Camp cooking with a traditional cast-iron Dutch oven is usually an integral part of any outdoor camping. The Dutch oven for cooking is so popular among outdoor travelers that you will probably find more campfire recipes for this piece of camping than any other. But while you are a beginner or an experienced camp cook, you need some basic tools and accessories. These 6 basic cooking tools with a Dutch oven will make work a lot easier ... and safer.
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Thick leather gloves - When you think about it, it is not easy. Handling a heavy stewed cast-iron Dutch oven doesn’t look like using a soup pot or handle for frying in a frying pan at home. To begin with, you will most likely be cooking on a fire, so that you will be dealing with an open flame and hot coals, in addition to the weight of heavy cast iron. A 10 qt. A cast-iron Dutch oven can be very heavy when it is loaded with a hot bubble sting or a roast pot.
It is also important that the gloves are tight, so they can be easily turned on and off. Special! Thick leather gloves will protect your hands from the fire and heat of the pot for a while, but when it starts to be felt through the gloves, they will be very hot, very fast. You want your gloves to be free so you can take them off quickly. This is an item with which you do not want to cut corners, get a good pair.
Lead lifter - Another tool that is just as important for safety as it is for convenience. There are several varieties, but a typical lift for the cover is an iron rod (about 15 inches long) with a hook at the end that fits into the loop knob on the cover, hands too close to the flame, or hot pot contents.
Some additional functions of the hook lift with an iron hook can include: a welded cross just above the hook that helps control the swinging of the lid when you lift it (or even a three-step type of chair that rests on the top of the lid to maintain its level) , a roll wire handle to grip the lift and a loop at the end (with or without a belt) that was used to hang the lift when not in use.
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Long-hand forceps - You will use your Dutch oven more than just stews, and this often means turning or placing items in a deep pot. The long handles on the tongs will allow you to do this without putting your hands too close to an open fire or hot sides of the pot. If possible, it is best to use teflon or hard plastic tongs. You always want to use as much metalware as you can when you prepare a piece of hardened cast iron cookware. A metal spoon or spatula can tear off the oil coating from the piece, requiring it to be baked again.
Long term teflon or plastic utensils - As mentioned above, long handles keep hands away from heat and flame, and Teflon or plastic will not scratch the oil coating of hardened dishes.
Cover stand - Usually it is a wire stand, 8 "- 10" across, with three or four folded legs. A lid stand gives you a place to safely place a cast iron lid without using a tabletop or piece of firewood. (where it can slip off). This is not a "necessary" accessory, but once you use it, you will realize that it is not just a luxury.
Whisk the broom - It is rarely thought of a Dutch cooking accessory that is so inexpensive and so useful you will kick yourself wondering why you didn’t think about it in the first place. It works great for cleaning ash from the lid, so they do not become an additional ingredient in your recipe for a fire and for cleaning ash from a Dutch pot before you set it on the table. Just make sure you get one of the bristles of the straw, not plastic or synthetic.
These are the basic instruments and accessories for the Dutch wind instrument that you must have. You will find that your cooking in the camp will be much easier with all these tools at your disposal, but at a minimum, you should at least have two items of safety: gloves and a suspender for the lid before you cook over the fire.
