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Originally Posted by rusty_tlc
Slow cooked Pot roast:
A chuck roast large enough to feed everyone, about 1/2# per person.
Potatoes, carrots, onions, celery stalks, one each per person.
One can of stewed tomatoes.
A bay leaf or two, salt & pepper.
Throw it all in the oven. peel the vegies if you like or just scrub them good. You can cut them up to, or not.
Find a gravely dry creek bed, dig a hole about twice the size of the dutch oven. Put a couple of shovels of hot coals from the fire in the bottom, put the oven in, fill the top with coals. Fill the hole with gravel. Go for a hike, or fishing, or whatever. This is one of those things that is hard to over cook but give it at least three hours to be done. A whole lot less work than fussing with store bought charcoal for a meal that takes a long time to cook.
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We used to do this when I was doing field work for the FS in the Sierra; Set it up in the morning, go off to work, come back to a delicious meal!
Very timely post, I don't have one of my own, but it's on my list for this season, and I was going to ask the collective wisdom for recommendations!
