[Sca-cooks] Baking bread at Pennsic [was OOP: Coleman oven]

[Linda M. Kalb]

The last time I was at Pennsic there was a Viking encampment that had built
a period brick oven they actually baked bread in. They dismantled it before
they left but I hope they build another one at this years' Pennsic.

Who on this list is going to be baking bread at Pennsic?

Is there anyone on this list who is going to be making cheese over the
campfire (or wherever else) at Pennsic? Or yogurt?

Inga/Linda

At 10:50 AM 7/25/01, you wrote:
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>Some of you folks may remember that I bought a Coleman oven last year, and
>had troubles with it.  (This is a metal box that sits on top of a propane
>stove.)  I couldn't get the thermometer in the door up past 375F, but my
>biscuits scorched on the bottom after the minimum baking time.
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>I brought the oven to the Great Northeastern War, but this time I brought a
>standard oven thermometer to put *inside* the oven.  I discovered that the
>temperature inside is about 100 degrees higher than the door thermometer
>claims.  Armed with this information and some sourdough starter, I was able
>to make a satisfactory loaf of bread.  Triumph!  Now I figure that if
>I can bake a yeast bread in the thing, I can certainly manage other kinds of
>baked goods.  Cookies! Pies! Empanadas!
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>Damn, I wish I were going to Pennsic this year...
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>Brighid ni Chiarain
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>--- Robin Carroll-Mann
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>--- rcmann4 at earthlink.net
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