Re: Dinner in the year of our lord 20241031.

On 2024-11-10, jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

On 11/10/2024 4:37 PM, Carol wrote:

Absolutely but I don't know of any 'dutch ovens' that aren't made of
cast iron though someone might be passing off some paultry thing that
isn't a real dutch oven as one.  I've seen flimsy stuff of aluminium
(counter top) that are radically different.  No heat from cast iron lid
or from sides.  Those are [roperly called countertop roasting pans, in
my books.

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I have a porcelain coated cast iron dutch oven with a lid which can be
used on the stovetop or in the oven.  I'd call it a dutch oven.  I also
have a speckled graniteware (enamel over steel) roasting pan with a lid.
  It could be called a dutch oven, too.  They don't all have to be made
of cast iron.  The key is heat retention and even heat distribution.

I have an AllClad dutch oven that's the usual layered metal.  I
pretty much use it as an ordinary pot.  When I want to braise
something, I use the oven, so it doesn't matter that the pot's
heat retention is not as good as that of cast iron.

And I can put it in the dishwasher.

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Cindy Hamilton