SC - dutch ovens

[Stefan li Rous]

Huette commented: 
> An aluminum dutch oven is not a camping pot, but a
> large round pot that usually holds a gallon of liquid.
>  I have one.  The bottom is aluminum and the lid is
> copper.  It is very useful.  It is great for making
> soup or stock.

Yes, I have a heavy alluminum one made for kitchen use with a cast
alluminum top that also fits on the skillet.

However, the alluminum dutch oven I'm speaking of is made for
campfire use and is probably the forerunner of the kitchen one. The
one I'm thinking of has three legs on it for sitting in the coals and
the top is all alluminum, no plastic knob with a half inch(?), one
inch (?) ring along the outside edge of the lid to hold coals. The 
handle is a 'C' shaped metal bar cast into the top. The top is slightly
concave. It also has a wire loop handle attached to either side of the 
pot rather than the flat handles molded into my kitchen unit.

The alluminum dutch ovens cost considerably more than the cast iron
ones, at least they did 25 years ago when I was in the Boy Scouts.

And yes, I often use my alluminum kitchen dutch oven instead of a
soup pot for making soups and roasts and such because since it is
much thicker (quarter inch?) it spreads the heat out better than the
much thinner soup pots I have. I keep looking for a decent quality,
thick walled alluminum soup pot but haven't found one yet.

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