The Dutch Oven

The Dutch Oven is a old version of a frying pan out or roasting pan. The dutch Ovens started production in the 1700s. Dutch ovens ar still used for soldieryy things, like cobblers and roasts. Dutch ovens were make of brass section in the first couple of years that they were made. Then a man by the name of Abraham Darby visited the Netherlands and wanted to watch the the production of the Dutch Oven. When he figured out how to desex the oven he traveled back to England. When he returned home he was trying to find a sort to make a cheaper version of the oven. His creation was made of a more economic metal of cast iron.The Americans found out about these dutch ovens and they brought them into their colonies. The famous patriot Paul Revere was credited with adding the peg legs on the softwoods and the monotonic top lid with a rack that would hold the coals. All of the modeltlers and the colonists that grant moved to america used these pot because of their durability and there versatility. When Lewis and Clark set out on there expositions they took a Dutch Oven with them all the way through the american west. The Dutch oven was one of the m each things that Lewis and Clark brought home with them at the end of there exposition.In the year of 1896 a man by the name of Joseph monastic order founded a company that would make and sell Dutch ovens. This company was located in the state of Tennessee. The name of this company is called Lodge the owner named it after himself. Today the company is sells more dutch ovens than any of the other companys in the world. There was also another company that was founded it was called Le Creuset.Le Creuset was built and constructed in the French town of Fresnoy-le-Grand. This company made Dutch Ovens and cooking supplies like Lodge did. Le Creuset is famous for the very good quality of its iron and for the really good quality of their decorate coatings. Even though the Dutch oven is a older style of pot it is still used today to cook food.