"Nomen Nescio" > wrote in message
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> Why call a dutch oven a dutch oven? I'm sure that many other
> cultures/nations have been using that idea ever since iron was
> cast.
>

wikipedia,
Early European history
During the late 1600s the Dutch system of producing these cast metal cooking
vessels was more advanced than the English system. The Dutch used dry sand
to make their molds, giving their pots a smoother surface. Consequently,
metal cooking vessels produced in the Netherlands were imported into
Britain. In 1704, an Englishman named Abraham Darbydecided to go to the
Netherlands to observe the Dutch system for making these cooking vessels.
Four years later, back in England, Darby patented a casting procedure
similar to the Dutch process and began to produce cast metal cooking vessels
for Britain and her new American Colonies. It is possible that because Darby's
patent was based upon his research into the Dutch foundry system that the
cooking vessels he produced came to be referred to as "Dutch" ovens. Other
researchers believe that this term may have come from the itinerant Dutch
traders who sold cooking vessels out of their wagons as they traveled from
town to town and door to door. Maybe both accounts are true. In any event,
the term "Dutch oven" has endured for over 300 years.[1]

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