On Fri 18 Jan 2008 02:14:41p, Dee.Dee told us...

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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>> On Fri 18 Jan 2008 11:23:04a, Dee.Dee told us...
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>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Fri 18 Jan 2008 09:34:09a, Goomba38 told us...
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>>>>> James Silverton wrote:
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>>>>>> 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.
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>>>> --
>>>> Wayne Boatwright
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>>> They demonstrated their use at "Jamestown" when I was there last.
>>> Dee Dee
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>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright
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> Here are a couple of the pictures I took;
> http://i28.tinypic.com/jsg5j5.jpg
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> http://i31.tinypic.com/onqww.jpg
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> Dee Dee
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Great pictures, Dee. My great grandmother had a fireplace and hearh almost
that large (it was an antebellum home). That pie looks delicious!

--
Wayne Boatwright

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