Fantastic Mr firedrum

Briony bought me this fabulous firedrum made by a local blacksmith for my birthday in 2007. It is the best gift I ever received. It is fantastic to sit around and watch the flames flicker through the moon and firesprite shaped holes. It also turns out to make an excellent hibachi style cooker with a grill on top as well as the best super high temperature wok burner.
With a small amount of wood - a few sticks or pine cones - I can get a flame that's hot enough to burn my legs and that lasts for long enough to do a stir fry


This time I made a version of the Thai dish with prawns (which we didn't grow), holy basil, garlic, snow peas, bok choy and chillis (which we did).


The super-high heat of the wok lends such a special char flavour that can't be replicated on the stove