Cooking the Dutch Oven Way (Paperback)

~ Woody Woodruff (Author), Jane Woodruff (Editor), Ellen Woodruff Anderson (Editor) "The recipes that I have brought together in the following pages are reflections of the time since 1920 when I went on my first overnight..." (more)
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You can use these simple recipes to make delicious meals without a lot of fuss, at your campsite or even in your own backyard. Whether you're a Dutch oven novice or a veteran cooker, this essential reference will tell you all you need to know to cook, fry, or bake quick and tasty dishes for breakfast, lunch, dinner-even dessert! You'll learn how to select, use, and care for your Dutch oven; tips for storing meat and cooking wild game; low-salt, low-cholesterol, heart-healthy dishes; plus more than 180 mouthwatering and easy to make recipes!

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You can use these simple recipes to make delicious meals without a lot of fuss, at your campsite or even in your own backyard. Whether you're a Dutch oven novice or a veteran cooker, this essential reference will tell you all you need to know to cook, fry, or bake quick and tasty dishes for breakfast, lunch, dinner-even dessert! You'll learn how to select, use, and care for your Dutch oven; tips for storing meat and cooking wild game; low-salt, low-cholesterol, heart-healthy dishes; plus more than 180 mouthwatering and easy to make recipes! (5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 192 pages, b&w photos)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Globe Pequot; 3rd edition (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762706694
• ISBN-13: 978-0762706693
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #94,084 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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86 of 91 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just right for outdoor cooks, July 16, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking the Dutch Oven Way (Paperback)

I'm prejudiced -- my father wrote this book. He designed a cast aluminum dutch oven for a piece of cookware that the Boy Scouts could pack in their backpacks. Everyone wanted to know, "what can you cook in it"? His answer was always, "anything you can cook in the oven in your kitchen you can cook in the dutch oven". These recipes are fast and easy and can be used whether you are eating in our camping out. I hope you will buy and try these recipes as a testament to a man who dedicated 60 of his 75 years to Boy Scouting! He passed away in 1990 but left behind a bunch of full stomachs. Thanks!

36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good info, but missing a certain something..., January 21, 2003

By	Jason J Hyatt (Batavia, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cooking the Dutch oven way (Paperback)

Overall this book is just fine for someone interested in cooking with a DO. The mix of recipes is fine, but they just seemed to be missing something. They were all more or less of the "huck a good sized hen into the pot and cook for a while until done" variety. All of the recipes look tasty, though I would have liked to have seen a few more meat dishes, especially some more creative ones. Let's be honest, when you pay for a book you'd like to see more than "...put a 5 lb beef roast into a preheated Dutch oven, salt and pepper to taste, cook until done." Give me a little something to work with here! Inspire me! I can already cook a roast like this in the oven. Having said all of that, I would still reccommend this book. The vegetable dishes and desserts look fantastic and I can't wait to try some of them. As an aside, this is the only Dutch oven book I've seen with heart-healthy recipes as well as more traditional fare. Given that the average DO book requires the use of a metric ton of lard, this will probably appeal to a wider range of cooks.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Packed with quick recipes for busy cooks, February 23, 2001

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

The third edition of this guide is packed with quick recipes for busy cooks, showing how to make meals without a lot of fuss at either campsite or back yard. All that's needed is a Dutch oven: Woodruff provides beginners with the rest of the basics, from the oven's care and storage to using it to cook meals and wild game.