Using your Prepping stuff, CAST IRON Dutch Oven

Love the dutch oven. One of those and a wok and
I can cook anything I want to on an open fire or campstove.. including biscuits or bread.
If I had to choose only one item to cook with it would be the wok, 'tho. Very versatile. Bake, boil, steam, saute, fry, deep fry or stir fry..
Hell.. you can even wash yourself up and do the dishes with it.

Another awesome video. Cast iron is wonderful. The more it's used, the better it gets. But, the older you get, the heavier it gets. LOL.

You can even bake bread in one. Makes the best stews, roasts, and not much smells better than a pot of bean soup with a ham hock in it simmering on the wood stove in winter.

Really important to season it before use, unless you buy pre
seasoned. I usually only cook bacon and greasy things in a new one til it gets broken in and not use tomato or acid foods right away. Whether or not it makes a difference I don't know, but mine never sticks.

Wouldn't want to carry it cross country, but staying in one place, it can't be beat.

GOD BLESS YOU BROTHER! JUST MOVED TO A LITTLE COUNTRY FARM HOME IN IDAHO AND IT HAS A FIRE PIT! I HAVE COLLECTED OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF CANED FOOD OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS BECAUSE I HAVE 10 CHILDREN AND A HUSBAND TO FEED WHEN THE SHTF! I HAVE SOME CAST IRON PANS AND WILL BE PICKING UP ONE OF THESE DUTCH OVENS TOO THANKS AND GOD BLESS!

Wow, 10 children. You are very blessed, and probably very busy too! LOL. Your home sounds wonderful. Gary Mule had a beautiful fire pit too.

You might also be interested in hay box cooking. Nothing better than cast iron to use for it. In short, you heat your food, bury it in a box of hay and it slow cooks, like a slow cooker or crock pot. Here's a link to how to make and do it:

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Wow, 10 children. You are very blessed, and probably very busy too! LOL. Your home sounds wonderful. Gary Mule had a beautiful fire pit too.

You might also be interested in hay box cooking. Nothing better than cast iron to use for it. In short, you heat your food, bury it in a box of hay and it slow cooks, like a slow cooker or crock pot. Here's a link to how to make and do it:

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THANKS AGAIN WE ARE BLESSED AND HAVE BEEN HOME EDUCATING FOR 15 YRS MOST PEOPLE LET THE GOVERNMENT FEED THEIR CHILDREN BREAKFAST LUNCH AND DINNER THEY HAVE KNOW IDEA HOW MUCH LITTLE ONES WHO ARE HOME ALL DAY CAN EAT! THE LORD HAS PROVIDED FOR US CONTINUOUSLY AND HE PUT US IN A HOUSE RIGHT NEXT TO A MORMON CHURCH SURROUNDED BY FARMERS THEY BRING US ALL KINDS OF FOOD, FRUITS VEGETABLES AND A LOT OF JARED FOOD AS WELL. THE LORD WILL NOT FORSAKE HIS CHILDREN AND HE HAD JACOB PREPARE FOR A 7 YEAR FAMINE SO WHY IS EVERY ONE SO AGAINST BEING PREPARED! I SEE MIRACLES EVERY DAY BUT IF I HAVE FOOD IN MY GARAGE I WONT HAVE TO PRAY FOR IT! I CAN PRAY FOR HEALING OR SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT AND SHARE MY FOOD! AMEN PRAISE YAHWEH!

How wonderful! It sounds like a great community. Those foods will come in real handy, probably sooner than we'd like to think.

I was thinking how fortunate you are. Now I realize the children are doubly fortunate. Children are too important to let someone else teach them and be with them for more hours a day than the parent. May you and your family be richly blessed...just like you now are.

i could not watch the vid due to conection but you are right
people need to get out and use their gear for many reasons
lifespan of the item is one good reason i purchased many good stainless pots when i moved off grid and they were great but continued use over an open fire or being left
out in the cold with water in them has pretty much destroyed them.

so two thumbs up 5 stars and a bump for cast iron cook
gear it may weigh a ton but it should last about forever
even with use over a open fire.

Hi Nines!!!!
nice to see you again.
Glad to hear you sound ready, the dutch oven is great and that hay box idea is really cool, I just learned a new trick, thanks.

TJ!! Good to see you again. It is a neat thing, isn't it? Haven't used it much, but did try it and it worked. Think if it were going to be used in winter, it would be inside. Not much can keep warm in winter outside.

'Bout as ready as I can be and know you are always ready! LOL! Hope the kids are well, and am happy to see you again. Take care, TJ and stay safe.

Dutch Oven - When you fart and then pull the covers over your wife's face to let her enjoy the smell MORAN!

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Dutch oven? So when civil unrest occurs, we should fart under the covers, then push our partner's head under the covers and force them to smell it? ;)

I just farted

HEY BROTHER I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION IF YOUR NOT SLEEPING YET?? CAN I COOK IN MY FIREPLACE IN THE LIVING ROOM? CAN A CAST IRON PAN JUST SET IN THERE OVER THE FLAMES OF THE LOGS?? GOD BLESS AND THANKS AGAIN FOR THE WISDOM

LOL

You're probably talking to brother Gary, but since you quoted sister Nine's, I'll answer til he shows up and corrects me. LOL.

If it were me, I'd use a tripod. Many of them you buy are pretty flimsy, but it wouldn't be hard to rig something sturdy up to hold the pots. They used to have things that I forget the name of, that came out the side of the fireplace to hold pots. So, short answer, yes, you can.

They also make a nice pot and lid lifter so you don't have to use a glove or take a chance on being burned.....if you're strong enough to hoist the pot. The lid lifter is awesome though, for checking how your food is doing. 8)

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Looks like a good idea

You don't know heaven until your wife has made you a perfect batch of brownies in a Dutch oven over a camp fire.

Sure you can, just make sure it is safe. This is how people cooked for yrs

Lets not even get into cobler aka "dumpcakes."

Cool video

South Africans have been making food using the Dutch oven for centuries. We call it "potjiekos" (potfood) and it is part of our traditional food.

Use these recipes and people will think you are a food god.

A pork and wine pot


Beef


Lamb pot


Coke and Beef pot

Chicken curry


Bulaga pot


Top potjiekos tip:
Never stir once you add the veggies. Let them steam.

I totally thought you were making a dutch oven fart joke.
I don't now.

Dutch oven fart jokes, batch of brownies in dutch oven, DUMPCAKES in dutch oven. Too...much...laughing...can't..breathe...

Dunno.

is this old people humor? i dont get it. how to throw a pot in the fire? thanks and i thought rocket science was difficult

fucker

now thats funny

Haha ya it is that easy, have fun with failing.