Big news from cooking fire! Caveman Zog find new way make mammoth meat taste good. No more just throw meat in fire. Now, Zog use hot flat rock. Zog say meat get brown skin on outside, but stay wet and yummy inside. Meat no get black and burny like before. Whole tribe grunt and point. This new way is big, big thing.
How Zog do? Zog put flat rock in big fire until sky-fire hot. Then Zog pull rock out with big stick. He put mammoth chunk on rock. Meat make loud hiss-hiss sound and good smell fill cave. Other cave-folk come see. They sniff air, they drool. Now everyone want try hot rock meat. Is new best way to eat.
Blorga, expert berry-finder: "Me try hot rock meat. Is best thing since find sweet red berries! Outside go crunch, inside is soft. Me no want old fire-meat no more!"
Krunk, makes sharp sticks: "First, me think Zog hit head on rock. Cook meat on rock? Dumb. Then me taste. Ooh. Zog not dumb. Zog food-chief now. Me eat hot rock meat every day."
Chief Grak, Keeper of the Big Fire, grunt and say, "This good for tribe. Happy belly make strong hunter. Hot rock cooking save meat from burny fire. More food for all. Zog get extra shiny rock for this."
Story by Ugg from Caveman Talk Fire, on the scene.