tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post294996010431721648..comments2024-03-25T12:21:56.752-05:00Comments on Sweethearts Of The West: Campfire Cooking in the Old WestCaroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-12691301802724708592015-09-06T11:17:52.015-05:002015-09-06T11:17:52.015-05:00Dear Lily: thanks for the great recipes, esp. the ...Dear Lily: thanks for the great recipes, esp. the chocolate pudding cake. We did Mountain Man reenacting and I would make cherry cobbler in the dutch oven buried in hot coals. What great memories. Sounds like you have a lot of fun too. GiniRifkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09808573690725909979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-47625702423127414442015-09-04T12:33:47.573-05:002015-09-04T12:33:47.573-05:00The "idea" of camping and cooking over a...The "idea" of camping and cooking over an open fire is appealing to me, but in truth, I'd rather watch sunsets from my deck and eat at restaurants. Now, if I had a camping crazed person with me, I might venture out there and give it a go. In my youth, I love Girl Scouts, camping, building teepees out of branches by a creek, and roasting baloney and marshmallows over a campfire. I'm 68 now. Walking a short woodland trail would be all I could muster. I give some of your recipes a try (on my stove) since they look very delicious.<br />All the best to you, Lily. Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-39489747914627121932015-09-04T09:00:25.049-05:002015-09-04T09:00:25.049-05:00I've never owned a Dutch Oven but they always ...I've never owned a Dutch Oven but they always sound so appealing. I think the brand Cruset makes different sizes, called Dutch Ovens, but they are enamel on the outside. Even I know nothing can equal the value of a real cast iron Dutch Oven. It's like my very, very old big cast iron skillet. Some foods must be cooked in that old skillet. I've had to teach my husband--when he washes dishes-to please don't scrub the black off my skillet! An old rancher here in town took up cooking out of a kind of chuck wagon on a trailer bed to pull with his truck. He created a smoker and fire pit for his multiple Dutch Ovens and skillets. What did he do with this? Hired himself out during deer season to go along with some hunters who would camp out several days and hunt. He could make biscuits like you wouldn't believe. Being an old rancher, he also hired himself out for round-ups on ranches out near Marathon and Alpine. He has a blast doing this. Good for him.<br />The cowboy stew looks very good! Thanks for the information and recipes...except I only cook for two people. I do make my own version of vegetable stew, though. <br />Good luck with your new book! It sounds like another Lily Graison winner.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-67691325487839702332015-09-04T07:30:26.148-05:002015-09-04T07:30:26.148-05:00Interesting, Lily. I'm not a campfire type, th...Interesting, Lily. I'm not a campfire type, though, and prefer my kitchen range. LOLCaroline Clemmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.com