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Default Why call it a Dutch Oven?

On Tue, 18 May 2010 14:57:48 -0700, sf wrote:

> 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.


and why not? it's the ****ing boy scouts, not the army. (note: doesn't
mean the *kids* are driven to the campsite.)

your pal,
blake