated it would be lovely in the summer months.
I would just seal the brick with a breathable brick dust sealer, it is quick to do, cheap, and will look lovely.
You can bake a huge pumpkin pie in that huge brick oven! BIG Pie, yum.
I love how much you appreciate having the bread oven and so happy to see your subscribers increasing.
These are wonderful for cooking roasted foods, beef, chicken, duck etc. A cast Iron Dutch Oven works great, as well as clay baking ware.
I would have put the wheelbarrow close to the wall underneath the oven and used the hoe to let it fall right into it. I would have used the ash for the trees and evergreens in the garden. NICE JOB regardless - you are very careful. Love your channel!
The only problem is the room would fill with a big cloud of ash. I, personally would have done it just like they did. Takes longer, but you're not inhaling god knows what.
That bakhaus is so cool! Just beautiful.
This is a great find .....you’ll have some great pizzas and bread!
Думал, показалось с русской речью в другом видео, ан-нет) Подписался, буду посмотреть как вы конфетку сделаете из старой усадьбы. Красивый старый дом, кирпичная кладка, ммм. А печка, такая же, как и русская печь)
Thanks for posting and sharing. Nice to see the fire in the old oven.
Добрый день! Ферма бомба.Всю жизнь о такой мечтал!!! Удачи вам во всех начинаниях.
Спасибо большое :-)
Может есть что то подобное на продажу?
@@rembender8325 у меня нет :-) но вообще такие фермы сейчас как горячие пирожки разлетаются. Вы сейчас в поисках? В какой стране?
@@DeHoeveOldBelgianFarm Я гражданин Евросоюза.Ищу во Франции или Бельгии.
@@rembender8325 посмотрите на Biddit.be, там часто попадаются именно старые фермы. Во Франции не подскажу, но думаю там больше предложений.
I agree with your comment! It's a gift. Thank you for sharing your hard work.
The bake oven is so beautiful! Please share your first baking experience with us!
Hi Neva, thank you!
I do hope my first cooking experience won't be that far in the future, but seeing all the work that is still waiting to be done 😀
@@DeHoeveOldBelgianFarm I completely understand.
Something so mesmerizing about a fire...you can just sit and watch it for hours. I am so glad that the oven is in good shape and still usable.
Добрый вечер,я случайно наткнулся на ваш канал,вы просто молодцы, смотреть настолько приятно вас,желаю вам от всей души что бы у вас все получилось и сбылось все что планируете,большой пламяный привет вам с Ингушетия.
Спасибо большое за пожелания и добрые слова, Руслан :-)
lovely bake oven, you could make it into a guest cottage with fireplace. lol I found your channel yesterdaya and have been watching you dig up a floor and take apart a roof, ! so much ambition to rebuild and old farmhouse and stables. awesome. I will keep watching ! Annmarie in Oregon USA
Simply beautiful. And your gratitude is inspiring.
HELLO from chihuahua mexico, yes is a state in Mexico, thank you for the video, I just found your channel, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
How very nostalgic! Such a sweet oven. All the history is very fulfilling to imagine! Thanks for bringing us along! ♥️
Ik heb jullie kanaal net ontdekt. Wat ontzettend leuk om mee te mogen kijken🙏 dank jullie wel en he veel succes met de verbouwing❤
We use a very similar type oven here in Pueblo country in New Mexico and have for centuries within my pueblo the women only use dry ceder wood for baking it burned hot and clean and leaves very little ash and the smoke gives bread the best flavor
Hi Curtis, cool and very interesting, I didn’t know about ceder. We have ceders here but ... they grow in botanical gardens 😂 it would be a fortune to use it as a burn wood.
@@DeHoeveOldBelgianFarm well it's juniper but still a variety of cedar and that as well as pinon are what grow here. We are high in elevation a dry high desert on the Colorado plateau. We use what we have and it serves us well at least we think so
Не ожидал услышать родную речь)))
тебе сердечко не поставили....
The demolition work is messy. No need to apologize for the mess.
I like the recycling way of Belgium. Organized not a mess.
You are such a hard worker. And an excited one.
So relaxing. I would just get a chair and watch the fire and listen to this music.
What a fabulous find. Next time your there bring some frozen bread dough from the store and see how it works.
Love this, oven is working to its fullest now!
The vent hole in the ceiling allows the warm air torise up into the attice where things can dry out.
This would make a great canning room, cheese making, fermenting and walk in freezer. You could also use it for storing bulk home supplies etc.,. Great food prep and if you are hunters and wantto cut your own meat, fish, fowl.
We use ours for most cooking throughout July, August and September, we also use a 3 burner wood stove that pipes into the chimney. Learning how to maintain 350 to 375 degrees is the tricky part, it takes a few burned loafs of bread to figure out the best place is in the oven. Dutch ovens work well for compartmentalizing. Anyway, it takes about 24 hours to heat our oven up and we never let it cool all the way down once we start it, i put a fire in it once in the morning and once in the afternoon.
You can use the oven building as a summer kitchen.
This has been a pleasure to watch, I love the comment from a subscriber regarding feeding a large gathering of children and her menu advice along with her recipes. 🍕🍜🥖🥨This is why I love watching these RUclips channels. I love learning about other cultures and countries. Very heartwarming!!! Love from Southern California ☀️☀️☀️🙋🏻♀️
Hello from Minnesota, USA! I found your channel today and love watching! This bread oven is fabulous!
Hello, I am in Minnesota too, right in the middle .
As a chef.. i love ur farm and the old bread oven.. i live here in Australia.. i would love to have a place like yours here.. i would have so much fun
When you pulled out the bone it reminded me of Hansel and Gretel.
Thank you for sharing your Journey with all of us. I am watching from Sydney Australia. Love all that you are doing
If you save all those ashes from the oven, you can let water drip through them in a wooden "V" frame with a 1inch gap and make your own lye water... (homemade soap with addition of fat..)
All that ASH can be mixed with soil. Hope you will have a kitchen herb garden somewhere in the property.
Трудяги украинцы! Дай Бог вам сил и здоровья, чтобы воплотились все ваши мечты !
Спасибо большое, Нина!
So utterly relaxing watching the wood burn a the end with the music playing lightly...
You and your family are blessed to have been led to this property.
What a wonderful opportunity, it is going to bring much joy to you and those of us you kindly take along for the journey.
Your positivity in what many would see as challenge and adversity is lovely to see.
May God continue to bless you with the fruits of your labour
You two have something very precious, even more precious than an old farm. Guard it with your heart and soul and take care of each other.
Thank you, Morris!
Very skilled fire built for the first time. The old design of the oven is obviously well done. The new owners will obviously be very happy as they bring this property back to life. The time and effort you invest will pay you back many times over. Best wishes for your channel and your home.
You are doing great! I am so thankful you are sharing your journey!
I love it. It would make a lovely and cozy autumn sitting room with furniture and a good book. The children could even be playing in the loft! Amazing!
The ashes are very good to amend the soil where you wish to plant in your garden. I would love to see your work, a power washer on those front bricks
In your yard will bring them back to new. Your trim on the window and shutters
Could use a touch of paint to bring her back to her glory. What an amazing home you’ve chosen! I know everything takes time but it will be exciting to watch you’re
progress!
Love the way you two work together , you are building a home not just a house. Or should I say REBUILDING. ❤️😁🙏
Have watched a video where a smaller but similar oven was used and they baked all kinds of things in it. Nice thing to have.
Love your brick oven, how wonderful! You can buy a "Laser Temperature Gun" to check your oven temperature.
you two are amazing as a team
Fire is life. Who knows when was the last time fire inside.
Greetings
Beautiful oven! You two work very well together! Wishing you well for your project. 💙
This is like cleaning out my wood stoves but on a bigger scale . There is nothing better than the smell of woodsmoke .
Your farmhouse is so beautiful and I wish you well on your journey to returning it to its formal glory .
Can I offer some help to stop the wind noise on your microphone . Cut off the bottom of some old nylon tights or a nylon pop sock and put it over your microphone before the foam wind shield ,then put your fluffy windshield on top of that . It’s an old trick I use in my job . Xxx
Thanks a lot for support, Helen! And many thanks for the tip to get rid of this windy sound. I will try it out. Learning curve here as well... never filmed before a lot :-)
@@DeHoeveOldBelgianFarm If you need any help just let me know . I am a sound recordist and I have worked in film and television for 37 years and will gladly help you out . I work for ITV , so if your questions are not about sound I know people who will know the answers to anything else .
Your videos are very good .
I have just found your channel and have subscribed.
It is so clear to see your excitement about the farmhouse and also you don’t seem to be afraid of hard work . Much love x
@@Helen-sound I am so pleased to hear these words from a professional 🥰 thanks a lot, Helen. Very happy to have you onboard :-)
@@DeHoeveOldBelgianFarm ❤️❤️
I think a summer kitchen downstairs and either a snug upstairs or maybe an office or additional guest room.
I sometimes fantasize about having an oven very similar to that one for baking stews, pizzas, etc. Having it in a small building has enhanced my idea of it. Thanks much!!!🌞😎✌️🎻
May your endeavors be blessed! Love being able to share in your journey to your building a wonderful farming life!!!
That is so cool. Love that you are going to use it.
What a treasure you have! Thank you for sharing all the interesting details. I would love to see the bread you make in it.
My amateur guess would be the attic was used for storing wheat outside the reach of rodents.
And that the hole in the floor was used to deliver the wheat downstairs.
A bake house? I love the all the history your property has 😍
I know,right? I didn’t know much about bake houses. So, interesting.
@@Cookie-gn4qk i love history...here in the US our "history" is limited
@@AbundantAcresHomestead don’t know if you have ever watched “History Travelor Underground”. It is a great channel that travels to many historical sights. Many episodes deal with Presidents, civil war, WWII, etc. I love history also, and I love his channel. I loved this channel, espiecally when they found the items in the attic of the barn. My family is Belgium, and I don’t travel, so I am really enjoying this channel.
Sandra Westley from the UK Stephanie from Lelande Chateau, her RUclips channel goes under the name of The Chateau Dairies, they re tiled there’s inside, her Mum also climbed inside to clean it out, if you go back on the videos some time last year I think. All that ash is really good for your flower beds.
Your farm has such lovely bones! Each space you clean up brings new young life to this old home that I am sure someone loved at one time. Thank You for sharing this journey!
나도 불멍했어요,,,오랜만에 힐링한 기분입니다,,댕큐