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| Mikki |
Posted - Apr 27 2007 : 7:57:35 PM
Posted some photos of supper cooking at the cabin. I don't have my woodburning cook stove put inside the cabin yet. But I would still probably cook outside since it's warm weather. lol Real pioneer woman huh??? lol
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
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| abbasgurl |
Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 10:24:02 PM
Cooking in a dutch oven is something campers and boy scouts  do all the time. If you google dutch over recipes you will find lots of great recipes! Camping/sporting goods stores like Gander Mountain carry entire books devoted to recipes if you get really ambitious!
Thanks for the inspiration Mikki!
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| Mikki |
Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 5:28:00 PM
Anne, thats right. Just use your usual recipe. I'd say about 45 minutes it should be done. Just check on it now and again. If your going to cook like this very much I would get a lid lifter. It's hard checking on things with the coals on top, I've got holes burnt in my potholders, lol. Teddie, thanks so much and I hope you come back to visit real soon. I've got new pictures from visiting the Amish today!
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
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| theoanne |
Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 4:49:53 PM
Mikki,
I enjoyed your blog. Especially about the Amish. I grew up in N.E. Ohio and near the Amish and Mennonite. I have some beautiful furniture that is Amish made. My favorite is my king-sized 4 poster-oak bed.I've lived in GA for 20 yrs and love the weather. I so miss the Amish communities and their way of life.
Thanks for letting me in on your visit. TEDDIE
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| BackyardTreasures |
Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 3:35:03 PM
Mikki,
Thank you for explaning the difference. So I can just take my normal cornbread recipe and put it in the Dutch oven and cook set it on the coals and it will be just like baking it? How long would I cook it for?
Or do I just have to keep peaking in?
~~Anne
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| Mikki |
Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 2:58:19 PM
I have several new ones but only 2 or 3 old ones I think. I see them at walmart sometimes or tractor supply stores like orscheln.
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
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| Alee |
Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 1:07:24 PM
I went to a local antique baazar today. I only found one dutch oven for $75!! I am going to have to buy a new one I think :)
Alee |
| Mikki |
Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 09:15:40 AM
Oh thats great Libbie. And honestly the food really does taste better. I don't know why, but it does.
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
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| Libbie |
Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 08:52:06 AM
Mikki - That's wonderful! Thanks so much for the how-to, also - I have a dutch oven, but I've never used it because I wasn't sure exactly how. I needed this inspiration, that's for sure!!! Now, I can't wait - I have a great beef stew recipe, and some meat in the freezer - Sunday dinner, here I come!!!!
XOXO, Libbie
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| Mikki |
Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 05:29:02 AM
Anne, I think beef stew or beans is the easiest to try cooking over the fire. Any breads, cobblers ect. is best cooked with the coals, what it's actually doing is becoming an oven. Whatever you fix in your oven, you can fix on the coals. Bisquits or cornbread would be the easiest to try with the coals, then a soup/beans cooking over the fire. Perfect supper.
If I didn't answer to help you, ask me again, sometimes I don't explain good, lol
~~Blessings, Mikki
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| BackyardTreasures |
Posted - Apr 28 2007 : 04:13:21 AM
Mikki,
I enjoyed seeing the pictures of your supper cooking. I have questions if you could answer. I have one of the Dutch ovens (with feet and the lipped cover), but I've never used it. >shame on me< What do you think would be the easiest for me to first try cooking? I see the stew is hanging instead of sitting in the coals. Could you cook the stew by setting it on the coals? You have the cornbread and apple cobbler cooking off on the side...is there a reason for this? You don't put them right on the coals within the fire pit?
Sorry for all the questions. My kids really want me to try cooking like this. I had this Dutch oven for probably over 10 years. My son was 13 years old when he first wanted me to buy one and now he's 23 and still asks if I'm ever going to use it. :-)
~~Anne
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| Mikki |
Posted - Apr 27 2007 : 9:52:38 PM
I know I will, I really enjoy cooking this way. I've never cooked on a woodburning cook stove before, I guess it will be sorta like the dutch oven but I wont have to put the coals on top or bottom, lol. I'm excited. Mary Beth, you are too sweet. Big hugs to you.
~~Blessings, Mikki
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http://strawberriesnapronstrings.blogspot.com/ |
| Alee |
Posted - Apr 27 2007 : 9:12:08 PM
I am so jealous that you have Dutch Ovens! Those are definitely on my "to beg, borrow, or buy" list! It looks like you have an awesome set-up out there! I bet you will even cook out there once the oven is installed.
Alee
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Apr 27 2007 : 9:06:30 PM
I just visited your blog, Mikki. It is wonderful and you are too. Thanks for sharing with us. I bet that stew tastes as good as it looks. MB
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| Mikki |
Posted - Apr 27 2007 : 8:48:43 PM
Thanks so much for the sweet compliments. I hope you come back to visit soon!!!!
~~Blessings, Mikki
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| lamarguerite farm |
Posted - Apr 27 2007 : 8:45:35 PM
Mikkie- I so enjoyed reading your blog. You are so blessed and a talented writer!!
Blessings,
Missy
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| Buttercup |
Posted - Apr 27 2007 : 8:42:01 PM
Mikki,
How neat!!! I cant wait to learn hearth, woodstove, and firepit cooking! Thanks for sharing it with us!! So very very neat!!
Hugz!
Talitha
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| mom2knk |
Posted - Apr 27 2007 : 8:38:55 PM
How neat!! I really enjoyed reading your blog and seeing the pics! |
| Mikki |
Posted - Apr 27 2007 : 8:36:34 PM
The great big one I have here is a lodge, but Im not sure about the other one. I love them. Back in the 1800s they used to add these dutchovens in their wills. Thats how important they were.
~~Blessings, Mikki
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| Kim |
Posted - Apr 27 2007 : 8:28:17 PM
That is so neat! I love it and I love how it's all set up so you can hang pots and the coffee pot. Wow! I got a dutch oven for Christmas. It's a Lodge. To add to my ever growing new and antique cast iron.
Mmmm, I'll have to look for my iron skillet pizza recipe.....
Blessed Be!
farmgirl@heart
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| Mikki |
Posted - Apr 27 2007 : 8:22:44 PM
Kim, it's really easy! You take the diameter of the dutch oven, the one I was using was 10 inches, subtract 3 from 10, (thats how many coals you use on the bottom) add 3 to 10, ( thats how many coals you use on top) give or take a few. It heats the dutch oven up like any oven you would use to bake in. It's easy. You can use coals from the fire, if I'm in a hurry I sometimes use charcoal briquettes. As soon as the ash over, just place them on the lid and underneath the pot. I had to sit the ovens on the stones because these two pots don't have legs on them, so I could place the coals underneath also. It's easier to use the ones that have legs when your baking in them with coals. The one hanging actually has legs on it. Also the lids have lips to keep the coals on top easier. If you notice, on one of mine it hasn't got a lip on the lid, it's harder to keep coals on top of this lid and check for doneness. My coals fall off everytime I check my food on this pot, lol. It's lots of fun cooking like this, and the food is awesome!!!
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
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http://strawberriesnapronstrings.blogspot.com/ |
| Kim |
Posted - Apr 27 2007 : 8:09:17 PM
Cool! I have a question, are those coals on the lid, and if so please explain? I haven't cooked this way, YET! :)
Blessed Be!
farmgirl@heart
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Apr 27 2007 : 8:05:24 PM
How fun to see your neat pictures. I love the outdoor cooking!!! You are a good photographer for sure too!!! How fun that you get to visit the Amish..I hope someday to get to do that.
Jenny in Utah
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