KEEPING THE DUTCH OVEN HOT

[islandpiper]

If you start with a hand made Seedtick bacon turner like this:

And slightly modify it like this:

Then, it will fit right on the top of the dutch oven, like this:

And if you are lucky, when you take the lid off, this is what you find:

Cooled just a little, sliced and slathered (don't you love that word?) with REAL butter.......that's so good we don't even share it with Jarvis!!

Piper

 

[Kayak Jack]

Lookin' good, Piper San. Sourdough?

 

[seedtick]

won't be long before he'll learn how to make ice cream in that dutch oven

 

[jdupre']

won't be long before he'll learn how to make ice cream in that dutch oven

That just might be possible Monday morning - the first day of our camping trip.

 

[islandpiper]

Waaaaay easier than sourdough. Here is the recipe and link. Make up a bucket of this stuff and any day you want bread get a big gob out of the fridge and bake it. Just that simple. I haven't figured out how to manage it in the swamp yet, but i will by monday. Piper

The Master Recipe: Boule
(Artisan Free-Form Loaf)
Makes 4 1-pound loaves
3 cups lukewarm water
1 1⁄2 tbsp granulated yeast (1 1⁄2 packets)
1 1⁄2 tbsp coarse kosher or sea salt
6 1⁄2 cups unsifted, unbleached, all-purpose white flour
Cornmeal for pizza peel


Read more: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-Foo ... z17xUnZaHZ

 

[jdupre']

The man knows whereof he speaks. After tasting the field version on our camping trip, I decided to try it out myself. Never baked anything in my life. Rank amateur. Super easy preparation. About 45 minutes in a 450 degree oven.

Nice crackly (word ??) crust and moist and chewy inside. Not gummy. A good tang from the yeast and salt.

Joey

 

[islandpiper]

Lookin' good Joey. When will they come out with email send-a-smell? piper

 

[Kayak Jack]

I make foccacia with a recipe very similar to that - same four ingredients. (Like pizza dough) I also carry packets of Jiffy Mix pizza dough to camp. (I don't fight fair)