DUTCH OVENS -- SEASONED: An oven for every season... 
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Cast iron Dutch ovens have been around a long time.

05 -- You may have seen something that your grandmother had -
an old pot that she sat on the stove that was black.

Tim Spice is a Dutch Oven enthusiast. The ovens have 
changed little since great-grandma's day, except some 
now come pre-seasoned.

18 -- You know, what's neat is, in the last couple of years, one of 
the major manufacturers has come out with a pre-seasoned Dutch 
oven. And I swore as a purist I wouldn't buy one, and I did get 
one, and wow - already seasoned - it was fabulous. Jump right in 
and start cooking.
 
If you prefer to season it the old fashioned way - use it.

13 -- And after you cook a few times it will be season. And what 
we mean by 'seasoned' is, as you cook, micro-layers of carbon 
build up on the cast iron, and gives it a non-stick quality. 

Groups, such as the Lone Star Dutch Oven Society are 
dedicated to preserving this kind of cookery.

12 -- And you can just do a search on your favorite engine, and 
you'll find lots of different things. Some of these groups have 
'dogs' is what they call them - Dutch oven gatherings - where 
they get together and they just all cook their favorite food, and 
have a grand old time. 

Find recipes and links to Dutch oven groups at 
passporttotexas.org.

That's our show for today ... For Texas Parks and 
Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.






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