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*cooking/baking in dutch oven…help
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>Don’t come cryin’ when you have at tummy ache from eatin all them good
vittles. Oh, I *hope* so!! :-) Thanks everybody for all the great tips and sites, Robin Robin "Why are you trying to be a non-conformist like everyone else?"
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What I find works is to parcook the dish, then put the pot in insulation to let the retained heat finish the cooking. Cuts down on fuel consumption and it ain’t gonna burn. Saute onion, garlic & what have you. Add can of chicken and pkg. of gravy Reconsitute: noodles (such as alfredo) Or poultry Dressing (but dress up with mushrooms, Onion & celery) Or Instant Mashed potatoes Decent spaghetti: Use very thin angel hair pasta — cooks quick. Sauce: Saute garlic, 1 onion, add mushrooms, and a can of sauce (my last trip had a 39 cent can of sauce. Cheaper than the bottled, and if you add enough perks to it; palatable) Meat: Slice precooked italian spiced sausage. Try the supermarket packaged mixes on your family BEFORE embarking on a 6 or 7 week trip.
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>We are preparing for a 6-7 week long camping trip (with family) to the > Northwest and I’m scrounging around for recipes to keep us from getting bored > from chili, hot dogs, pbj’s etc. I’ve read that many things can be prepared in > iron dutch ovens, but have not been able to find any recipes for this…never > *baked* in a dutch oven before…any help out there?
Try these web sites: For dutch oven cooking: http://www.ida.net/users/cm2/dutch.htm http://www.macscouter.com/Cooking/DutchOven.html http://www.idos.com/ If this doesn’t totally overload you with dutch oven receipes email me & I can send you a 70,000 byte free ware text file by Mike Audleman all about DO cooking. Other camp receipe sites might also prove diverting if you’re going to be away for a month & a half. http://io.datasys.swri.edu/Recipes.html http://www.macscouter.com/Cooking/BoxOven.html (Making a cardboard box oven) http://www.gorp.com/gorp/publishers/ics/foo_bake.htm (Stove top baking) -Ed "The law, in its infinite majesty forbids both the rich & the poor from sleeping under a bridge." -Anatole France "The law is an ass." -Charles Dickens
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>Thanks for the info, these are GREAT sites!
I’m warnin youse guys. You betta watch out. This Dutch oven cooking stuff is habit forming. Especially after beenie weenie, PB&J Sandwiches, vienna sausages, SPAM, and various other camping gourmet staples. Don’t come cryin’ when you have at tummy ache from eatin all them good vittles. 
Steve, the DsrtTravlr
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Try these url’s for receipes: http://www.macscouter.com/Cooking/DutchOven.html http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/1081/cook.htm The real secret to cast iron dutch oven cooking is the proper seasoning and cleaning. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> We are preparing for a 6-7 week long camping trip (with family) to the > Northwest and I’m scrounging around for recipes to keep us from getting bored > from chili, hot dogs, pbj’s etc. I’ve read that many things can be prepared in > iron dutch ovens, but have not been able to find any recipes for this…never > *baked* in a dutch oven before…any help out there?
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->We are preparing for a 6-7 week long camping trip (with family) to the > Northwest and I’m scrounging around for recipes to keep us from getting bored > from chili, hot dogs, pbj’s etc. I’ve read that many things can be prepared in > iron dutch ovens, but have not been able to find any recipes for this…never > *baked* in a dutch oven before…any help out there? > Try these web sites: > For dutch oven cooking: > http://www.ida.net/users/cm2/dutch.htm > http://www.macscouter.com/Cooking/DutchOven.html > http://www.idos.com/ > If this doesn’t totally overload you with dutch oven receipes email me > & I can send you a 70,000 byte free ware text file by Mike Audleman > all about DO cooking. > Other camp receipe sites might also prove diverting if you’re going to > be away for a month & a half. > http://io.datasys.swri.edu/Recipes.html > http://www.macscouter.com/Cooking/BoxOven.html > (Making a cardboard box oven) > http://www.gorp.com/gorp/publishers/ics/foo_bake.htm > (Stove top baking) > -Ed > "The law, in its infinite majesty forbids both > the rich & the poor from sleeping under a bridge." > -Anatole France > "The law is an ass." > -Charles Dickens
Thanks for the info, these are GREAT sites!
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We are preparing for a 6-7 week long camping trip (with family) to the Northwest and I’m scrounging around for recipes to keep us from getting bored from chili, hot dogs, pbj’s etc. I’ve read that many things can be prepared in iron dutch ovens, but have not been able to find any recipes for this…never *baked* in a dutch oven before…any help out there? Thanks, Robin "Why are you trying to be a non-conformist like everyone else?"
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Many great books available on the subject. Bob Ririe wrote a couple. Probably available at a book store near you. Boy Scout stores have several. Bob’s address is Bob Ririe 105 Mallard St. Las Vegas, Nv 89107 ph 702-878-3002 Big to do’s in the dutch oven field. Bob has a big cook out in Zion Nat. Park every year, and Lodge Dutch ovens has a big one in Ogden Utah. Lodge Mfg. Co. Dept C PO Box 380 South Pittsburg, TN 37380 has a cookbook of all the winning recipes from the Ogden contest. Lots of other goodies to go with your oven; bags, lifters, toters, etc. Dutch oven cooking is ABSOLUTELY GREAT. Bake biscuits by putting in a pie pan and setting on three pebbles. Bake the cinnamon rolls, too. Yummmmmmm. Cornish game hens, roasts, bbq dishes, chicken pot pie, stew, bread, you name it. Since it cooks slowly with charcoal briquets, you can hardly screw anything up. I have heard of lasagna recipes, things you wouldn’t expect. You can put stuff cooking, go fishin, and come back to dinner. You will absolutely love it. Steve, the DsrtTravlr