[Sca-cooks] Dutch oven question

[Elaine Koogler]

I bet this would hold true for a wok ring...though it's main purpose is to seat
the wok on a flat burner, I suspect that it would help gather/capture heat as
well.  However, i don't believe that the original woks, which, as I understand
it, came from soldiers in the field using their helms to heat their food in,
would have used such a ring.

Kiri

ruadh wrote:

> did yah know... rings around the edge of the pot are for gathering the heat
> as it slides up the sides of the pot. ancient cooking pottery has the same
> groves to capture heat. helps even out hot spots too. Ru
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Susan Fox-Davis" <selene at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Dutch oven question
>
> > Lady Jehanne:  Thanks for the site!  We were talking about pots like these
> on the
> > Caid list not long ago.  Some wag called them "missionary pots."  I'm
> going to
> > have to get one, even though the shipping costs more than the item itself.
> Sigh.
> >
> > This cooking method sounds much like how I make lasagna at camping events;
> I
> > have a Dutch Oven that is oval-shaped, I layer the pasta, sauce, cheese
> etc. then
> > put coals under and over, then leave it strictly alone for a couple or
> three
> > hours.  No touchee, no peekee.
> >
> > Selene
> >
> > Jessica Tiffin wrote:
> >
> > > These are made in South Africa, and in Afrikaans culture are called
> potjie
> > > pots (it's pronounced "poykee") - potjie kos being a tradition of
> cooking
> > > where you layer meats and veges in the pot, cover with some sort of
> liquid,
> > > and cook on the fire _without stirring_ or lifting the lid, for a
> > > significant length of time.  Kind of the gourmet extension of braai,
> which
> > > is the local term for barbecue - i.e. otherwise non-cooking men tend to
> > > take it terribly seriously.  Our local Marshal does amazing potjie... :>
> > > The pots are cast-iron and build up a seasoning with repeated use, so
> the
> > > non-stirring technique doesn't stick.  Some recipes at
> > > http://www.biltongmakers.com/biltong23_potjies_general1.html, if
> anyone's
> > > that interested!
> >
>
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