RE: Dutch Ovens

[bearridge]

Ya'll jest dont read careful.

I aint seen no Dutch recipes....frum them folks with homemade....I mean handmade.....wood shoes 'n dikes....'n windmills. :wink:

 

[coogzilla]

Can ya make beer in a DO?
Mine finally showed up Pre-Broken kudos to FedEx. Seems they
have had lessons from the post office covering the proper "mangling"
of things that they can break. Yup, even cast iron. Somebody
should get an award. Such talent is not easy to find!! 8)

 

[bearridge]

Dang. Dadgummit. I wuz already droolin' over the pichurs of yer first pot of vittles. :?

 

[Kayak Jack]

I aint seen no Dutch recipes....frum them folks with homemade....I mean handmade.....wood shoes 'n dikes....'n windmills. :wink:

They're not dikes, Br'r Bear; they're women in comfortable shoes.

 

[Kayak Jack]

Coog San, do NOT, repeat do NOt get beer anywhere near cast iron. They damage each other.

 

[islandpiper]

Made a big pot of Gumbo on the stove today. Cast iron DO, of course.

Aside from the usual trinity and roux and spices it has thin sliced , all lean bacon, chicken, cajun sausage and crawfish. Jarvis has been on the porch since about 3:00 PM.......guess i may as well feed him.

The bacon i use is the kind that comes in the four-pound box and is called "Bacon Ends and pieces for Seasoning"......it is truly disorganized bacon, some thick some thin and nothing in real slices. At $4.50 for 4 pounds i love it. They get it off the bacon cutting lines when the bellies don't fit in the machines i guess and this stuff trims off the ends. the thickest pieces are always solid lean and are great for lots of stuff.

Around these parts some eat their gumbo with rice and some eat it with potato salad. Just a gob of potato salad spooned directly into the bowl of gumbo. Don't say NO till you try it.

piper

 

[coogzilla]

Well that does it. I'm comin over. Will bring beer.

 

[jdupre']

Piper, I must say, you have really been absorbed into the Cajun culture. You talk good "Gumbo". Big chunks of bacon--- what's not to like.

By the way, I take my gumbo over rice with a side of potato salad. The best of both worlds.

Joey

 

[dangermouse01]

Mine finally showed up Pre-Broken kudos to FedEx. Seems they have had lessons from the post office covering the proper "mangling" of things that they can break. Yup, even cast iron. Somebody
should get an award. Such talent is not easy to find!!

Coogs we must have different FedEx companies. We have 40+ MPH winds, pouring rain, tornado warnings going off all over the place and TS Fay coming. FedEx just dropped my camera off on my doorstep (in a plastic bag) at 3:00 PM. And the box wasn't even stamped FRAGILE.

DM
mike

 

[coogzilla]

FedEx is usually pretty good. I'm kinda surpised.
The hurricanes start over here but we ship them over
to the East coast before the earthquake strikes and the
buildings and fwy's fall down and go clunk bang.

Talked to the DO company representative and she threatened
to send out a non pre-broken one. She said I could keep the broken
one. How nice!! Now I feel special.

If they don't want it back, I'll just braze the piece back on and
have 2 DO's. This deal is looking better as we go. HeHe.

 

[Kayak Jack]

Brazing may be a good idea, or it may not. What metals are in he alloy for brazing?

 

[coogzilla]

Plain old flux coated brass. Preheat the section to be brazed.
Red color with a rosebud. Tack it on the ends. Let it air cool.
If ya got the piece lined up good, Preheat and finish the crack.
A little doctoring with a die grinder and it's done. The flux is safe
as it's just Borax. The brass is a tin and copper alloy. No BS, I have
done this before.

Worked in welding supplies for a while. 8) Can still roll two
cylinders at a time. 5's, 244's, 330's. Does that make any sense?

 

[islandpiper]

Oh, sure.......$40 pot, with a $220 repair.....yup, sounds just like the violin business.

piper

 

[Kayak Jack]

Coogs, I follow you in principle. Ronnie (Texas River Rat) follows you exactly. I smoke cigars; he smokes welding rods.

 

[coogzilla]

Heres a pic

Not too bad, but I'll get another one anyhow. Not to hard to repair
with a torch and a little work. Maybee 2.50$ in materials. Cept it won't
be pretty like new, but it will be usable.

The lid has 3 legs on there too. Make a nice fry pan.

 

[Kayak Jack]

They must've dropped it directly on that ear. Voyageurs would've fixed it with a riveted on patch, and press on, I'd bet.

 

[islandpiper]

oh, heck jack.......the southern voyagers would have just doped it back on with some of yesterday's grits, and pressed on. If there were rivets available they would have been simmered in some goose stock and made into gumbo.

Piper (Southern Pride Rules)

 

[Kayak Jack]

Piper San, do ya suppose that's the difference between crackers and frenchmen? Ingenious inventiveness, and all aside.

 

[oldsparkey]

Man....

I really like a well seasoned Cast Iron Pot.
Cook supper in it then clean it with a paper towel , rinse with water and you are ready for the next meal. It cleans up faster then any of the modern non stick stuff out there and cooks a meal a lot better and easier.

My favorite weapon is the Lodge , Cast Iron Chicken Cooker with the iron lid , it works almost like a pressure cooker due to the weight of the lid. I have used it on a lot of camping/paddling trips for a few of us and for a large crew it is that old Dutch oven I have as a reliable replacement for it. The one the folks got from there parents and that I have today. One of the daughters will have it when I'm gone.

12 inches dia , 3 1/4 deep...........

Chuck.
PS. That picture is the new one , mine is a wee bit older :roll: and a lot more used. :lol: They call it a chicken fryer today.

 

[coogzilla]

I got another DO today. How many times should it get "seasond"?
On the second one now.

Thank's Coogs