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Airborne...your the man! Excellent articles that I will print and make copies of to give to family....

Preparedness Pro

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Homemade solar ovens: Best Materials and supplies

Best sources of materials, supplies and designs for building good homemade solar ovens from scratch.

Special Note:Since the Fall of 2007 all of the largest commercial manufacturers of Solar Ovens and cookers have noted increases in U.S. sales of 200% to 500% over previous year's sales.All manufacturers attribute the increase to a number of factors, but say that the principal reasons would have to be: The recent downturn in our economy; causing people to look for alternative ways to save on resources and expenses
Heightened awareness of emergency preparedness in the case of unforeseen and uncontrollable natural and man made events
and the skyrocketing and volatile state of energy costs such as electricity, oil etc.

Solar cooking may just be able to help your own family's situation!

http://www.solarcooker-at-cantinawest.com/index.html

Dutch Oven recipes for camping

Great Recipes for Camping

http://www.dutchovendude.com/dutch-oven-recipes.asp

2 hour Chili	Apple Crisp
Apple Fluff	Armadillo Eggs
Au Gratin Ham and Potatoes	Bacon Spuds
Baked Beans	Baked Salmon
Baking Powder Biscuits	Banana Coffee Cake
Barbeque Hamburger	Beef Burgundy
Beef Goulash	Beef Pot Roast
Black Forest Cobbler	Blonde Brownies
Breakfast Burritos	Breakfast Casserole
Breakfast Sausage Balls	BRV Soup
Burger, Beans, & Biscuits	Burrito Ranchero
Burritos	Candied Apples
Chicken and Dumplings	Chicken Cacciateri
Chicken Creole	Chicken Enchilada Pie
Chicken Gumbo	Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken Quesadillas	Chicken Stir Fry
Chili Chicken and Dumplings	Chili Mac
Chili Rellano	Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Upside Down Cake	Chuck Wagon Casserole
Coca-cola Chicken	Cooked Apples
Cornbread	Cornmeal Chili
Cowboy Stew	Creamy Chicken Rice
Creole Beans and Rice	Curry Beef Rice
Dutch Kielbasa	Dutch Oven Beef Stew
Dutch Oven Chicken	Dutch Oven Chicken Breast Dinner
Dutch Oven Doughnuts	Dutch Oven Fondue or Fryer
Dutch Oven Hot Chili	Dutch Oven Meat Loaf
Dutch Oven Pies	Dutch Oven Pineapple Chicken
Dutch Oven Pizza	Easy Brisket
Egg Bake	Enchiladas
Fancy Chicken Breasts	Fancy Franks and Beans
Fast Teriyaki Flank Steak	Fizzy Fruit Cobbler
French Roast Beef	Fried Rice
Garlic Potatoes	German Pancakes
Girl Scout Stew	Good Bars
Hashbrown Chicken Casserole	Hawaiian Steak Strips
Hawaiian Swiss Crescents	Hearty Potatoes
Hobo Stew	Hopping Black-eyed Peas
Hot and Sweet Sausage	Hot-n-Spicey BBQ Beef
Hungarian Goulash	Irish Soda Bread
Jambalaya	Layered Taco Pie
Meatballs in Gravy	Mexican Stew
Monkey Bread	Mountain Dew Chicken
Mountain Man Omelette	Mushroom Round Steak
Nacho Dip	No Bean Hot Chili
Old Style Green Beans	Pancakes
Peach Cobbler	PECS Breakfast
Pineapple Upside Down Cake	Pizza Casserole
Pizza for Breakfast	Pork Chops and Potatoes
Pork Chops and Veggies	Raisin Bread Pudding
S'more Pie	Sausage Creole
Shepherd Pie	Simple Chili
Simple Dutch Oven Pizzas	Soda Pineapple Beans
Spaghetti 1-Pot	Spiced Rhubarb
Spicy Cornbread	Sugar Cookies
Sunrise Cake	Swiss Steak
Taco Soup	Tri Tip Teriyaki
Venison Stew	Witches Brew
Yams, Apples, Potatoes	Zingy Pork Chops

http://www.dutchovendude.com/dutch-oven-recipes.asp

Outdoor Cooking Recipes

http://www.dutchovencookware.com/dutch- ... cipes.html

Grab your Dutch oven, a cast iron skillet, and a bag of charcoal. In camp, or at home in your own backyard, you'll enjoy these recipes for outdoor cooking.

Baby Back Ribs
Barbecue Sauce
Bean Hole Beans
Biscuits
Breakfast for Eight
Catfish Fry Batter
Chicken and Dumplin's
Cookbooks
Cornbread

Fried Country Ham
Fried Green Tomatoes
Hushpuppies
Meat Loaf
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Red Eye Gravy
Sawmill Gravy
Southern Fried Chicken
Wild Turkey

Cooking Legend
Qty. of charcoal = 2 x the Diameter of the Oven = 325º
Each additional charcoal adds 10-15º to Cooking Temperature

Bake = coals in rings 2:1
ratio top over bottom
Stew or Simmer = coals split evenly

Broil = coals in checkerboard
2:1 ratiotop over bottom
Fry or Boil = all coals on the bottom

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Baby Back Ribs

8 lbs of ribs
2 tsps. sage
2 12 oz. beers
1 to 2 tsps. cayenne
1 cup honey
1-1/2 tsps. dry mustard
2 tbsps. lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt

Marinade overnight. Slowly cook the ribs on your Lodge hibachi grill turning and basting frequently, or broil in sauce at 325º F for one hour in your 12" camp Dutch oven.

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Barbecue Sauce

3 cups tomato sauce
4 tsp. celery seed
1 chopped onion
2 tsp. sugar
6 tbsp. vinegar
Garlic salt & hot sauce

Mix and simmer ingredients in a 2 qt. camp Dutch Oven for 20-30 minutes. Add garlic salt and hot sauce to taste. Add water to thin for marinade.

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Bean Hole Beans

2 lbs. Maine State (great northern white) beans
2 cups State of Maine maple syrup
2 medium Vidalia (sweet yellow) onions
1 cup molasses
2 lbs. lean salt pork
1 tbsp. dry mustard
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. pepper

Soak 2 lbs State of Maine Great Northern beans overnight completly covered in water.... Remember to use this water later. Prepare bean hole (bean hole instructions are in Scoutmaster handbook).

Quarter onions and place in 8 or 10 qt. deep Lodge camp Dutch oven. Quarter salt pork and add 1 section. Add approximately 1/4 of beans, 2 more pieces of salt pork, and then add another 1/4 of beans. Add molasses, brown sugar, mustard, salt and pepper and the remainder of beans. Place last piece of salt pork on top, then add the bean water until everything is covered. Cook 6 hours in bean hole. DO NOT USE ARTIFICIAL MAPLE SYRUP.

Contributed by Patrick Haggerty of Durham, Maine.

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Biscuits

4 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 cup shortening
1-1/2 cup milk or water

Combine dry ingredients. Work in shortening and add milk gradually. Knead and pinch off desired amount and place in greased 12" or 14" camp Dutch oven and bake 15-20 minutes at 325º F.

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Breakfast for Eight

2 lbs. sausage
8 eggs
2 lbs. grated potatoes
2 cups grated cheese
1 diced onion
1/4 cup milk or water

Brown sausage and onion in a 12" or 14" camp Dutch oven. Remove and brown potatoes in sausage grease. Add sausage, egg, and water mixture and bake for 20 minutes until eggs are done. Add cheese and bake until melted.

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Catfish Fry

1 egg
1-1/2 tsp. salt
1-1/2 cups of milk
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
2 cups of cornmeal
1/4 tsp. black pepper

Mix egg and milk well in bowl. Shake dry ingredients into paper bag. Dip catfish filets in milk mixture then add to bag and shake well. Fry in hot grease until golden brown.

For just the right utensil click here: 5 qt. Deep Fry Skillet.

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Chicken and Dumplin's

2 cups flour
3 tbsp. baking powder
1 cup whole milk
2 tsp. lard or Crisco
1 egg beaten
1 tsp. salt
1 chicken

In a 7 or 9 qt. Dutch oven boil a quartered chicken until the bones can be removed easily. Mix up dumplin' dough ingredients and spoon into boiling chicken pot liquor. Cover pot and shift to cooler eye. Let cool 20 min. and serve.

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Cornbread

2 cups self-rising cornmeal
1 egg
2 cups buttermilk
1/4 cup shortening

Melt shortening in 10" camp Dutch oven or combo cooker and add melted shortening to other mixed ingredients and pour back into oven. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown.

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Country Ham

Fry in a cast iron skillet with water, a little oil, or utilizing it's own fat, turning often. What we like to do is fry up center slices in a half and half mixture of water and 7Up in a Lodge 12" skillet, and leaving the drippings for red eye gravy.

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Fried Green Tomatoes

4 green tomatoes, sliced
Salt, pepper, or cayenne
1 cup white or yellow cornmeal
1 cup flour

Salt and pepper 1/4" tomato slices. Coat both sides of your tomato in flour/cornmeal mixture and saute over medium heat in a cast iron skillet until brown.

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Hushpuppies

1 cup self-rising flour
1 egg beaten
1 cup white or yellow cornmeal
1/2 cup chopped green onion
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)

Combine dry ingredients. Add egg, onions, and 1/2 cup buttermilk to flour/cornmeal mixture. Gradually add remainig buttermilk until batter is well mixed, but not runny. Drop spoonfuls of batter into a Lodge fry kettle and fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.

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Meat Loaf

4 lbs. of ground beef
3 eggs
2 cups bread crumbs
1 cup of ketchup
1 large onion
1 cup milk
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper

Mix beef, 1/2 cup of ketchup, and the remaining ingredients thoroughly. Spread into lighly greased Lodge 10" or 12" camp Dutch oven.

Stew at 350º for 60 minutes and top with remaining ketchup (and brown sugar, if desired) and bake for 15 minutes.

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Pineapple Upside Down Cake

1 yellow cake mix
1 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
1-1/2 cups liquid (water and pineapple juice)
1 20 oz. can of pineapple slices
8 maraschino cherries
1/2 cup margarine

Melt butter in a 7 qt. or 12" Lodge Dutch oven. Add sugar, then pineapple, placing a cherry in the center of each pineapple slice. Prepare cake mix as directed and pour over pineaple. Bake at 350º for 25 minutes. Let oven cool with top off. To remove cake cut around sides and insert 2 or 3 paper plates covered with aluminum foil and flip.

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Red Eye Gravy

Add water (or black coffee) to fried ham drippings in a hot pan. Let sizzle and stir. Serve with country cured fried ham slices, biscuits, and honey.

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Sausage Gravy

Ham, sausage, or bacon grease
Salt and pepper
3 tbsp. flour
Water
Milk

Add flour to the grease in hot skillet to brown. Thin the mixture with a little water and add milk, salt and pepper. Stir until thick. Add crumbled fried sausage for a real treat. Serve over Dutch oven biscuits.

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Southern Fried Chicken

1 chicken
1 cup flour
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp salt

Prepare one frying chicken. Prepare flour mixture by mixing dry ingredients. Prepare milk and egg mixture, and add 1 tablespoon of flour to the mixture. Dip chicken in egg mixture, then in flour mixture, repeat, and shake well. Fry in hot grease, with chicken pieces half covered in Crisco, and well spaced, until brown, and turn. Cover with lid for 7-8 minutes on lower heat source. Drain on paper towels. For just the right utensil click here: 5 qt. Chicken Fryer.

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Wild Turkey

1 turkey 10-12 lbs.
4 slices bacon
1 lb. pork sausage
1 medium onion
6 cups soft bread crumbs
2 tbs. poultry spices

Sprinkle turkey with game seasoning or poultry spice. Fry diced onion and crumbled sausage in a 12" or 14" deep camp Dutch oven. Combine with bread crumbs and mix. Stuff turkey cavity loosely and lace closed. Bake for 3-1/2 hours, breast side up with bacon strips covering breast.

http://www.dutchovencookware.com/dutch- ... cipes.html

here is one of many sites for Dutch Ovens ... or look it up on the Web

http://www.dutchovenpro.com/