advice needed
Submitted: Thursday, Jun 09, 2005 at 18:06
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Glenn (VIC)
Hi all,
I have a few questions I am not sure of the answer to, so why not try here:
1. Does anyone know if anyone sells casserole dishes that will fit into a
camp oven (12 quart oval type) this is so meal can be cooked inside dish, that is inside the oven.
2. When running 50L Waeco as fridge/freezer, how many lights should I have on?
3. Can a damper mix be made then divided so that it can be used over several days? If so, should it be frozen or can it just relax in the fridge?
Cheers and thankyou
Glenn
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Reply By: BenSpoon - Thursday, Jun 09, 2005 at 18:45
Thursday, Jun 09, 2005 at 18:45
cheap casserole dishes can be picked up at copperart or other cheap housewares shops- just make sure they say oven safe or you'll have a cracked dish half way thru backing. Get them on a trivet too so they arent exposed to the super hot metal on the base of the oven.
For something more durable, just get metal cake tins with rolled edges, or deep pie dishes- not as prone to smashing in your
camp box. chuck a cheap scourer in the box as
well and you're sorted.
On mains power (with the waeco generally closed up and left alone) beers get iced up on 3 lights- on the road I up that to 4 or 5 depending on how often it gets opened, and what the ambient temp is. Go out and grab yourself one of the dual temp thermometers from altronics or jaycar- they seem to keep everyone else here happy. Mount it on the dash and at a glance you can see the internal temps
As with any dough, if you keep it in the fridge for too long it will go off. Safest way to go is to freeze if it will be more than a day or 2 that you are holding onto it for.
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Follow Up By: Glenn (VIC) - Thursday, Jun 09, 2005 at 18:52
Thursday, Jun 09, 2005 at 18:52
Hi Ben,
Thanks for the tips on the casserole dishes, I will have a look.
I always run my Waeco on 3 or 4 lights to keep the beer cold, and have a thermometer also, I am just not sure how many lights I can have on to freeze food, but not the beer...hahahahaha
Yes, I thought freezing would be better.
Cheers and thanks
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Follow Up By: Member - Toonfish - Friday, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:51
Friday, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:51
gday mate
the yeast dough will keep a day refrigerated to retard the yeast a little but may leave a messif left too long we often use to leave bread and pizza dough a day for later use.
but it does set the gluten content of the flour so the dough tends to be heavier .
as for bi-carb style damper its pretty much a tempory emulsion type of bread expansion so the timing is fairl important same as the other but can
cook like a
rock if left too long.
but have made
rock cakes and fruit cobbler this way using left over damper when in the field years ago!!!!!!.
hope it helps
i freeze on 4-5 light butthe meat and other stuff usually is already frozen so it just maintains it i guess.
cheers
say hi to james
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Follow Up By: Glenn (VIC) - Friday, Jun 10, 2005 at 14:19
Friday, Jun 10, 2005 at 14:19
Howdy Toony,
Thanks for the tips mate, I think we may try the bread mix this trip and see how it goes. I will also
test the fridge on 4/5 lights on the weekend to see how that stacks up.
I will say gooday to James for you, and please give my love to the Big C and the boys.
Cheers and I may see you this weekend as I will be visiting x-member for a couple of days.
Glenn
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Thursday, Jun 09, 2005 at 18:47
Thursday, Jun 09, 2005 at 18:47
3. I can answer. Although the
recipes for damper I know of use plain flour (and flat beer) the inclusion of bi-carb of soda to cause the damper to rise may be compromised.
A better solution would be to "half" the ingredient measurements, thereby only mixing a sufficient qualtity for a one time cooking to suit the quantity of people you are cooking for. Damper doesn't require "rising time" like a yeast bread does.
By the way, the packets of bread mix work wonderfully
well in a
camp oven.
Although needing time to rise after mixing, the results you get will just about kill off further efforts with making Damper.
Just mix ingredients together with a "one tin" quantity of water, knead for a while until you get sick of it, (or you get thirsty because you can't pick up your beer with doughy hands) and place in a rectangular cake/bread tin that will fit into the
Camp Oven. Sit in a warm place until risen (inside of the car, or on top of a warm engine is good).
Whack in a hot
Camp Oven and
cook untill a skewer or
fork comes out dry.
By the time you have rid yourself of the dough on your hands, the bread will be ready to eat.
Fresh, crusty bread. YUM!!!
P.S. I usually eat wholemeal bread but find the standard white variety mix works best in the
Camp Oven.
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Follow Up By: Glenn (VIC) - Thursday, Jun 09, 2005 at 18:54
Thursday, Jun 09, 2005 at 18:54
Hi Sandman,
Thanks for
the tip, even thought I love the making of damper the traditional way, the idea of using bread mix and a bread tin sound like a good idea. I will definately try that next time I am away.
Thanks again.
Cheers
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