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**ofelles** · September 16, 2019, 01:13 PM

Sorry............Chili. 😜🤦 Can't help myself I found a Lost & Found Chili recipe on the Anson Mills website that I finally have all the ingredients for.

**Richard Chrz** · September 16, 2019, 01:49 PM

Bread!

**HawkerXP** · September 16, 2019, 08:19 PM

Cherry cobbler!

**jfmorris** · September 16, 2019, 08:38 PM

In mine so far, I've made bread using this recipe, and it was GREAT! I let it rise overnight, and be sure to preheat the dutch oven as the recipe says, before dropping the dough ball in:

No Knead Bread

https://www.jocooks.com/recipes/no-knead-bread/

No Knead Bread - no kneading required, 4 simple ingredients, baked in a Dutch Oven! The result is simple perfection, best bread ever.

And I've found it to be phenomenal for deep frying on the grill, both chicken wings and fried potatoes. I have been frying over the SNS in my kettle, and controlling heat by moving the dutch oven over the coals or slightly off, pretty easy to get the oil into the 350 to 400 range and keep it there. I'll keep a pan with paper towels on the other side of the grill to stage the batches in as they are done, and the heat from the grill keeps everything warm until done.

**mountainsmoker** · September 16, 2019, 09:30 PM

I always like to season any new piece of cast iron I get no matter if the manufacturer says it is pre-seasoned or not. I will do it twice. After all I will be cooking in it not a seasoning machine or someone that may not care in the factory.

**mnavarre** · September 16, 2019, 10:01 PM

My favorite things to do with a new, or newly seasoned, dutch oven are fry something or make popcorn. And by fry I mean shallow fry something, you want oil to vaporize and coat the inside. Popcorn does the same thing, atomizes oil over the inside and cooks it on.

I've heard good things about the seasoning on the Blacklock stuff, and honestly the regular Lodge stuff I've bought lately has been pretty good, but i'd still probably baby it a touch to start.