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SteveB <toquerville@zionvistas> wrote in message
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> "The Ranger" > wrote in message
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>> George Shirley > wrote in message
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>> [snip]
>>> My favorite was the 12-quart Dutch oven with
>>> the recessed lid and the three feet on the bottom.

>> [snip]
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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?
>>
>> The "Can't imagine the pain behind packing in cast
>> iron to a remote camp" Ranger

>
> The pain is offset by hot biscuits, hot cinnamon rolls
> in the morning with your coffee, deer roasts, snowshoe
> hare, roasts, birds, casseroles. It's just like having a
> good oven.


A hernia or slipped disk while lifting such would certainly
cause me some pause, especially while over a fire large enough
to hold such a pot!

> For breakfast [..]


Yep; that's pretty much how the pig hunts I put together would
start off. Huge breakfasts in a pot.

> The only pain in that is a full tummy before you go out
> for the day chasing game.


The discomfort would wear off long before the sun would hit
noon...

The Ranger