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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Haven't seen the recipe.  Can you send it here?

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Mjkoaktreecottag AT aol.com>


> Lynda~
>     I bake corn bread, gingerbread, and assorted  other old recipes in my
> cast iron bake-kettle (Dutch oven to camp fire  cooks) on the fireplace 
> hearth,
> just as my Scotch-Irish anscestor would have, at  the Living History Farm
> where I  volunteer as a historic site  interpreter.  When they don't burn, 
> which I
> am getting better at  preventing, they have a wonderful flavor.
> At home, I often bake like my grandmother in my cast iron skillets in  my
> oven.  I will try some of my favorites on the stove top  in  the iron 
> skillets
> along with some sent in response to the  query. However, I'm wishing for a 
> gas
> stove again as I don't like the  electric that I inherited--it's easier to
> control the gas burners.  There  was a wonderful sounding Dutch oven/deep 
> cast
> iron pan bread recipe from  the NY Times that was going round this year, 
> but I
> found it in the heat  of summer, so deferred trying it till fall.  It may 
> be
> time to  try it now as we are finally getting some cooler days--as soon as 
> I
> find my  recipe!   Has any one made this bread?
> maggie