indoor ovens

3 (MM) n nèmaše fùrni nalì tùk

There weren’t [large outdoor] ovens, were there?

4 (a) mi nèma ìmaxme si domà fùrni

Well, no. We had ovens at home.

6 (a) domà domà si ìmaše fùrn’a no lòveše

At home. There was an oven at home, and it would take –

7 (a) po sèdem m òsem l’àba i opečèm si napàlim a

we [can] bake seven or eight loaves of bread at a time. We light it,

8 (a) sɤz dɤ̀rva i si a izmetèm natùr’ame si l’aba tamᵊ

a wood fire, and sweep it out, then put the bread into it

9 (a) vɤf nèa s lopàti opečè se izvàdim l’àba jadèm i tugà

in it with oven peels. It bakes, we take out the bread, eat [it], and then –

16 (a) sè po edìn l’àpᵊ i go zanesèm ta go tùrnem

one by one on a board, and we take it and toss it

17 (a) vɤf fùrnata i takà

into the oven, and there it is.

20 (MM) e kàk poznàvaš kogà tr’àbva da go tùriš vɤf fùrnata

And how do you know when it’s time to put it into the oven?

21 (a) è mi poznàva sa tòj si ftàsa šùpne takà i

Oh, well, you know! It ferments, gets bubbles in it, like this. And

22 (a) kato vozidè i às si go tùrna vɤf fùrn’ata i takà

when it’s risen, I toss it into the oven and that’s that.

25 (b) vɤf noštvìte stojàl

It’s been sitting in the kneading trough.

36 (a) mi t’à mòže i vɤf fùrn’ata ama kato segà f pèčkite

Well, you can also bake it in the outdoor oven, but [usually], like now, in [indoor] ovens.

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