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Re: GNU

From Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, alt.usage.english
Subject Re: GNU
Date 2026-04-01 14:51 -0700
Organization Dis One
Message-ID <mn.0b7b7ea4b8976390.127094@snitoo> (permalink)
References (21 earlier) <n30unjF8ufmU10@mid.individual.net> <10qfib3$32291$1@dont-email.me> <mn.fb7f7ea350e7ca34.127094@snitoo> <n33s2cFmhfpU12@mid.individual.net> <mn.08957ea40d510c51.127094@snitoo>

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Snidely blurted out:
> On Tuesday, rbowman yelped out that:
>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:55:51 -0700, Snidely wrote:
>>
>>> I'm curious as to how you use a Dutch oven.  My thinking is shaped by
>>> the idea that you bury it in the coals of the fire, or even bury it in
>>> the soil and build the fire over it.  That comes from scouting stories
>>> and TV programs about pre-industrial cooking ... on the prairie with no
>>> kitchen and in colonial (America) homes where the fireplace was a big
>>> part of the kitchen.
>>
>> Some have a ridge around the top that allows you to pile coals on it, and 
>> I've seen it used to bake beans the old fashioned way.
>>
>> https://www.lodgecastiron.com/collections/dutch-ovens
>>
>> Mine is the one labeled 'Cast Iron Dutch Ovens' in 7 quarts not the 'Camp 
>> Dutch Oven'. I do have a couple of smaller ones with a raised rim that are 
>> good for a 1 cup serving of oatmeal or rice.
>>
>> It's versatile. I cook stews, curries, and so forth on the stove top. Other 
>> times I'll start on the stovetop to brown the meat, onions, and garlic, add 
>> tomatoes or whatever, bring it to a boil, and then put it in a slow oven.  
>> Beans are the same. Soak them, bring to a boil until the skin peels off the 
>> bean when you blow on it, add the molasses and mustard, and then put it 
>> into the oven for a few hours. I'll reheat leftovers in the oven especially 
>> if it's chilly in the kitchen.
>>
>> My frying pans are also cast iron. If nothing else a 10" cast iron frying 
>> pan makes an excellent weapon even if it is too big for cooking for one.
>
> Thanks.  I guess at your age you're a well-seasoned cook.

Should I have telegraphed that in?

> I'm still trying to catch up with the college student learning how to get by 
> when mom's not right there.
>
> /dps "I have a 6 in fry pan somewhere, maybe even my mom's 10 in, but no so 
> well seasoned"

That tag refers to cast iron, but I also have a pair of 6" 
porcelain-coated cast iron fry pans, frequently used for a fried egg.

/dps "me again"

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