SC - Camp baking

[Christine A Seelye-King]

Yeah, I was going to note that some of the older aluminum pots are quite good to
cook with as the aluminum conducts heat very well.  But that applies to the
older, heavier models, not the thin sheet stuff you see today.  I have several
that I inherited from my mother, and they are wonderful for small quantities of
stuff...like sauces.  However, you do have to be very careful with the heat, as
the conductivity is better than most other types of pot.

Kiri

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Seumas commented:
> > Stefan li Rous wrote:
> > > Is this an iron or alluminum dutch oven?
> >
> > Somebody makes _aluminum_ dutch ovens????
> >
> > Eeeewwww....I gotta go take a bath. My skin crawls....:)
>
> Sure they do. That is all my Boy Scout troop was equipted with. While
> I wouldn't want to backpack either one, the alluminum ones were much
> easier to handle in camp. They also require less upkeep. I still
> remember carrying one of the iron ones over a mountain ridge and
> back in New Mexico (Philmont Scout Camp).
>
> The alluminum ones are of heavy cast alluminum, not pressed sheet.
> They cook fairly close to the iron ones. In either case, you do need
> to remember when baking biscuits and such to leave an air gap between
> the bottom and the biscuits. We didn't. Took a cold chisel and a hammer
> to get the last burned chunks out. :-)
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