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Alison
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Posted: Jan 23 2010 at 5:57pm | IP Logged Quote Alison
I am wanting to buy a new casserole dish and I'm thinking a dutch oven is what I've been seeing in the shops here for this purpose.(think cast iron bright red outside and coated inside...and really really heavy ...empty!) So would I be right the terms are synonymous in the states?

I'm looking for the kind of item that you can cook a beef/chicken casserole recipie in the oven instead of using the slow cooker which we also have but I find doesn't cook things as "tenderly" as it used to do.

We had a Pyrex casserole dish(3litre capacity)but it cracked one day in the oven so I am wary of buying another could I even find one and china of any sort seem hard to find.
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Posted: Jan 23 2010 at 8:32pm | IP Logged Quote stellamaris
I don't know what your budget is, but when I was married I was given a Le Creuset oval dutch oven. I have been married nearly 30 years, and this oven is still one of my favorite cooking dishes. It works fabulously as a slow cooker. I do add a little more liquid than I would use in our crock-pot, but I think it produces a more tender meat. Right now I do not even have a slow cooker, just this dutch oven. I set the oven at 300 degrees F for "high" and 250 degrees F for the "low" slow-cooker settings and I can basically do any slow-cooker recipe in it. It is large enough to roast a whole chicken or a substantial cut of meat. It is enamel coated, so I know we're not getting lead in our food. It is very heavy, but I think that helps distribute the heat evenly and it is extremely durable. I love it!

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