[Sca-cooks] Dutch ovens?

[Susan Fox-Davis]

James Prescott wrote:

> I don't know when Dutch ovens were first used, and I don't know what
> they were made of, nor their exact physical appearance, but they
> are at least late period.
>
> A Dutch oven (coals on the lid) is mentioned several times in the
> Dutch "Cocboeck" (1593) by Carolus Battus, using the Dutch words
> "oven" and "vladepan". 

What?  You mean a Dutch Oven may actually be Dutch, not just an 
expression for a fake thing [like Dutch Uncle, etc.]
Amazing.  Who'd have thunk.

Selene, cast iron collector and buggy etymologist <GGG>