Until the 18th century, food was cooked over an open fire.
How am I supposed to cook all of this over an open fire?
Fine big fat ones they were, and I could smell them over the fire.
They held the fish over the fire, slowly cooking them.
He held his hands over the fire for its warmth.
He came back with Some water and threw it over the fire.
He rose and went to look into the pot over the fire.
The cook made a meal over a fire of my building.
Good thing he still remembered how to cook over an open fire.
"You look like you've been asked to roast a small child over an open fire."