The Ranger wrote:
> George Shirley > wrote in message
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>> My favorite was the 12-quart Dutch oven with
>> the recessed lid and the three feet on the bottom.
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> Holy CROW, man! That thing must've weighed in at close to 40 to
> 45 lbs when you were cooking! Did you use a forklift to lift it
> out?
Nope, had a regular set up with the iron fire forks and bar. Picture a
long metal bar with a crank on the end. Had a length of chain welded to
it at the mid-point. Turn the crank, pick up the pot. Generally didn't
use it though, two of us would pick up the pot with gloves on and set it
aside. when you're cooking for twenty hungry men in their twenties to
their forties you need either big pots or lots of pots.
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> The "Can't imagine the pain behind packing in cast iron to a
> remote camp" Ranger
All of our deer camps in East Texas had roads leading to them. This
wasn't the wild west, just plain old Texas with lots of of good roads
and a few not-so-good roads. When I used to hike into a remote camp I
had an official Boy Scout aluminum pot set that all fitted together with
a skillet as the lid. Just gave it to my youngest grandson a few weeks ago.
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