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Charles McCathieNevile
charlesn at sunrise.srl.rmit.edu.au
Sun Dec 28 19:41:17 PST 1997
Yes it does, so long as you have one of the proper type with a lid that
has a lip to keep the coals on. Otherwise, I turn my lid upside down.
Charles Ragnar
On Sun, 28 Dec 1997, Alderton, Philippa wrote:
> We recently were discussing doing Dutch oven type of cooking by nestling
> the oven in the coals and covering the lid with more coals. That might work
> if you were limited to an above-ground fire.
>
> phlip at morganco.net
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider that cain't be throwed.
>
> ----------
> :
> : In a message dated 97-12-28 19:17:12 EST, you write:
> :
> : <<
> : Welcome to the list.
> : What you really need t do is find a mason who can build a small brick
> : dome with a floor. A good compromise is a miniature Nissen hut (those
> : semi-circle things like Gomer Pyle lived in) covered in dirt. Light a
> : fire in it, let it burn for a while, then sweep out the coals and put
> : your food in to bake. (This is moderately tricky. Sometimes it worked
> and
> : sometimes it didn't quite, and then we lost the oven (and the land it
> was
> : on). But this is how many medieval ovens worked)
> : >>
> :
> : Okay, now how do I get the darn thing to War, granted I do only live 15
> miles
> : from Estrella. My War Wagon is large and sturdy, but I don't think she
> would
> : be up to this task. And I don't think the park officials would
> appreciate me
> : building a brick building on site.
> :
> : hehehe
> :
> : Actually, I do own a couple of Dutch Ovens, but the way I learned to bake
> in
> : them is to bury them on a bed of coals, and all the sites out here frown
> upon
> : fires not raised above the ground.
> :
> : Wonder how well it would work to dig a hole, fill it with coals from a
> raised
> : fire, and bake that way? I'd fill the hole back in later, of course.
> :
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