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  • Dutch Oven Banana Bread Recipe – Campfire Cooking – GF Video

    Dutch Oven Banana Bread Recipe – Campfire Cooking – GF Video

    Dutch oven banana bread recipe baked in a campfire or using charcoal, nice right?. Either way it tastes like the instant comfort food that it is. Watch the video and then read the recipe below.

    Head up: I now have 4 dutch ovens, and all are well seasoned at this point. You can see our  how to season cast iron video here. But I’ve never used a dutch oven for what they were probably originally designed for, cooking over a campfire. So today we use the cast iron dutch oven for what it is for, cooking outdoors. Watch and learn how to bake with fire.

    How to make the dutch oven banana bread recipe

    Whether for campfire cooking or backyard cooking, the dutch oven comes thru as a great pot for baking. Today we are going to learn how to use the dutch oven you have to bake or cook food outdoors, using charcoal or firewood. There are a couple of tricks here we learned from Gary of Cooking-Outdoors.com, like how to stack coals on the lid of a dutch oven, and how to use a dutch oven to bake breads and cakes.

    Update: Reading some of the great comments, I’ve learned that when fully fired up, each charcoal briquette puts out about 40-50F of heat. I will use this info as I experiment more with dutch oven cooking with charcoal and campfires. What fun.

    If you don’t already have them here are links to buy a cast iron dutch oven, a charcoal chimney, and heat resistant oven mitts.

    Some takeaways from this video and recipe, which was really fun to do.

    • Its not perfect. Is baking outdoors ever perfect
    • Use good pot holders and silicon oven gloves.
    • Charcoal is hot!
    • You will love baking outdoors.

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    Toad In A Hole Recipe
    Check out our Toad In The Hole Recipe, also made outdoors in a dutch oven.

  • Cast Iron Cookware Reinvented by Borough Furnace : GardenFork Radio

    Cast Iron Cookware Reinvented by Borough Furnace : GardenFork Radio

    Cast Iron Cookware hasn’t changed much since the turn of the century. That’s about to change as Jason and John, owners of Borough Furnace, bring cast iron cookware into the 21st century. John and Jason have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to build a modern day foundry to create cast iron cookware and more, and I talked to them by phone for GardenFork Radio.

    Here is the link to Borough Furnace

    Here is their Kickstarter Campaign

    Thanks to The Kitchn and Monica for telling us about these guys.

  • Tornadoes, Cast Iron, Baking Bread: GardenFork Radio

    Tornadoes, Cast Iron, Baking Bread: GardenFork Radio

    Severe Weather correspondent Tyler joins us today to talk about tornadoes, apple TV, the new viewer forum, a new way for seasoning cast iron, baking bread, and Viewer Mail. Call our listener call in line: 860-740-6938

    photo by taliesin

  • Remove Rust From Cast Iron Video – GF TV

    Remove Rust From Cast Iron Video – GF TV

    I found a badly rusted cast iron pan, and wanted to show you all how remove rust from cast iron in this video. Rusty cast iron can be brought back from the dead, to clean the rust off the cast iron, it takes some elbow grease, and the pan will never be brand new, but old cast iron is great. [Note, I have posted some updated info below the video, thx!]

    Update: Use vinegar at full strength. If this method does not work, watch our video on how to strip cast iron using oven cleaner, or with a simple battery charger tank method. Plus it will be a great cast iron pot with a good story of where you found it. Let us know your tips for seasoning cast iron below the video.

    You can remove rust from cast iron, but it can take some time. Take it easy and it will work well. Check out our other cast iron videos, how to season and clean cast iron, and learn more about cast iron pots and fry pans, and all the great reasons to use them.

    We are  now using Flax Oil to season our cast iron, the result is a much harder finish than just using vegetable oil or shortening. so save the vegetable oil for the deep fryer. Watch our Best Way To Season Cast Iron video.

    remove rust from cast iron

    You can watch us use a cast iron dutch oven doing some campfire outdoor cooking in these two videos, the first is us making a banana bread recipe in a cast iron dutch oven over charcoal, then we made the classic Toad in a Hole cooked outdoors in a cast iron dutch oven as well.
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  • How to season cast iron pots / cookware – GF Video

    How to season cast iron pots / cookware – GF Video

    A trip to the local farm store yields a box of cast iron cookware. Here’s how to season cast iron. Note, after watching this video, watch the newer one I made here about how to season cast iron, thx!

    Seasoning cast iron is not rocket science, just watch our how to season cast iron video here and you’ll get the Eric way to season cast iron. One note: I now suggest using flax oil to season cast iron, its much better than vegetable shortening for the job. You can find flax seed oil in the refrigerated section of health food stores and places like Whole Foods.

    For heavily rusted cast iron, aka how to clean rusty cast iron, watch this GF TV video on removing rust from cast iron.

    Next you’ll want to know how to clean your cast iron. The basic rule is to avoid soap. If the cast iron is seasoned properly, just about everything will clean off with hot water and a clean sponge. i have a dish sponge just for cast iron, i took a sharpie and wrote ‘ cast iron’ on the sponge to get the point across to everyone about that.

    You’ll be surprised at how easily stuff cleans off a seasoned cast iron pan. I do avoid cooking scrambled eggs in cast iron, for that I use a non-stick pan, works much better.

    Let us know your cast iron seasoning suggestions below:

    Best Cast Iron Seasoning Instructions – GF Video