NorthWoodsAb wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2025 9:18 pm
I looked at dutch ovens about a month ago after a less than satisfactory result with baked beans in a slow cooker. All I could find locally are enameled pots., prices vary widely. I choose my cast frying pan over the wife's coated pans every time.
I have a selection of enamelled pots which I've been using for the 20 (something) years since I moved out from my folks house. I mostly use them for stews or for baking bread, although we recently got a shallow one with a lid which makes excellent curries.
I have one from Le Creuset which may have been my first one. The enamel is still perfect on that one. Most of the other brands have suffered enamel failures. The next time that happens I'll go at it with a hammer and a wire brush and see if I can recover the cast iron pot for seasoning.
"I have a potstill that smears like a fresh plowed coon on the highway" - Jimbo
Tammuz wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2025 8:53 am
Hello Sadie,
I normally like to roll the top of my loaf with oats just for the texture on the baking. This time though my hydration was about 84% so I added some quick oats to help firm up my dough. It did change the "mouthfeel " though and also altered the acidic nature of my starter. Which was perfect for my fish sandwich and it also made killer French toast.
Nice to see a woman welcome new members to what was traditionally a men's club.
Thanks for the info. I want to make an oatmeal bread and that looked really good.
Saltbush Bill wrote: ↑Sun Oct 02, 2022 1:13 am
Anybody who has followed this thread this far should now understand that I have a fairly serious Cast Iron Camp Oven addiction.
A couple of years ago a friend of mine had patterns made to cast 36 inch Camp Ovens. At that stage he was already getting 18 inch, 20 inch, 22 inch and 24 inch ovens made using his own patterns.
All of these patterns /molds that he owns are modeled on the old English and Scottish ovens .....the ones with high domed lids and nice long legs, the old ones made by company's like Carron and Cannon.
Recently 20 of these ovens where cast ....all where numbered from 1 to 20.
After much procrastination I bit the bullet and bought one of them .......what the hell ...you only live once.
The Lid of this oven alone weighs 40 KG
The Base / Pot weighs 90KG
Usable capacity is roughly 175 L of wet / liquid contents.
The following photos are from other websites and are published else where , places like face book, but they give a good idea of size.....the ovens in the photos are of some of the 20 that have been cast to date. The fellas in these photos are not little people.
In the next few days I will attempt to put up a few pics of some of the things Ive been doing with mine.
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For those who want to compare sizes in other ways ..the smallest lid and oven is 12 inch..the next is 24 inch..the last 36.20220910_171027.jpg
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