I would love to learn that process of using clay pots as oven.

So would I.

Yes! Make a video and share with us!

Hello Uncle Al

Me too! Would really appreciate learning how to use clay pots!!

Nice 👍

I like to make cornbread on top of my crockpot chili now and again. It's excellent!

Good tip.

It's good baked over thick chili too.

Sounds good... in essence a Tamale Pie.

Have you ever tried making it with dry eggs and dry milk?

After spending 3/4 century in NC, born on a share-cropper farm, please let me reassure you that dogs were fed more than cornbread by poor folks. There's a fable that goes around about why fried bits of corn pone are called hushpuppies. It was thrown to them to keep them quiet. Responsible of owners took care of their dogs, as best they could, which means that dogs got more than cornmeal & some grease. Our dogs were fed, just like our chickens and pigs were fed with a variety of foods/feeds. Often in the case of dogs, they ate as good as we did. Our dogs loved Mama's biscuits, too. :-) All sorts of foods were cooked for the dogs as as raw meat, when available. I know, nutrition for pets is looked at much differently today. I'm just telling you what responsible poor folks did when I was growing up. As to vets, poor people have to make a choice between caring for the people in the family or pets. While my father did call in a vet, from time to time, he also had to make the hard decision to put down a much beloved animal because he didn't have the money to do otherwise. Nor could he justify the expense based on what else had to be given up to pay the bill.

Wondered where that name came from. Thanks😀

@@oldtimerlee8820 In Roanoke Rapids, people are very poor in the thirty’s thru the fifties, My father had to work at age 12 to buy jeans.(1942j. Dirt poor farmers all over . Cotton mill paid little. My Dad left town for the Air Force.(1951). Sending money to feed his parents every month. In this town,dogs were lucky to eat. And I worked the fields as I got older in N.C.(1966)) Cutting corn for the pigs or digging potatoes with a mule. Have a Great Day.

@@charlieporch3181 Quote: "In this town,dogs were lucky to eat." I can't speak for Halifax County. In my rural county in central NC, most people who couldn't adequately feed dogs, didn't keep them. BTW.... My parents lived through the Great Depression. I was born before the end of WWII. Spent my time in the fields as soon as I became old enough to use a hoe. Remember well, the days of using mules, especially when harvesting tobacco and hauling wood from the woods. One of my chores was to feed them every afternoon, along with our cow. We could probably compare notes on many topics. Hope you have a nice evening, as well.

I have cooked this same corn bread in a cast iron skillet on top burner. Very low. But rises and taste great out camping😀

I just got a camp stove, a glass 10, I believe

I like mine slathered in real butter . If I want sweet I add some jam on top.

That's old fashioned Johnny cake's , aka hoe cake's

Wasn't that called corn pone? My grandma used to make corn pone and we'd put milk over. Yummy. I love sweet "Yankee" cornbread. When I moved south, they rarely add sugar, but I always do add to mine.

I use bacon fat😋

Yea! You make yours like I make mine. I grew up in Texas.....and we NEVER put sugar in our cornbread! ;-)

Try adding a bit of cream style corn. Keep in mind the liquid portion and make adjustments accordingly with the milk.

I found an accessory set of cookware for an electric toaster oven that fits my Colman oven. Also found a pizza stone for it. Thanks for the idea of drained corn. I can't use Jiffy Mix (sigh) because of the sodium. Need to experiment with some DIY lower sodium versions. I'll add your corn comment to whatever I come up with. Thanks!!!

You can also add an extra egg n little more baking powder. Fluffys it up too

Kristy if you can cook you should come to the U.S. you’d be in high demand........

I like molasses in my mix

@@coloradopackratprepper Thanks for the tip 🙂

@@jasoninva7356 Haha Hey Jason.. Fancy seeing you here 😁 Thanks for the tip.. Ill give it a shot with half the mix 👍🏻

Lucky brat ! Hee Hee Hee.

@@garycates9911 LOL. I'm the only one who ever camped so he gave me all his old camping equipment when he got too old to use it.

@@marybethsmith6458 You could be rich !!! Sell that old delapadated oven .

Rebecca Stanley you better remember that city gas does not mater if we go into a shtf the gas is not giving to flow I don’t care where you are the pump compressors will not be working lmao

Gavin Church That’s not a very nice comment. What does shft mean? My thought is if nothing is working and it’s that bad we will all be looking to end our lives not cooking.

Gavin Church when we do not have power we still have gas flowing, little man.

Rebecca, interesting replies to your comment. :-) Yes, a lot of folks don't realize that a covered grill makes a great oven. Bake the Thanksgiving turkey in the grill and the pumpkin pies in the kitchen oven at the same time. I don't live near a gas line. Over the years, we've converted our "Totally Electric" home over to propane. Love our 6 burner gas stove. Sure makes canning easier. Switched our furnace to propane & plan to do the same thing when we have to replace our water heater. Haven't hooked our propane grill into the house gas line because I like the move ability. And, I like having 20 lb propane cylinders as a backup. Plus, I use them with our Camp Chef stove for waterbath canning on the backporch, in the summer. As to Gavin's comment, SHTF - polite meaning: When Stuff Hits The Fan. Yes, it means that in some disaster situations *natural gas will not be flowing.* Definitely not something that people would laugh about. Yes, it can happen. Earthquakes can take out the pipeline that services your area. Tornadoes can take out above ground lines. Floods can do the same. How many lines cross the Mississippi? Fire that destroys some facility infrastructure along the route to your home. Same thing if applicable high transmission power lines and/or substations are destroyed by hurricane, or the other natural disasters mentioned. *We can put alternative cooking methods in place.* What we do, depends on where we are and our budget. An easy and cheap one is to make an alcohol stove from a Fancy Feast cat food can. Store a bottle of 70% iso alcohol and a BIC lighter. Easy to heat a can of soup. (There are many other ways to start a fire, as well.) A brass Trangia alcohol stove is inexpensive,if you don't want to DIY. Other options: * Campfire in the backyard - Cowboy cooking style or for stealth & fuel conservation a Dakota Fire pit. * Colman (or equivalent) Camp stoves and either liquid or propane fuel * Rocket Stove (wood) - I chose the SilverFire Survivor because I can cook and pressure can food on it. * Cast Iron Box Stove - I have a castiron wood burning box stove in my shop that has 2 burners. * Hobo stove made from a food can, uses wood. * Sterno Stove with stored fuel * Butane Stove with stored fuel * Fondue pot with burner & chafing fuel * Esbit style folding stove with fuel tabs and/or tea light candles * Solar: I have a vintage 3 burner kerosene cook stove & and stored fuel. Many folks have DIY or purchased Solar Cookers that only need the sun to cook everything from soup to nuts. * Charcoal Grill with stored briquettes, lump and the potential to use DIY charcoal. * Separate propane grill with stored 20 lb or larger tanks . (I have 2 l00-lb in addition to 20 lb. ones) I don't know if a burner (or orifice) change is needed if you switch your grill from natural gas to propane. BTW, Some of the stoves, mentioned above, can use wood pellets, usually available at places like Tractor Supply. Being self-reliant and independent means we will look toward to overcoming whatever the situation may be, which includes cooking to give us the strength to do so. The more we prepare, to the extent we can, the more we take, even the thought of the unthinkable off of our "option" list. Do think about alternative means to heat a can of soup, if natural gas is no longer available for whatever reason.

@@Bex-rg8pj shtf= sh t (poop) hits the fan. Eotwawki= end of the world as we know it.

Mines 2!!!

They go in and out of availability on Amazon.

I found one in a second hand store two summers ago. They are all wool and a yard wide ! Money very well spent.

Camp Chef makes an oven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes...but your comparing a $30 product vs a $240 dollar product

I love my camp chef oven/burner combo! I’ve had it for years and used it camping, at relay for life and other charity events. This is a must have for prepping as far as I’m concerned! But, having said that...this Coleman option is much more portable.

DFRANCK2001, depends on how you want to use it and if the expense can be justified. I bought a used 4 burner w/oven RV stove from a salvage yard for a few bucks. Used it in a DIY camper. I achieved the same function with a thrift store propane Colman Camp stove and a new Colman oven for less than $50. And, what's more important to me I can also use that Colman oven over our SilverFire Survivor wood fired rocket stove, the castiron woodstove in my shop, propane side burner on my BBQ grill and more heat sources. Including a Colman vintage 3 burner camp fuel burning stove. *Oven plus 2 burners.* Haven't tried to roast a turkey breast. Small one may fit. (?) The Colman will handle a Cornish hen, maybe 2 (?) and a small chicken. Can do a pork roast, sweet potatoes, coconut pie, biscuits and even pizza with the stone I bought for it. I keep my Colman oven in the original box, so I can tuck it into a cabinet or a camping tote between uses. The electric toaster oven accessories that I bought for it are still useful when the Colman is in its box. Again, with either the Camp Chef or the Colman, *value* depends on how you want to use them, along with cost vs benefit derived. Each has their own set of pros & cons.

My local Walmart still has them at $.49 & $.54 for the veterinarian version, this morning.

@@oldtimerlee8820 good for you!!

I have 2 boxes of Duncan Hines pineapple cake mix that are best before April 2018. I was just going to throw them out. Are they ok to use??

@@bettyboo8214 I'd go ahead and open them and at least smell them. The box I used smelled perfectly fine. I baked it and the kids loved it.

I would use it as long as it smells good. Maybe a little baking powder put in extra. I use my older mixes for dump cake dessert. Works great.

rockn I honestly couldn’t tell you. Just started storing the cornbread mix this spring

My guess in glass 5 years safely flour in Mylar can last for about that long I have read sometimes longer all depends on moisture too

Floreypottery I would say that’s probably pretty close.

Bryan Bellar all depends on what is in the mix some mixes they say can grow bad things but corn meal is pretty safe as long as it stays dry

Try going on line direct to Coleman

@@elizabethslavens7977 ooh good idea. Thanks 👍

Don't give up. I have one and it is , in a hot sort of way , very cool !