Dutch Oven Cooking

[vanncarr]

::) Hello Everyone. Derek invited me to join your board for camping because I like to cook with a Dutch Oven. A dutch oven is similar to that of a bedourrie. You use it either to cook in (where you place all the ingredients in the pan and cook until done); or to cook with (as in cooking a pie). Charcoal briquettes are used for the heat source and according to the temperature wanted, is the amount you use.

I'm from Houston, Texas and I've been cooking with a dutch oven since I was a small child. I don't go anywhere unless I have one in the back. Just for grins, I've enclosed one of my favorite recipes for making cobbler:

Blueberry Surprise Cobbler
4 C. frozen blueberries or other desired fruit (dry packed)
1/2 C. flour plus 1 TBS. corn starch plus 3/4 C sugar
1 white cake mix, with pudding included for moistness
1 16 oz. bottle of lemon-lime carbonated soda

Spray Baker’s Helper in a Dutch oven. Place fruit in the bottom of a 12" Dutch oven. Mix flour/cornstarch mixture with the fruit for thickening. Sprinkle the dry cake mix over the ::)fruit. Gently pour the carbonated soda over the cake mix. Cover and bake using 4-6 briquettes under the Dutch Oven and 18-22 on the lid of the Dutch Oven to bake the cake. Baking should take about 35-45 minutes. You will know when it is done, the aroma of the fruit and cake are unmistakable. Let stand to cool. Serve with whipped cream, if desired.

I would like to hear from you who have recipes for camp cooking. (vanncarr@yahoo.com)

See ya.

Ann Carr

[Derek Bullock]

Welcome to Australia Ann.

One thing I have noticed with a lot of American recipes is the amount of prepared ingredients you use. Could you please explain just what "white cake mix with pudding" is.

Cheers


Derek

[Slates]

G'day Ann.
Part of our ritual when we camp is to get a coal base going for our cooking.
We always bring along a couple of types of roast (beef and lamb normally) and a bag or 3 of veges. :)

The roast spuds are awesome and we always pack the gravy on. ;D

It's always good to get back home after a weekends camping and get back on some salad or something after a few days roast! ;)

love that camp oven cookin' !!

Cheers, Slates

[vanncarr]

:D
Sorry about the cake mix with pudding. You can use any prepared cake mix. Or you could add the following:

2 cups self rising flour
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
1 1/2 cups milk

Cream sugar, butter and eggs together until light and fluffy. Add milk and flour, stir until mixed. Pour over top of fruit mixture and you've got a great cobbler.