Awesome post! I camp in the bush and cook w/all cast iron, 2 12", 2 6" frying pans and a dutch oven is all you need.Its nice to have a few extra recipe's every year. Whats this about charcoal?????..... I use plain old hot coals from the campfire. They are free!

I started to ask the same question. I've never used charcoal and dutch ovens. Seems like it would take the fun out of it.
Oh, one other thing. When you are finished and are cleaning up your camp. Take your coals with you. Its getting hard to find a place where whats left from a camp fire isnt scattered everywhere.

I love to cook in my cast iron dutch ovens. I have several sizes from 1qt to 8qt right now and plan on getting a 20qt sometime soon, the big one will be for turkeys, bread, pizza, or whatever big stuff I want. One of my favorites is to cook up some chili or stew in one of the larger ones and bake some cornbread in one of the smaller ones for a tasty meal.I haven't tried many deserts but the cobler mentioned earlier sounds easy and would be good with some home made ice cream. I may have to try that out.