In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> " wrote:
> >
> > We just got a deal on a Dutch Oven, could never justify the price
> > before, and I wanted some ideas on what to cook in it. Seems like
> > there were recipes everywhere when we didn't have one.
>
> I looked at the Wikipedia entry for Dutch oven,
> and it had a link to a device that Lidia Bastianich
> demonstrated on her show, the sac. I'd never seen
> one before this morning.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%C4%8D
>
> It's a basically a lid to be filled with hot coals
> and placed over the food. She used it to make
> some meringue cookie-like confections. But she
> didn't say what it was called.
>
> It doesn't look that useful. It's just a heat
> source and sort of a dome to trap hot air and/or
> steam above the food. You have to fuel it with
> charcoal, so you can't use it indoors. And the
> whole thing gets hot, so you can't set it down
> on anything that melts or burns.

<lol> I just use mine for a good cast iron deep cookpot!

If you are actually going to use it as an "oven", it's good for taking
camping.
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