Still Experimenting

To finish up our experimentation with emergency cooking methods, Alan and I decided to break out our dutch ovens this weekend and give it a try.  I bought these dutch ovens years ago but have never used them.  I think one reason I had never tried using them is because I had listened to so many people say how hard they are to clean once you have used them.  Just the care of dutch ovens is quite prohibitive, but I put all that aside and decided to give it a shot.

I decided to make a main dish plus a dessert.

For our main disn, I made chicken pot pie.  Truthfully, I think it turned out pretty good even though I used a pre-made pie cruse that wasn't quite large enough.  If I make this again, I will make my own crust.  I think it will turn out better that way.

I don't know why this photo uploaded sideways, but this is a photo of the pot pie on a plate ready to eat.

For dessert we made peach cobbler.  Alan, who is not a cook in the least degree, actually made the cobbler for me because I was tied up making the chicken pot pie.  I think he did a great job.  I might be able to make a cook out of him yet.

Here is the cobbler on the plate ready to eat.

Now that our experimention with emergency cooking methods has come to an end for now, I can say that it has been a very educational experience.  I am hopeful that we won't have to use them in the near future out of necessity, but out of desire if we so choose.  Having an emergency or disaster is not our desire, but at least we feel like we will be better prepared to comfortably feed ourselves if that should be the case.  Just this weekend there was a huge storm that affected many eastern states, killing some and affecting millions because of power outages.  These no-power cooking methods will really come in handy for us if for some reason we find ourselves without electricity.