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

['bella]

don't laugh i bake in a portable gas grill... ya know the small one you sit
on a table....
my brother in thunder, Brendan taught me that trick.  He turned out some
luscious
muffins one year and I lusted after his trick...he taught me how to do it
once we were
home... works...
'bella


At 11:10 AM 7/25/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>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.
>>
>>
>>
>>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!
>>
>>
>>
>>Damn, I wish I were going to Pennsic this year...
>>
>>
>>
>>Brighid ni Chiarain
>>
>>--- Robin Carroll-Mann
>>
>>--- rcmann4 at earthlink.net
>>
>>.
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>>
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