{"id":3001,"date":"2021-10-19T23:02:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T04:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?p=3001"},"modified":"2021-10-19T23:02:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T04:02:18","slug":"grilling-on-our-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/2021\/grilling-on-our-pot\/","title":{"rendered":"Grilling on our Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gas stovetops have become more common but many Cambodians use a charcoal burner shaped like a pot to cook.  We bought one from a passing by cart a few months ago ($6 USD) and have been enjoying grilling with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082808-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3135\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082808-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?attachment_id=3135\" class=\"wp-image-3135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082808-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082808-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082808-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082808-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082808-630x840.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082808-960x1280.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082808-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082823-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3136\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082823-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?attachment_id=3136\" class=\"wp-image-3136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082823-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082823-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082823-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082823-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082823-630x840.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082823-960x1280.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210912_082823-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In design, it&#8217;s basically a recycled materials take on the well known Thai Charcoal Burner. Instead of using a metal bucket ours is shaped out of reused metal containers and the clay interior is mostly smashed up bricks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ThaiStove03lite.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ThaiStove03lite.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ThaiStove03lite-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ThaiStove03lite-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Example of the Thai Charcoal Burner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlotte is learning how to safely light and maintain a fire until the charcoal can get going. She&#8217;s also practicing her knife cutting. We usually ask her to cut fruits and vegetables but, putting my fingers at risk, sometimes we ask her to cut meat for grilling. Catherine is mostly just skewering and putting in fresh charcoal, but she surprised us by starting the lighter the other day &#8211; figured it out by watching her sister. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210819_111708-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3137\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210819_111708-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?attachment_id=3137\" class=\"wp-image-3137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_20210819_111708-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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We bought one from a passing by cart a few months ago ($6 USD) and have been enjoying grilling with it. In design, it&#8217;s basically a recycled materials take on the well known Thai Charcoal Burner&#8230;. <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/2021\/grilling-on-our-pot\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[29,108],"class_list":["post-3001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-life-in-cambodia","tag-charlotte","tag-food","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_20211008_161827-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVixa-Mp","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3001"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3141,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001\/revisions\/3141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}