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Texas State Cooking Implement:

Photo of Dutch oven cooking on campfire
Dutch oven on campfire photo © Jason Slemons : camping trip (used by permission)

Cast Iron Dutch Oven

The Dutch oven was designated the state cooking vessel of Texas in 2005. Like the ax and rifle, the Dutch oven was a basic necessity for early American settlers. These cast iron pots were among the most cherished possessions of explorers, mountain men, settlers going west, and the cattle drive cowboys. Chuck wagon cooks used two or three Dutch ovens when preparing chow (the chuck wagon was also recognized in 2005 as the official state vehicle of Texas).

Photo of a model chuck wagon
Dutch ovens were used in chuck wagons in the old west -
model photo © The Franklin Mint: The Western Chuck Wagon

Dutch ovens are used for baking, roasting, boiling, braising, frying, simmering, steaming, and other campfire cooking methods to make dishes such as biscuits, cornbread, appetizers, entrees and desserts. Modern campers are still using the durable and flexible Dutch oven (the Dutch oven is also the state cooking pot of Utah and the state cooking vessel of Arkansas).

Americans still gather around campfires after a meal from the same kind of Dutch ovens used by our pioneer forbears and tell stories of our history and ancestors.

 

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