A few weeks ago, my aunt’s neighborhood celebrated its 9th Dutch Oven Gathering — aka pot party, aka DOG. My uncle and aunt started the event, and now everyone in the ‘hood is pretty much a professional.
A Dutch oven is a cast-iron pot that you heat with hot coals. Anything you can cook in the oven, you can cook in a Dutch oven. It’s a pretty old style of cooking, but it’s super fun — and tasty.
Here are a few shots from the day. Don’t get hungry (or do).
We started with set-up, including cleaning a huge beam taken from a dam. My Aunt Jo and I scraped dirt and tar from the beam for quite a while, but then Danny came over with a pressure washer. Thank you, good sir!
Then Jo and I decided to be over-achievers and start cooking before the event. Monkey Bread: a perfect, gooey breakfast for everyone (it boiled over a little, don’t judge, it was tasty).
Let the cooking begin!
We made tortilla crisps for appetizers beside Andy, who cooked up paprika chicken.
There were a ton of concoctions:
Good idea to put dog tags on your pots. Check out that homemade rig:
Cooking away.
Larry’s secret recipe.
This was my first year cooking. I made chili relleno casserole and garlic green beans in a wok with a volcano.
Yes, there was corned beef and cabbage.
And that, friends, was a super fun day. I hope you get an opportunity to use a Dutch oven.
That looks like a great tradition to have. Your green beans looked awesome!
Wow – that looks great (and delicious!)
What a wonderful way to get to know your neighbors!
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What fun! And sooo many Dutch ovens full of amazing stuff. Drooling as I looked at the pics…
The food looks so delicious, I’m sad I missed it, but I know there will be much crock potting over the winter! I also really like that picture of Danny, very country!
This is absolutely wonderful!