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Post by Paws on Oct 6, 2010 3:12:11 GMT 12.75
2011nationaldog.viviti.com/Check it out. Anybody want to demonstrate/compete? Raiders, there might be a possibility of a training session here with a Dutch Oven demo in camp.
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Post by brittonfaith on Oct 6, 2010 4:31:44 GMT 12.75
Posssssibly. If boat schedule remains as is, I won't have anything else going on that weekend. Ten months to get ready should give me time to brush up on some skills and get a recipe figured out. I have a Jersey friend at Wooster. Maybe I can talk her into joining us. Her brother is on the Wayne Co. Fairboard. Maybe we can pull some strings and set up quarters in the cattle barn straight back from the sliding doors between the stalls and show ring. There's a spot in that barn that stays nice and cool in the summer. Parking and facilities are very close. I'd feel right at home there.
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Post by Paws on Oct 6, 2010 5:28:55 GMT 12.75
Your suggested location might work for sleeping quarters but food preparation will be as assigned by the Wagon Master. I must warn you, this will be mostly fancy rigs with overnighters consisting mostly of 30 foot or bigger motor homes and the biggest pack of "snobs" you ever ran into. No ground fires means that all cookery will need to be on stands. The recipes that go over really big are those things you wouldn't expect to find in a Dutch oven like pies, cakes, fancy desserts, etc.. Presentation is a big deal also. Serving in a de-lidded oven is never grounds for a win. It is best to serve "on the lid" if possible or to at least remove an "intact" dish to a serving platform of some kind. That means a "whole" pie, cake, bread, etc... If you decide you want to attend and need gear let me know.
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Post by brittonfaith on Oct 6, 2010 6:32:20 GMT 12.75
... I must warn you, this will be mostly fancy rigs with overnighters consisting mostly of 30 foot or bigger motor homes and the biggest pack of "snobs" you ever ran into.... No ground fires means that all cookery will need to be on stands. If you decide you want to attend and need gear let me know. And your point is? Like I said, we got almost a whole year to research and prep. It just might give me an excuse to have the neighbor go ahead with plans to build a firebox/table for the grill he made last year. The snobs and their fancy setups don't bother me. All too familiar with the type. Same thing happens at cattle, and more often horse shows. Fancy rigs and big ego's don't make for a win. When you get down to it, we're all just the same - except after hours you'll find the snobs are just a bunch of drunken blow hards. We're just putting on a different type of "show" for the viewing public. I've done just as well sleeping in the dirt at the hind end of a cow and wearing the same clothes all week as somebody with a 40 ft horse trailer complete with living quarters and a hired professional crew. It's what you got in the barn (or DO) that matters. Sooner or later, the winds shift and the blow hards usually choke to death on their own smoke. IF I go, it's just going to be to have some fun, meet some folks and maybe get some ideas for the next go around. We all gotta start somewhere. If I leave totally humiliated, it's just a tool for expansion of ideas, improvement and motivation.
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Post by Paws on Oct 6, 2010 7:56:23 GMT 12.75
Well you got the rght idea. Just didn't want to see you get your feelings hurt or disappointed. At least you know what to expect. It should be about having fun and letting the public enjoy the day. That's why I let my membership to WAGS and IDOS drop; the "snobs". If you decide to do a cake or pie one of the guys at IDOS came up with a means to remove the thing whole pretty easily. You take parchment paper and cut it into strips. Line the oven with the strips crossing one another in the bottom and the ends sticking out the top of the oven. Before you pour in your batter. Set a circle of parchment paper over these in the bottom. Then when the cake or pie is done loosen it and lift it out holding the ends of the strips. Then you can display your product on the lid and slice it normally for service. It's pretty slick but might need a little practice.
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Post by brittonfaith on Oct 6, 2010 8:13:37 GMT 12.75
Just didn't want to see you get your feelings hurt or disappointed.......You take parchment paper and cut it into strips. Line the oven with the strips crossing one another in the bottom and the ends sticking out the top of the oven. Before you pour in your batter. Set a circle of parchment paper over these in the bottom. Then when the cake or pie is done loosen it and lift it out holding the ends of the strips. Then you can display your product on the lid and slice it normally for service. It's pretty slick but might need a little practice. Kinda sounds like the same principal that my great-granma used for removing cakes from the pan. She never greased and floured anything. She lined all her pans with either butcher wrap or the side of a brown paper bag. Then she grabbed the corners of the paper and lifted stuff out. Feelings hurt?? Disappointed?? You gotta remember the last five or six years we've been through plus all the crap with the kids. Can't get more used to it than that! I always figured that was why God gifted me strong shoulders, a stiff back, and a really wide rear end!
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Post by brittonfaith on Oct 6, 2010 8:30:52 GMT 12.75
How's about a fresh fruit tarte? That's a picture of an individual sized one. Mom bought me a full sized one from Dorothy Lane Market a couple years ago for my birthday and I almost have their recipe figured out.
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Post by Paws on Oct 8, 2010 4:43:16 GMT 12.75
I think I'm going to try and do it. If I can go, I'm thinking of going retro and doing a pot roast dinner with all the fixins' to include the stock, broth, au ju, and demiglace done on spot and in Dutch ovens from the bones, gristle, fat,and marrow of the beef critter providing the roast. I couldn't talk Constantine into walking a critter up for butchering but he did consent to investigating the surgical removal of a couple of limbs from a calf as well as possible non-lethal marrow extraction. So guys and gals, help we work up a family style menu for this proposed dinner. Faith, you want to focus on dessert then for your entry and we'll just go ahead and eat that mother for dinner and maybe too I could get hold of an old crank ice cream maker. What do you think about going 17th century correct, or as correct as possible given limitations? Colonel, think of going in dress to this thing. Check your calendar. If we can take the Raiders then I'll see if I can get us some kind of a phony campfire set up.
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Post by brittonfaith on Oct 9, 2010 3:23:30 GMT 12.75
What do you think about going 17th century correct, or as correct as possible given limitations? 1600's??? Why not go medieval with a suckling pig?
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Post by brittonfaith on Jan 16, 2011 8:07:28 GMT 12.75
I relayed the info. My life-long friend Susan (editor of "The Ohio Jersey News"), said that her boss (editor of "Farmworld") was without power for a few days last week and had to do a little cooking on the woodstove (aww). That's when she realized she needed more CI and DO experience. Susan remembered me mentioning this event and since it's in Susan's hometown, they decided it might be fun to do a "Farmworld" feature story this summer. Hope it works out for her or I'll be running for cover at the next Ohio Jersey Breeders' meeting and a mess of county fairs this summer!
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Post by Paws on Jan 16, 2011 22:21:44 GMT 12.75
Hey now that would be super cool! See if you can get her to let the folks know about you and us too! (OCC that is) ;D
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Post by Paws on Jan 16, 2011 22:28:11 GMT 12.75
Aw hell, let's do it! If I ain't dead, in jail or have a court date I'm cookin' somethin up there. Colonel you want to join forces and all of us who want to participate go in uniform and do a whiz bang super supper demo for the folk? I'll train a couple cooks here up and get them dressed so we can do a nice set up and deliver.
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Post by brittonfaith on Jan 17, 2011 3:52:58 GMT 12.75
Colonel you want to join forces and all of us who want to participate go in uniform and do a whiz bang super supper demo for the folk? I'll train a couple cooks here up and get them dressed so we can do a nice set up and deliver. And I suppose you want me in a dress?? I don't even have a pinny. There ain't no single sundry on God's green earth that handles that much yard goods!! And as for sewing skills, I'm lucky to hem a pair of britches. I'll sacrifice a hunk of Lynn if you want to have the training session here. Lord knows I need it.
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Post by Paws on Jan 17, 2011 7:10:30 GMT 12.75
No you don't have to be in a dress. Bloomers, pantilets, hooped underthings, corset, long John's or big arsed britches with suspenders and brogan's would do as well. Let me find out what kind of heating sources we are permitted and are in keeping with the 18th century.
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Post by brittonfaith on Jan 17, 2011 8:15:51 GMT 12.75
Too bad I don't know anybody who tans hides. I could get back my bull's hide this week and have it turned into one heck of a squaw outfit! If stretched right, it just about ought to fit me. His girth and my arsh are just about the same measurement.
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Post by imdaboozer on Feb 14, 2011 12:57:39 GMT 12.75
Hi everyone. I am happy to see your interest in coming to the 2011 National Dutch Oven Gathering. I am one of the planners of the National DOG and think it would be great to have you come in your authentic attire. I would like to let you know that for the pot luck dinners, presentation is secondary to just plain old good grub. The cook-offs that we are planning place a bit more on the overall package of taste, appearance... And as far as snobs? I'd like to think that people who are coming to our fair little corner of the universe to cook in dutch ovens for a weekend are on the less snobish side. No doubt there will be some nice set-ups there but there will also be regular old families, scouts and others just wanting a good time. Me and my Trailblazer carry everything I need to these events. Let me know if there are any questions I can answer for you. Thanks, Matt
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Post by Paws on Feb 15, 2011 3:20:13 GMT 12.75
Thanks for the personal invite Matt. I hope we can manage to attend. Lots of obstacles to overcome still but potentially doable. Of course all of our members are free to do as they wish. If any of you guys want to attend let me know and we'll see what we can do. ;D
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Post by Toby Benoit on Feb 15, 2011 8:32:54 GMT 12.75
I sure does hope that ya'll can attend! I know I'm out, but it'd be real nice to see my friends gathered up and showing off. ;D
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Post by imdaboozer on Mar 22, 2011 13:31:27 GMT 12.75
Hi everyone. I wanted to check with you all and see if anyone has been able to arrange their schedule to come up to the National DOG in July. The plans are coming together nicely. So far we have people from 16 states and Canada coming. I have at least one and possibly 2 chuckwagons coming. It would be great if some of you could make it up here and dress up at least one of the days. Let me know. Thanks, Matt
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