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Default Why call it a Dutch Oven?

On Tue, 18 May 2010 11:09:35 -1000, dsi1
> wrote:

> On 5/18/2010 10:46 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
> >
> > 20 pound cooking utensils are fine if you have a pack mule. Most scout
> > troops today don't have that luxury.

>
> This is pretty disappointing. The Dutch oven was always used in those
> old Boy's Life magazine recipes where you'd need baked goods. Sounds
> like you're saying that this was all a big fat lie. Another one bites
> the dust. I guess in the old days (the 60s) they used pack mules.


I bet they packed up the station wagon and drove to the campground.

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