Posted on 01/19/2022 12:17:23 PM PST by mylife
Owning a Dutch oven is proof that you’ve made it. No matter what else is going on in your life, you can come home to a dependable piece of cookware that will cook soups, stews, braised meats, and bread better than any other piece of equipment in your kitchen.
My Le Creuset Dutch Oven is one of my prized possessions. It’s bright orange—a color I intentionally chose because it’s the brand’s signature hue—and has a gold knob, that I swapped myself and never looked back. Who needs a dining room tablewhen you have a Le Creuset Dutch oven? (Don’t answer that, I know how it sounds.)
Of course, Le Creuset isn’t the only brand that makes dutch ovens. Nowadays you have your pick from established kitchenware brands like Emile Henry, Staub, Cuisinart, and Lodge to newcomers like Great Jones and Misen. They come in a rainbow of colors, a whole host of different sizes, and in both oval and round shapes. There’s a Dutch oven to fit every budget and every kitchen. And once you obtain one, there are all kinds of great ways to fill it.
For regular weekdays and snowy weekends, there’s tortellini, chuck roast, sweet potatoes, kale, chicken thighs, and lentils that are yearning to be turned into a delicious one-pot meal.
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Possum on the half-shell!................
Phyllis Spears in Mountain Home, Arkansas, is an expert in cooking with the Dutch Oven. Her recipes for wild game are the best.
Good grief, seriously?
When I was about 16, I bought out a store’s entire line of cookware, tableware and knick knacks. Dirt cheap give away deal. Included were 2 dutch ovens. I used the larger one once for presentation purposes. Both have been collecting dust and taking up room in the cabinet for decades. Can’t think of any dish I can’t make in matching pots (not orange, ick) the church bazaar sells for $1.50.
$440 for a too heavy to lift Le Creuset Dutch Oven at Willimas-Sanoma. Hahaha, no thanks. Not buying this and that 3 wheeled bicycle (bi = 2) saved a bundle.
Having done some research, and buying a Staub unit at my darling’s request, (and an LC grill pan for me), I would caution on Lodge-brand name American, product at last look from China).
For her owncooking, a 5 qt. is sufficient. It is big enough for most cuts of meat, a chicken.
One gigantic plus - being enameled, no seasoning, and you can wash them in the sink!
I am a “range top home cook”, (my dad was a short order cook), so, I stink using the oven, so a dutch oven may help me.
Good cooking to y’all.
hording cheap dutch ovens? ;)
salute returned.
Oh, forgot about the cast iron dutch oven no one has bothered to take out of the box all these many years.
I do use grandma’s cast iron skillet daily. Also, have grandpa’s little cast iron skillet he used for his pre-dawn breakfasts. Never understood people today worrying so over the care and feeding of delicate cast iron.
[They’re the top of the line and you will pay for it.]
And in this case, you get what you pay for. They’re awesome!
Mother fried one for us and we lived to tell about it.
Tastes like chicken.
My wife’s Dutch oven is her prized possession. It came over by boat nearly 70 years ago and is likely older than that. The story is that her father packed: every family was allowed a certain amount of storage space. The first thing he did wrong was cut the legs off of a table because it didn’t fit. The last was to put the Dutch oven on top. It came crashing down and ruined pretty well everything else. They arrived with practically nothing but the Dutch oven. As a teacher she once asked her students what they meant by “FOB.” They answered “fresh off the boat.” She protested, saying, “You flew and had all kinds of support. My parents and five siblings really were FOBs and I have the photos to prove it.” Things were different back then, but her family made the most of it. Today the same Dutch oven is still put to very good use producing wonderful wholesome foods.
Press cookie dough in D/O....bake, top w/ ice cream, dig in.
We have four cast iron skillets of varying sizes and depths, and one Dutch oven with a well fitting braising lid. Use them daily, great cookware.
LOL!
Wish I’d have got here earlier(lot of names to copy, paste and ping); https://permasteader.com/cloud/index.php/s/H8iLwmfLHiGFyjG?path=%2FRecipes
There’s a folder called Dutch Oven Recipes with 127 html files. A few are basic info and the rest recipes. Click the folder to see the names. Html files won’t render in the cloud software so if you click one, you’ll see the html code but if you download any of them and open in a browser, they’ll show like a web page. Links in html files don’t work but they’re not needed as each html file is a complete recipe.
To download all 127 files, go back up one level to the recipes folder, tick the check box next to Dutch Oven Recipes and click Actions at the top left of page and then click Download. It will download the folder as a zip file.
All 127 html files are only 179kb total.
Alternatively, click the Home icon at top right and download the whole Recipes folder which is 10.6mb. Or download anything else that interests you. It’s my prepping and homesteading files.
I also once got a rusty old Dutch oven for $5, at a thrift store in the 70s. Steel wool got the rust out, and I reseasoned it and used it for years. I don’t know what ever became of it, probably lost during a move at some point.
At least I still have my old skillet, coming up on 50 years.
“Instapot is the best kitchen tool ever invented.”
I have heard that. Mama must have had a serious incident with a pressure cooker in her day. She didn’t want a thing to do with them. Me? I’m little leery because I heard her rant about that detestable device.
Made a few Pineapple Upside Down cakes in the Dutch while camping, absolutely delicious. Did the same recipe using a cake pan in the oven at home and not as good.
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