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Postby Prem » Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:29 pm

Check this out. Ageless found this online store.

http://www.mrslinskitchen.com/6158.html
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Postby jimqpublic » Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:01 pm

Thinking that lid wouldn't hold up to being piled with charcoal! :?
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Postby Prem » Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:15 am

Thinking that lid would be the charcoal in short order.
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Postby madjack » Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:47 am

Prem wrote:Thinking that lid would be the charcoal in short order.


...BUT think :thinking: ...wouldn't that mean you would never havvta add charcoal :scratchthinking:
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Postby Prem » Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:42 pm

MJ,

8) Propane has its place, and there's no law in the universe that says we have to cook from the top, even at gatherings. :no: :lips: :beer:

Ouu, Ouu! You could leave food in this DO overnight in the cooler! Just spray the outside with WD40 first!
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P.S. Hard-anodized aluminum is looking better and better! :D And look! Smiley is right on top of one!
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Postby Mike B » Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:34 am

When one of my cooking buddies in this area got this cauldron, it had no lid. He made the one shown and it works very well.

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He made the tripod himself, as he is also a blacksmith. The picture was taken at a new Coeur d'Alene park, where we cooked and fed visitors all day as they celebrated the opening of the park.

That cauldron holds a lot of stew, but the full cauldron did not last us the whole day. We figured we fed about 1,000 people that day. I made about 5 pineapple upside down cakes - got sick of doing that. :)

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Postby Prem » Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:53 pm

Mike,

Heck yeah! That works. :thumbsup:

Don't know why I didn't put 2 + 2 together on my own post, but now, thanks to your photo, I am going to get the next lid-less CI cauldron I see at the swap meet and make a wooden lid for it!

Looks like that cauldron holds six to ten gallons!

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Wooden Lids

Postby ELCHILEON » Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:23 pm

For whatever its worth .. I've watched several episodes of the original " Iron Chef " series.. Whenever they used a traditional " Japanese Cast Iron Rice Cooker ", it had a wooden lid.

I've also watched several " Old Black & White Samuria Movies ", depicting someone (Servant/Poor Farmer) cooking over an open flame (Hearth), using what appears to be a large " Cast Iron Pot & Tripod ", with a " Woodend Lid ".

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Postby ELCHILEON » Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:07 pm

Here's another " Japanese " Cast Iron item..but it's a bit expensive $$$$ + a few dollars $$ more for Accessories :o

Snow Peak Japanese Iron Dutch Oven:
http://www.expeditionexchange.com/cart/ ... 286&page=3

Lot's of other cool items, again on the $$$$$$$$$ :shock:
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Postby WarPony » Sat Dec 04, 2010 2:38 pm

Mike, I'd love to find a big cauldron like that but people around here think they are worth a bunch of money :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Japanese Cast Iron

Postby ELCHILEON » Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:03 pm

Hey,

Just peaked my interest & did a little " Google Search ".. found some interesting info, from a " Japanese Foundry ".

" Oigen Foundry Cast Iron Cookware
Since 1852 Oigen has been making Nambu ironware in Mizusawa City. Their range of traditional ironware is said to last over 100 years if properly cared for."

http://www.chefsarmoury.com/cast-iron-c ... t_118.html

http://blog.chefsarmoury.com/2010/11/ca ... n-foundry/

Here's the Traditional " Cast Iron Rice Cooker ", with wooden lid.
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http://www.chefsarmoury.com/cast-iron-c ... d_580.html

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Postby joey_ingram » Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:17 am

look at these pots. 4 gallons up to 30 gallons. with or without lid.+ they come with a stand. http://www.rockysbigandtalldiscountstor ... 98383.html best prices that i have found.
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Postby bledsoe3 » Mon Dec 27, 2010 1:25 pm

Here's a real Japanese dutch oven.

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Postby asianflava » Mon Dec 27, 2010 1:49 pm

Yeah rub it in Jim!
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Postby Ageless » Mon Dec 27, 2010 3:14 pm

Ok, as he is prone to do; Prem gets a tad carried away.

I spent most of my 4 years in the Navy in the Far East and acquired a taste for Oriental foods. These pots are not meant for cooking, but serving.

Dining is more of a ceremony than a meal and portions are many and smaller than what we are accustomed to. Meat that we make a single meal out of, may well last a family a week over there. What we consider 'Chinese' here; is never seen in such a serving quantity in the Orient.

these 'serving pots' as more decorative than cooktop items. My intent was searching for affordable sushi presses and the pot was juat too cute to pass up.
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