On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:40:08 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Fri 18 Jan 2008 11:23:04a, Dee.Dee told us...
>
>>
>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> 3.184...
>>> On Fri 18 Jan 2008 09:34:09a, Goomba38 told us...
>>>
>>>> James Silverton wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Perfectly good advice but the question of what is a Dutch Oven was not
>>>>> really answered. I guess it's a big heavy lidded pot but I'm not sure
>>>>> either. Perhaps, it's like asking what makes a "super model" :-) :-)
>>>>
>>>> Didn't they originally have flat lids to bank coals on top of (in fires
>>>> or fireplaces) or is that named thing something else?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, and the pots often had 3 feet on the bottom to help secure them in
>>> the fire.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Wayne Boatwright
>>>
>>
>> They demonstrated their use at "Jamestown" when I was there last.
>> Dee Dee
>>
>>
>>
>
>Did they bake in them or just cook a main dish in them? My great
>grandmother used to talk of baking bread in her fireplace in such a pot.
>She had a wood cookstove, but also cooked some things in the fireplace.

I've baked in them and used them for main dishes also. Mainly when we
were camping.
They are fun to cook in.

koko
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