The Complete Book of Dutch Oven Cooking

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Product Description The Dutch Oven Cookbook introduces you to outdoor cooking's "Magic Pot" - the one cooking pot that does it all -- bakes bread, steams vegetables, boils seafood, fries eggs, stews wild game, and broils meat. Author Wayne Fears brings this ancient cooking tool into the 21st century describing the ins and outs of Dutch oven cookery and provides a selection of tasty traditional recipes. Whether you're cooking for a party on the patio, baking biscuits on a camping trip, or cooking slow in a bean pit, Dutch ovens produce great tasting food with a small amount of effort and a great deal of fun. Review Cast iron Dutch ovens have been a mainstay of cooks from the days of chuck wagons to today's outdoor campers. This method of cooking is an excellent way to prepare wild game and most any other meal all in one simple pot. The author shares secrets of Dutch oven cooking, including recipes for such dishes as Brunswick stew, Cross creek baked salmon, Longhunter meatloaf, Miss Pam's bean hole beans and Bubbly peach cobbler. -- The Capital Times, December 8, 2004 If you were once a Boy Scout, you've probably wondered whatever happened to Dutch ovens. You know, those three-legged, handle-lidded cooking pots that seemed to be found at every campfire. The good news: They're still out there, simmering away. An ancestor of the crockpot, a Dutch oven can cook almost anything, any way. No matter what you're broiling or baking, just be sure you have a pair of heavy leather gloves. Dutch ovens can be traced to the 18th century, according to J. Wayne Fears. His The Complete Book of Dutch Oven Cooking jumps off the back burner with recipes for everything from Cowboy Biscuits to Longhunter Meatloaf. Sight of the full-page color photograph of the gurgling Big Woods Chicken likely is enough to bring the steeliest backpacker to his knees. -- Toby Smith, The Albuquerque Journal, December 9, 2004 Throughout the pages of this book you will learn how to cook with camp-fire coals (or briquettes), as the entire Dutch oven is buried right in the ground with coals beneath it and on top of its lid. When it's time to eat, just dig up the kettle and serve. Hearty hunter appetites appreciate this unique cooking method. -- Betty Sodders, Whitetails Unlimited, Summer 2008 You are out in the field. It's time to make a nice tasty chili. You have a hot fire, plenty of coals for the heat source and a Dutch oven for the cookpot. You're all set! Dinner's done, right? If you are thinking, Yeah, right. What's a Dutch oven? you only need to read J. Wayne Fears' latest publication, The Complete Book of Dutch Oven Cooking to learn about the magic pot that will produce dinner - on time and tasty. In this full-color, 144-page book from Stoeger Publishing, Fears leaves the recipes to the end. Dutch oven cooking is a old art form, with something of a learning curve, and Fears starts with the basics. In the first chapters, he explains the history, manufacturing process and benefits of aluminum vs. cast iron ovens. A discussion of must-have accessories and hardwood preferences is followed by a detailed explanation of how to use campfire coals and charcoal, or how to create a "bean hole" - literally a hole in the ground for Dutch oven cooking. Fears' writing is peppered with personal insights and stories about mishaps in camp (he once spilled a whole pot full of dinner - fellow campers are still talking about it). He isn't afraid to offer expert advice, yet he does so without treating the subject as one of the world's greatest mysteries. "Don't let the learning process scare you away from what may be a lifetime of fun and exciting eating. For many it is a hobby, and for a few it almost becomes a lifestyle.... Sit back and relax as we discuss Dutch oven know-how. "Once the reader is rarin' to dig Grandma's Dutch oven out of the garage, season it (as described in Chapter Five) and get cooking, the recipes in the final chapters do not disappoint. From Cowboy Bisc