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#1797140 - 03/21/13 04:02 PM
Re: Dutch Oven Substitute?
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from webster's: Dutch Oven - a kitchen device often found in households within the confines of the European area better known at The Netherlands (formerly known as Holland).
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#1797145 - 03/21/13 04:05 PM
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All you need is a big stainless steel pot. Make sure there is no plastic handles or anything and that is has a thick bottom.
I struggled for about a year trying to get a dutch oven and then I realized it's just something that can go from stove to over. A big pot works perfectly fine.
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#1797148 - 03/21/13 04:09 PM
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You might be able to get by with a heavy-bottom stock pan with a tight fitting lid. But, really, there is no substitution for a Dutch oven. It doesn't have to be Le Creuset.
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#1797149 - 03/21/13 04:10 PM
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But not too tall (like a soup pot.) That's simply a practical recommendation - if it's too tall, you have to lower the rack in the oven, and that's a pain. Think short and wide.
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#1797150 - 03/21/13 04:10 PM
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#1797151 - 03/21/13 04:10 PM
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Ohhhh it's kinda like my big cast iron pot that I can put in the oven...
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#1797152 - 03/21/13 04:12 PM
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Awww, now I'm ruined. I have to have one. I've often looked at the ones at Macy's sold under the Martha Stewart brand and wondered if they are any good.
I've got a really good set of stainless stockpots and they have done the job just fine but I guess until I've cooked in a Le Creuset or something similar, I wouldn't know the difference.
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#1797156 - 03/21/13 04:16 PM
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A true dutch oven is heavy cast iron vessel that is meant to rest on top of a bed of hot coals and to have hot coals placed on top. The best beef stew that I have ever had came from a dutch oven. I have also had peach cobbler made over a camp fire in one that was amazing. BTW, be careful when searching the term "Dutch Oven" because there is an alternate meaning..... 
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#1797163 - 03/21/13 04:21 PM
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A true dutch oven is heavy cast iron vessel that is meant to rest on top of a bed of hot coals and to have hot coals placed on top. The best beef stew that I have ever had came from a dutch oven. I have also had peach cobbler made over a camp fire in one that was amazing. BTW, be careful when searching the term "Dutch Oven" because there is an alternate meaning..... thanks I had to look it up
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#1797170 - 03/21/13 04:30 PM
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Somehow I am not suprised that EdAudit gave his wife a Dutch Oven..... 
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#1797179 - 03/21/13 04:40 PM
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She has every cooking gadget known to women. I am running out of stuff to buy.
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#1797181 - 03/21/13 04:44 PM
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Have you considered vacuum cleaners?
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#1797182 - 03/21/13 04:43 PM
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She has every cooking gadget known to women. I am running out of stuff to buy. I really don't think the two comments above yours relate to a cooking gadget! 
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#1797188 - 03/21/13 04:48 PM
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Have you considered vacuum cleaners? We have one one each floor and two in the attic.
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#1797204 - 03/21/13 05:11 PM
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She has every cooking gadget known to women. I am running out of stuff to buy. Have you purchased a REALLY GOOD knife set? What about the really good quality sharpener to go with it?
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#1797208 - 03/21/13 05:14 PM
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yup and yup
We even have the ones that sharping when you put them away.
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#1797218 - 03/21/13 05:21 PM
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We even have the ones that sharping when you put them away. Prepara herb containers, $30, Macys.com if she uses fresh herbs! Ceramic non-stick frying pan? Just got mine, and LOVE it!!!! (anywhere they sell kitchen stuff) protective cookbook holder? corn stripper (really cheap, for taking corn off the cob) nice bamboo cutting board?
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#1797220 - 03/21/13 05:25 PM
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We even have the ones that sharping when you put them away. Prepara herb containers, $30, Macys.com if she uses fresh herbs! Built a 6 foot wide 7 foot tall cabinet with a spice rack (all oak) that 4 foot tall 3 foot wide and it is full. Ceramic non-stick frying pan? Just got mine, and LOVE it!!!! (anywhere they sell kitchen stuff) got it protective cookbook holder? They have one for a Macbook? (sorry Bimmer) corn stripper (really cheap, for taking corn off the cob)have one nice bamboo cutting board? Have a section in cabinet above for just cutting boards Keep them comming
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