Cinders
Hi Steptoes, I never threw out cinders. You can rake the ashes and leave the cinders as a base when you light the fire,or better still, I used to save them in a bucket and throw water on them. Then when your fire gets going and is nice and blazing away put a few shovels of the drained wet cinders on top. They will take a little while to "catch" but the end result is well worth waiting for. A glorious red-hot glowing fire that lasts hours! Worth trying, but make sure you only use the cinders and not the ashes.
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