post shtf cooking

I felt like using my dutch oven so I built a fire on my dutch oven table and got some nice coals. Made some biscuits and put them in the butter coated cast iron oven. In about 17 minutes they were about as perfect a buttermilk biscuit as you could want. We had these with sausage that I...

Hey all, Ive been looking into picking up a dutch oven for cooking. I was wondering how many of you have made this a part of your bug out / bug in cookware? I know that they will last forever (properly cared for) but they add a lot of weight to a bag. Im also wondering how would you bake in...

The correct term would be camp oven cooking. The cast iron pot with the three legs and recessed lid. Does anyone here do any camp oven cooking? After joining this forum, I was thinking, I have a nice collection of Lodge Camp Oven cast iron cookware.....I have over the many years have cooked...

Dutch Oven Cooking I have an old dutch oven with no legs, so I was able to cook this on my gas stove top. But it can just as easily be done on a grill or in a firepit with any deep cast iron skillet w/ lid. It doesn’t require a lot of attention and only takes an hour to an hour and a half to...

I have a couple of dutch ovens, a 10" and a 12", that I've been trying to learn to use the last few weeks. They are an important part of my cooking plans after TSHTF so I need to learn how to use them. I thought I would share a few websites that I have found especially useful. The first is an...

Someone posted a few days ago info about Dutch ovens, I've been doing research ever since. I found this video that I thought was interesting. Enjoy

http://www.cowboyshowcase.com/dutch_oven_cooking.htm

Here is a very good site to learn how to cook with a Dutch Oven. There is also a really good substitution chart for items that you might not have on hand and measurement converter tools. http://www.dutchovendude.com/default.shtml

I definitely have a lot to learn, but I used my dutch oven tonight for the first time. Now I am hooked! I tried it in an open fire, once there were only coals left. Believe it or not, I was trying to make brownies. The first attempt, I really burned the crap out of the brownies. lol The second...