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Dutch Oven Cooking

Introduced in 2006
North American Division

DISCLAIMER: The requirements listed for this honor are those proposed to the NAD. The NAD has accepted the honor, but have not yet released the official requirements. It is not known whether the official requirements differ from the proposed requirements, but once that information is available, this page will be updated.

1. Earn the Cooking honor.

The answers for the Cooking honor can be found in the Household Arts section of this wikibook.

2. Give a brief history of Dutch ovens and their role in American history.

Dutch oven from a photograph made for McClure's Magazine, January, 1896, Vol. VI. No. 2

The first Europeans coming to the Americas brought dutch ovens with them, including Columbus, who had one listed on his manifesto, and the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock.

Dutch ovens were so highly prized in early American history, that Martha Washington has been said to have listed her dutch ovens in her will.

Lewis and Clark brought a dutch oven with them on their overland expedition to the Pacific Ocean. The mountain men that followed them into the west used them for cooking and for trade with the Native Americans.

Dutch ovens were also carried on the "chuck wagons" brought along on the cattle drives in the late 1800's.

The dutch oven shown here was owned by Mrs. Ott, of Petersburg, Illinois. It was featured in an article about Abraham Lincoln in McClure's Magazine in 1896. "These Dutch ovens were in many cases the only cooking utensils used by the early settlers. The meat, vegetable, or bread was put into the pot, which was then placed in a bed of coals, and coals heaped on the lid."

4. In what way are ovens sized?

Dutch ovens are sized by diameter, depth, or capacity:

Diameter	Depth	Capacity
8”		2 quarts.
10”		4 quarts.
12”		6 quarts.
	12”	8 quarts.
14”		8 quarts.
	14”	10 quarts.
16”		12 quarts.

References

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