Yum! I've had cedar planked salmon before and it is great! Might not enjoy cedar planked oatmeal though! :) In the end it doesn't matter, I love that bowl. The distinctive grain makes is look amazing. Well done.
Thanks Tom, Troy do you mean bottom of the bowl? if so it was carved flat with the axe and knife, the inside was finished with the gouge. Gorges the Cedar was a Cedrus atlantica.
Very lovely. How nice to save a piece of that beautiful ol' tree tho' it had to go...
Actually Rico made me a beautiful spoon from cedar for Christmas and it smelled lovely, but when i tried to use it it tasted WAY too strongly like cedar (SHARP!) i was heartbroken, but i buried it in coffee grounds then washed it and did that again a couple times. I've been using it ever since for my oatmeal every day and it's perfect... so if you wanna use that bowl for oatmeal... -b
Cheers! I have not used it yet but if it does taste too strong I'll try the coffee. Are you going to the spoonfest? if so it would be great to meet up.
I made some cedar spoons too, they came out beautifully and after oiling them, there was no bad taste. I love that lemony smell of the wood, but my friend had to saw up a whole tree that was blown over by a storm, he has been cutting up the wood firelog-size for months and now hates the smell:)
Can you use it for food Simon? Or is it just for display or non-food use? I love how cedar smells.
ReplyDeleteHi Tom, I've not found anything to say its not, but I have found a nice looking recipe for canadian planked salmon.
ReplyDeletehttp://allrecipes.com/recipe/canadian-cedar-planked-salmon/
Yum! I've had cedar planked salmon before and it is great! Might not enjoy cedar planked oatmeal though! :) In the end it doesn't matter, I love that bowl. The distinctive grain makes is look amazing. Well done.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bowl Simon, how did you finish the bottom?
ReplyDeleteVery nice. I suspect your cedar is like our western variety. Only the Eastern Red Cedar grows naturally in my area, and its aroma is evem more unique.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tom, Troy do you mean bottom of the bowl? if so it was carved flat with the axe and knife, the inside was finished with the gouge.
ReplyDeleteGorges the Cedar was a Cedrus atlantica.
That's beautiful. You are fortunate to be an arborist and have access to all that great wood. I love the tool marks in the bowl.
ReplyDeleteThanks Robert, the trouble is not having enough room to keep it all!
DeleteVery lovely. How nice to save a piece of that beautiful ol' tree tho' it had to go...
ReplyDeleteActually Rico made me a beautiful spoon from cedar for Christmas and it smelled lovely, but when i tried to use it it tasted WAY too strongly like cedar (SHARP!) i was heartbroken, but i buried it in coffee grounds then washed it and did that again a couple times. I've been using it ever since for my oatmeal every day and it's perfect... so if you wanna use that bowl for oatmeal...
-b
Cheers! I have not used it yet but if it does taste too strong I'll try the coffee.
DeleteAre you going to the spoonfest? if so it would be great to meet up.
i don't think so, it's a long ways off for us, but a new friend of ours, Jarrod StoneDahl will be there, say hi for us...
DeleteWell carved bowl.
ReplyDeleteI made some cedar spoons too, they came out beautifully and after oiling them, there was no bad taste. I love that lemony smell of the wood, but my friend had to saw up a whole tree that was blown over by a storm, he has been cutting up the wood firelog-size for months and now hates the smell:)
ReplyDeleteNothing beats the smell of cedar, I love it. The grain on that bowl looks great and I like the shape.
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