Any Home Bakers Here?

[sunflour]

Deep fryers are great!

I fry quite a bit--for big jobs I use my cast iron porcelain dutch oven. It is from Costco and is Kirkland Brand.

I've never had a dutch oven. Never thought about one of those for deep frying, the only recipes I've come across for one is for pot roast.

What am I missing out on - what else do you use it for?

 

[appps]

I've never had a dutch oven.  

What am I missing out on - what else do you use it for?

I'm sorry, that gave me my smile for the morning.

I had no idea there really was something really called a Dutch oven lol.

Okay,childish giggle over for the day go about your business people

(And if you are totally confused,sorry, must just be an Aussie expression)

 

[ronott1]

I've never had a dutch oven. Never thought about one of those for deep frying, the only recipes I've come across for one is for pot roast.

What am I missing out on - what else do you use it for?

Soups, stews, roasting all meats that you roast.

They have the advantage of cast iron(radiant heat--heats from all sides not just where stuff touches) but have the coating that keeps acid reactions from happening.

You can also make tomato and other acid containing foods in it.

I love it!

 

[ronott1]

I'm sorry, that gave me my smile for the morning. I had no idea there really was something actually called a Dutch oven lol.

Okay,childish giggle over for the day go about your business people

Dutch ovens are an American Frontier cook ware, they used them for baking over an open fire. The old style ones have a place on the lid for putting hot coals on it.

I bet there is something similar where you are from--just has a different name.

Check some of the chuck wagon competition shows on the food network. They use dutch ovens to bake biscuits and make pies.

 

[wyoDreamer]

@ronott1 I am currently cussing at my porcelain cast iron dutch oven - I made chili in it last night and I had a little burger burn on the bottom. Usually not a problem, but I cannot get this burnt stuff off!
Any suggestions for a fellow baker? I boiled it, I soaked it overnight, and neither did any good - well it is less, but that is mostly because of my elbow grease. Trying not to scratch it up, so I am using a dish sponge with a scratch free scrubbing backing.

 

[ronott1]

@ronott1 I am currently cussing at my porcelain cast iron dutch oven - I made chili in it last night and I had a little burger burn on the bottom. Usually not a problem, but I cannot get this burnt stuff off!
Any suggestions for a fellow baker? I boiled it, I soaked it overnight, and neither did any good - well it is less, but that is mostly because of my elbow grease. Trying not to scratch it up, so I am using a dish sponge with a scratch free scrubbing backing.

Yes!

Use soft scrub--takes it right off.

 

[sunflour]

@ronott1 I am currently cussing at my porcelain cast iron dutch oven - I made chili in it last night and I had a little burger burn on the bottom. Usually not a problem, but I cannot get this burnt stuff off!
Any suggestions for a fellow baker? I boiled it, I soaked it overnight, and neither did any good - well it is less, but that is mostly because of my elbow grease. Trying not to scratch it up, so I am using a dish sponge with a scratch free scrubbing backing.

Try putting baking soda on the burn, wet it and leave it a few hours. Read that somewhere in the past and it really worked on a roasting pan. After a few hours, it easily scrubbed off with a non scratch sponge.

 

[sunflour]

Soups, stews, roasting all meats that you roast.

They have the advantage of cast iron(radiant heat--heats from all sides not just where stuff touches) but have the coating that keeps acid reactions from happening.

You can also make tomato and other acid containing foods in it.

I love it!

Now I gotta have one, will place it on my Christmas Wish List for Santa .

 

[sunflour]

Dutch ovens are an American Frontier cook ware, they used them for baking over an open fire. The old style ones have a place on the lid for putting hot coals on it.

I bet there is something similar where you are from--just has a different name.

Check some of the chuck wagon competition shows on the food network. They use dutch ovens to bake biscuits and make pies.

Never thought about the name "Dutch Oven". But after the posts had to look it up. The best were from the Netherlands, the Dutch could make the smoothest ones . So..Abraham Darby from England went there and stole the process and started making them…LOL..

Wikipedia states they are called Dutch Ovens in USA and Casserole Dishes in other English speaking countries.

Wow, the original was over 300 years ago.

Really gotta get me one..

 

[appps]

Dutch ovens are an American Frontier cook ware, they used them for baking over an open fire. The old style ones have a place on the lid for putting hot coals on it.

I bet there is something similar where you are from--just has a different name.

Check some of the chuck wagon competition shows on the food network. They use dutch ovens to bake biscuits and make pies.

Over here a Dutch oven means to pull the sheets over someone's head and pop off trapping them with the lovely odour. I never knew why Dutch people got blamed for that one, had no idea it was a real piece of cookware.

The "what am I missing out on?" Brought out the five year old in me ;-). I shall grow up now.