AUSTRALIA'S ORIGINAL AND BEST CAMP OVEN AND OUTDOOR COOKING CAMPING AND LIFESTYLE FORUM

AUSTRALIA'S ORIGINAL AND BEST CAMP OVEN AND OUTDOOR COOKING CAMPING AND LIFESTYLE FORUM
https://www.aussiecampovenforum.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Camp Oven & Outdoor Cooking >> Camp Ovens - The History >> Fruit Pie Oven https://www.aussiecampovenforum.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1465098538 Message started by shackles on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 1:48pm

Title: Fruit Pie Oven
Post by shackles on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 1:48pm

Fruit Pie Oven. This pot would only be about 10" at its widest point.

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Title: Re: Fruit Pie Oven
Post by Chally on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 2:38pm

That would have to be the smallest oval cast iron boiling pot I've seen.

Jeff

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Post by TBF on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 3:24pm

Very cute indeed.

Aart

Title: Re: Fruit Pie Oven
Post by Saltbush Bill on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 9:38pm

Never seen one that size , dunno where they came up with the tale of the fruit pie. ;D

Title: Re: Fruit Pie Oven
Post by shackles on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 10:15pm

Saltbush Bill wrote on Jun 5^th, 2016 at 9:38pm:

Never seen one that size , dunno where they came up with the tale of the fruit pie. ;D

Can you prove it incorrect SB.?
I came across it in the Peak Downs Homestead Museum, Capella Qld.

Title: Re: Fruit Pie Oven
Post by Kingbrown on Jun 6^th, 2016 at 1:04am

It wouldnt be a pie oven I think. You need coals on a lid for browning a pie and that lid is not designed for coals. These were mainly for stews and soups but also were used for preserves pickles and jams.

Title: Re: Fruit Pie Oven
Post by Derek on Jun 6^th, 2016 at 5:58pm

Kingsthorpe David has one of these he got sent over from Ireland. It is a new replica with a cast iron lid.

Neat little pot.

Title: Re: Fruit Pie Oven
Post by shackles on Jun 6^th, 2016 at 6:09pm

Derek wrote on Jun 6^th, 2016 at 5:58pm:

It is a new replica with a cast iron lid.

This one had a tin lid.

Title: Re: Fruit Pie Oven
Post by Derek on Jun 6^th, 2016 at 6:21pm

shackles wrote on Jun 6^th, 2016 at 6:09pm:

This one had a tin lid.

Yep, can see that. Just saying David's had a cast iron lid but it was a replica.

Check out this photo. It is hanging on the wall of the old Hammond & Wheatley Emporium in Bellengen, NSW which is now a clothes store. The photo is believed to been taken in 1924 and shows what looks like a stack of them on the floor.

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