Dutch Oven Cook-off: Good News/Bad News & Rules

[Roger]

Rules? I don't need no steeeeeeeeenking rules. Another misquote from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

[Tim Eubanks]

Well, now.......roadkill crow or squirrel should not be overlooked. I sometimes use possum as bait to get me a nice fat crow for crow pie, you know, when you need to eat some crow. I came across a fresh-killed owl a while back, but that would be a federal crime, right? More points?
Sometimes I put acorns and corn out to get me a nice fat wild pig. Takes a big vehicle to take down a wild boar, though. Not something you'd want to tackle with a Prius or a Geo Metro or one of those new Fiat 500's. I did pass physics.

[Deuce]

Owl tastes like a cross between peregrine falcon and bald eagle.

[Tim Eubanks]

Owl tastes like a cross between peregrine falcon and bald eagle.

Accompanied by wild brown trout roe on a champagne cracker?
I did fry and eat a big creek chub one time. Not bad if you like bottom feeders. If I use charcoal can I fry some owl in my DO?

[Deuce]

Owl tastes like a cross between peregrine falcon and bald eagle.

Accompanied by wild brown trout roe on a champagne cracker?
I did fry and eat a big creek chub one time. Not bad if you like bottom feeders. If I use charcoal can I fry some owl in my DO?

You kin fry whatever ye want as long as you use a pan for your charcoal. Just keep in mind there's a park full of rangers a few miles down the shore line, so if'n it's owl ye better pluck it good.

[Deuce]

The rules:

1. There will be three categories; best entree, best dessert, and best overall. There is no limit to the number of items each contestant may submit, but categories will be adhered to strictly, which means if you favor us with a selection that is neither entree nor dessert (bread for instance) you will be eligible for best overall but nothing else. Conversely, if you do enter an entree and/or dessert you could win in two categories (let's see, seems like someone accomplished that last year....... ) or even all three. Decisions regarding an item's classification will be left to the judges. I've consulted with various sages and pored over precedent and am sorry to say that, much to the inevitable chagrin of my illustrious chapter president, there will be no category for best roadkill. However, there is no precedent for disqualifying roadkill as an ingredient, so bring on the possum and sweet taters, Timothy.

2. There will be three judges (who shall remain anonymous for now). They will be cuddly but hard to please.

3. The official start time is 5:00 p.m. Saturday, but preassembly of ingredients is permissible on or off site beforehand. If you plan to make something that requires more than an hour and a half of cooking time get a life........... uh, I mean, check with me before Rendezvous so we can gauge the necessity of accomodation.

4. Each contestant must bring and use a charcoal pan or pans as necessary to maintain as clean a cooking area as possible. We want to be sure and leave things nice and tidy and unscorched (is that a word?) for our hosts. Contestants will also be responsible for providing plates or bowls and utensils (including serving utensils) for the judges.

Other stuff:

1. If you're in need of inexpensive charcoal pan(s) I recommend chicken feed pans from TSC.
2. You're welcome to bring your own camp cooking furniture, but there are picnic tables where you'll be cooking.
3. Bring your own implements; trivets, lid lifters, lighters, gloves, beer, etc.
4. I don't know about y'all, but I can't cook in a black pot without cooking a bunch. Do the same. What the vultures........I mean judges .........leave behind will be your contribution to the potluck.

Thanks to the generosity of Lodge, GSI and others we have some neat prizes, but the ultimate prize will be a great time with old and new friends. Everybody wins that one. If you have any questions you know where to find me.

[Crane]

Yep... and I hear that the Organizer of the DO Cookoff will be the sole and only judge for the Roadkill Division!! Enjoy, Deuce:)

[Roger]

[Peeks in, shakes head at congeniality of thread considers stirring the pot]

Pot remains unstirred.

[Tim Eubanks]

Yep... and I hear that the Organizer of the DO Cookoff will be the sole and only judge for the Roadkill Division!! Enjoy, Deuce:)

Roadkill is an ingredient and might show up in any number of dishes: squirrel dumplings, "flew through a flock of sparrows" pie, possum spring rolls, who knows?


Come on, Roger. let us have your best shot.

[Deuce]

In case Tim's muse fails to provide sufficient inspiration.

[hapypadler]

Well, I'll put my -2 cent's worth in. No road kill, but, Team Sandbar is making the best dessert you're gonna find out there. I'm not sayin what it is, but the smell of chocolate comin from our pots makes heads turn and women go "on point" like a well bred bird dog. Quotes like " THERE'S CHOCOLATE IN THERE!" and "OH MY GAWD THAT SMELLS GOOD" are common at our dutch oven table.
Good luck to the rest of the dessert cooks.

[Deuce]

Hmmmmm. What was that sound I heard? Was it the gauntlet hitting the ground?

[Rybo]

Our dutch oven kayak cake is gonna drop a class five smack into all your faces.....win!

[Deuce]

Our dutch oven kayak cake is gonna drop a class five smack into all your faces.....win!

Whoa; aggressive. I like it!

[Jeremy M]

*bump...burrp...yum yum