Amador Heritage Days Cornbread cook-off.

Amador Heritage Days Cornbread cook-off Two weekends ago, I had the honor to be a judge at the Amador Heritage Days Cornbread cook-off. The event was a great festival with wagon rides, chili cook-off, exhibitors of antiques, mountain men and food. The weather was...

Dutch oven Pulled Pork Sandwiches.

Dutch oven Pulled Pork Sandwiches Pulled Pork Sandwiches cooked in a Dutch oven. To tell the truth, I never even tried Pulled Pork Sandwiches before I tried to cook this in a Dutch oven! Always willing to give something new a try, I chose a biggie ……....

The Old Dutch Oven – Poem

Some sigh for cooks of boyhood days, but none of them for me; One roundup cook was best of all — 'twas with the X-Bar-T. And when we heard the grub-pile call at morning, noon, and night, The old Dutch oven never failed to cook the things just right. ‘T was...

Railtown 1897 State Historic Park

Railtown 1897 State Historic Park Last week, (September 28th) I was able to get the CCDOA (Central California Dutch Oven Adventures) group together for a DOG (Dutch Oven Gathering) at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jametown, Ca. Now this is one of my favorite...

Dutch oven Cooking in the Cold

Dutch oven Cooking in the Cold Hi everyone! I am very pleased to present to you another guest post. This post is from Mark Hanson of Utah, USA and he write a blog called Mark’s Black Pot, it's a blog that I read with great interest. He is also a Musician! I hope you...

Cast iron rust removal by NorCalDutchOvenDave

This is an article about rust removal for cast iron by my friend Dave Herzog. He wrote this for one of the Yahoo groups about Dutch oven cooking. It is a unique way of removing rust! Cast iron rust removal by NorCalDutchOvenDave Coleen Sloan taught me how to remove...