Made some calico beans for a barbecue today. This was my first time cooking over a campfire and also my first time using dried beans. The kidney beans didn't get as soft as I would have liked but there weren't any leftovers so I must have done alright.
Does anyone have a recipe for making calico beans in a Dutch oven over a campfire? Barring that, I'd also be interested in advice on converting an oven recipe to a campfire one.
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For context, I'm having a cookout this weekend and it seemed like a good excuse to use my recently inherited camp dutch oven. I figured making the beans on the fire would be convenient since I'll be out there getting ready most of the day anyway and as a bonus, I won't have the indoor oven on heating up my house.
I recently inherited an LTX 1050 VT with a 50" deck. Does anyone know where I could find a mulching plug for one of these? All the plugs on the cub cadet website say they don't fit.
So I've been going through my dad's estate for the last month and this weekend I finally found the one knife I really wanted to make sure I brought home. Dad told me it was his first hunting knife, a gift from his father, and he let me use it on my first couple hunts. I finally found the thing in his fish house and it has more surface rust than I remember.
I'm hoping that you guys can tell me what the best way to keep the rust at bay is. I don't mind it having some patina, it's at least 60 years old at this point so that seems appropriate. I just want to make sure I'm taking proper care of it. All I've been told about caring for hunting knives so far is basically, "wash after use, don't store wet".
Cleaning up my Dad's Estate and most of his cookware was non-stick that's peeling so bad I'm honestly suspicious that might be what killed him.
So relieved to find a stash of cast iron skillets under the oven. Took a page out of Grandma's book last night and threw a couple cans of beans and whatever meat I had in a skillet for an hour.
I recently inherited this set (yes I know the middle one needs some help, it's next on my list) that I assumed were modern imports but when I tried to look up the brand the only thing that I can find are a bunch of people selling it as "vintage cast iron". Just wanted to check that I wasn't missing something here before I clean them up and try to unload them as generic skillets on the estate sale.