05.25.06

What Can You Cook In A Dutch Oven?

Posted in Food at 8:25 pm by spryken

Originally posted on Rants and Raves, May 18, 2006

Maybe a better title is “What Can’t You Cook In A Dutch Oven”.

Many who are in Boy Scouts know that you can make a tasty cobbler in a dutch oven. All it takes is 2 cans of pie-filling (your choice), a boxed cake mix (your choice) and a little butter. Dump the pie-filling in, cover with the dry cake mix, place a few pats of butter on top and you are ready for the coals. I’ve had apple with yellow and spice cake. Cherry with devil’s food is good. Raspberry with devil’s food is even better.

You can cook beef stew, chili or soup. I made the Grand Prize winning Seafood Jambalaya from Scouting Magazine’s Campfire Cuisine contest. I have made my own Chicken Chili Verde.

You do not have to stick to “Dutch Oven” recipes. Oh no!! You can cook almost anything!! I adapted my Mom’s Buttermilk Pound Cake recipe and it turned out great. OK, I didn’t adapt the recipe. I adapted the dutch oven. I cut the top off of a soda can and used it to make the dutch oven into a tube pan. Worked like a charm.

This weekend, I am off on another Scout camping trip. I am planning to fix Cheesy Chicken Tetrazzini in the dutch oven. Should be good……..

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