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Aug 29^th, 2009 at 7:13pm

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Hi All,

I am 51 years young, have 3 daughters and 4 grandkids. I love the outdoors and camp cooking, although I am getting disappointed at not being able to have open fires for my camp ovens in most parks now days.
I have now bought a Cobb cooker, to go with my portable gas bbq etc... but it doesn't feel the same. I want to take the grandkids and show them what it was like in the 'old days' when we could have an open fire, shovel coals under and onto the camp ovens and sit there talking while the food cooked.

I have a Camp O Matic, flip over type hard floor camper, that suits me and my wife but am now thinking of getting something like the Jayco wind-up campers where the beds slide out the ends, just so we can take the little ones with us now and again.

I have done heaps of cooking in camp ovens (cast iron type) and also have a large Bedourie oven to use with heat beads, just to beat the bans on open fires, hahahaha......

I am a retired cop, please don't hold that against me, and have worked in the 'outback' and done many miles out there, near Broken Hill etc....Now work as a nurse looking after quadraplegics, which I find particularly rewarding, even though I only work a couple of hours in the mornings. I am striving to educate myself and have put my name down for some extended training in my field.

I am also lookig for some 'proven' recipes for the Cobb as it's more than likely going to be my main cooking implement.

ozkahuna

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Reply #1 - Aug 29^th, 2009 at 9:06pm

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Don't give up on the cast iron camp ovens ozk, I've just done four weeks on the road thru Vic, SA and the Flinders then back to Sydney thru B.H. and cooked most nights in my C Os. I use a Camp Oven Mate with a LP gas ring if I can't have a wood fire. I'll admit it's getting harder with a lot of camping sites / National Parks banning "solid fuel fires" or the "gathering of firewood" so we bush camp where we can.
A couple of weeks ago we camped on the side of the road at Waiwera west of Broken Hill and it was so cold it froze the water lines in my van, first time that's ever happened to me.
BTW welcome to this site, it's good entertainment both giving and taking !

pd

When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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Reply #2 - Aug 30^th, 2009 at 7:46am

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Welcome Ozkahuna,

There are still plenty of ways to subvert the fire bans and still stay safe and legal... They may not involve coals but still cook well.

Having said that, cooking in the CO without needing the long handled shovel is sort of like trying to laugh without making a noise... The thought is there, but it just aint as satisfying.

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Reply #3 - Aug 30^th, 2009 at 8:15am

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Welcome. Hope you put pictures and details of any Cobb Cooking you do I think although a few of us have Cobbs they are not the preferred way of cooking for most in here.

Like most things its a matter of practice and adjustment to get the results your after IMHO.

Your a youngun to some of us Cheesy

but we should never stop learning I feel.

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Reply #4 - Aug 30^th, 2009 at 9:24am

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ozk, welcome, hope you enjoy the company here.

Don't waste a day, not while your breathing.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWCVbBkd0j0

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Reply #5 - Aug 30^th, 2009 at 10:28pm

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Welcome to the forum mate.
You'll find plenty of fine recipes, yarns and people on here.

ozkahuna wrote on Aug 29^th, 2009 at 7:13pm:

I am a retired cop, please don't hold that against me

I'm a TIRED Cop...and will be soon RETIRED in 2 years 10 months and 11 days. But who's counting..

For those who didn't know....now you do.

Aart

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Reply #6 - Aug 31^st, 2009 at 1:45pm

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G'day Ozk,

It's great to have ya on board. Don't give up on your COs, there's plenty of opportunities for bush camping out there and if you want to be a real desperado like me, you may consider using them for everyday household cooking as well. Cool

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Reply #7 - Sep 1^st, 2009 at 7:54am

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TBF wrote on Aug 30^th, 2009 at 10:28pm:

I'm a TIRED Cop...and will be soon RETIRED in 2 years 10 months and 11 days. But who's counting..

My retirement plan is to retire after I cark it Grin

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Reply #8 - Sep 1^st, 2009 at 9:40am

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Stump Jump wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 7:54am:

TBF wrote on Aug 30^th, 2009 at 10:28pm:

I'm a TIRED Cop...and will be soon RETIRED in 2 years 10 months and 11 days. But who's counting..

My retirement plan is to retire after I cark it Grin

I'm going to ramp up the living a few more notches on retirement.

Aart

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Reply #9 - Sep 1^st, 2009 at 10:04am

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TBF wrote on Sep 1^st, 2009 at 9:40am:

I'm going to ramp up the living a few more notches on retirement.

Good on ya Aart. I reckon if i was in a job like yours for any length of time, then I would be hankering for retirement too.

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