[Sca-cooks] Dutch oven question

[chirhart_1]

Only design.Not much difference By adutch oven.Dont drive yourself crazy .I
have both very old and very new and I have found no differance.Its how you
use it thats it no mystery.And on bonfire verces cooking pit build your pit
alittle Larger out front of your cook area.That way at night the folkes
build there fire and by the next day you cook from the back          Hope
that helps.               Master Chirhart                 (  been there dug
the pit)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marian Rosenberg" <Marian at therosenbergfamilies.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 5:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Dutch oven question


>
>
> > Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Dutch oven question
> > Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 22:10:59 -0400
> > From: Kirrily Robert <skud at infotrope.net>
> > Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> > To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org, <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> > References: <20010711130814.66464.qmail at web13801.mail.yahoo.com>
<007d01c10a20$8df41760$ac897586 at ibm.net>
>
> > So here's my question: is there any significant variation in the quality
> > of dutch ovens?  In particular, would I regret buying a basic dutch oven
> > from a reputable camping goods store, and wish I'd paid extra to have it
> > hand-cast by the ancient and sekrit dutch masters of pot-making?  Is the
> > difference (if it exists) anything that I'd notice in my use of it, or
> > would it be a matter of it lasting only 100 years instead of 300 years?
>
> Cast iron is generally better than cast aluminum if you are willing to
> go to the trouble of maintaining it.
>
> If you buy one from a camping goods store, make sure to buy one with the
> lipped lid instead of the domed lid.  In my experience, the lipped lid
> can do everything the domed one can do, but you can't put coals on a
> domed lid.  Does anyone here know why some dutch ovens have domed lids,
> is there any practical reason for a lid shaped like that?
>
> The biggest ultra super problem I've ever encountered with dutch ovens
> (or any fire cooking) is convincing people that you can't have a camp
> bonfire if you want to cook on it.  If you have ridiculous quantities of
> wood, bonfires are wonderful warm things to sit and watch.  But you
> cannot cook on them, and you cannot even cook very efficiently near
> them.  Last Pennsic, Mike had to dig out an extra fire pit and take
> coals from the camp bonfire so as to cook with the dutch oven.
>
> -M
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