Saturday, June 14, 2025

Biography 282: A technique to start a fire in a burner.

 When we lived in Saudi Arabia, my parents visited Bangladesh every Eid to spend time with their relatives.

On that day, we were staying at Faridpur in our grandparents' house (maternal). My cousin wanted to fire the burner (made of mud) inside a room. They used firewood, dry leaves, cow dung, etc., to create a fire to cook. My cousin Asha Apa saw inside the burner that the previous firewood had become coal. I saw it coloured red, which means very hot and still burning. Asha Apa added some new firewood and tried to make a good fire, but failed. Then she brought a matchbox. In the meantime, my grandmother came. She stopped Asha Apa and put the matchbox away. Then with a woodstick, she did something inside the burner, and it created a good fire. I saw the new firewood start burning from the coal. I understood, it's a very good technique. Though I never tried.

Why am I writing this? Just to keep a memory posted here.

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