Dutch Oven Cooking

I have had my Lewis & Clark Dutch Oven since 2004.  I don’t know what exactly inspired me to get one in the first place, I think I was just intrigued to try things the old-fashioned way when we go on our hunting trips.

The problem is I’m not really wanting to have a burned mess when I’m out in the woods with no back-up provisions to satisfy the troops.  So, I haven’t used it much.  In the 3 years since then I have tried a green chile stew and some popcorn. 

This year I decided to get it out again from its storage place in our travel trailer and wash off the dust and feathers that had stuck to it.  (That’s one effect of beds being in the same room as your kitchen – feathers fly through the air and land in rather strange places.)

I gathered the briquettes and some charcoal lighter fluid and headed outside to dig down into the dirt a little bit to make a hole for the oven.  We live on rock here so I didn’t dig too far.  I placed my briquettes in the hole, sprinkled starter fluid on and lit the whole thing.  Then I came back inside.

I left my 2 young ‘uns outside.  Well when they saw the flames die out they figured that was the end of it and so they covered it up with sand.  I was inside happily preparing the mixture for the apples, thinking my briquettes were getting hot.  But Justus, the little stinker was covering up the whole thing!

Back out I went to get them unburied and started again.  Still not much success.  That’s when Zachary arrived on the scene.  Zachary always comes up with a solution and it might be a crazy one but sometimes his ideas really do work.

I came into the house to look on You Tube for how to light briquettes  when Zachary came to tell be that the briquettes were ready to cook on.  I go outside to find this!

 He had got the big Shop-Vac and was blowing air on the whole thing and let me tell you those briquettes really liked it!  They were sparking all over the place.

It did the trick though.  I was able to put my oven on the briquettes and make Baked Stuffed Apples.

Now, how about visiting my new recipe blog, A Pinch of This, A Dash of That to see how to make it?

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