and the informercial version of the dutch oven is walk away cookware (totally useless as a haybox but very efficient as a pot). There is always the good old haybox, which is basically a dutch oven in a wooden box packed tightly with straw, put the oven in the middle and cover with more straw, then tie down the lid on the wooden box, will simmer for a good 12 hours. I remember these as a kid, mum would make a stew put it in the haybox in the kitchen and let it simmer all day, the original crockpot.

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[This message has been edited by Jo (edited 17 February 2006).]