Dutch Oven Cook-off, May 8, 2015. A dutch oven is a large cast-iron pot that is heated with coals placed both below and on the cover, and has been a staple of river cooking forever. The Dutch Oven Cook-off segment of the annual Rio Grande Rendezvous provided some very good eating! The winning dinner was a completely authentic paella. The rice was flavored with saffron (without which no dish can be called paella) and was topped with mussels. Bravo to the cook, a kayaker participant by the name of Chad, from Santa Fe. Congrats to John Seiner, of Kokopelli Rafting Adventures, for organizing the Rio Grande Rendezvous, and thanks to our BLM partners for the use of the group shelter at the Rio Bravo campsite, in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Stay tuned for additional posts from this year’s Rendezvous.
The Dutch Oven Cook-off contestants
The food was soooo good, and went quick
Former NWR guides Shannon and Paul Allen and their kids
Only the beans went unfinished
Our geologist presenter, Paul Bauer, was fashionably late to dinner and was obliged to eat, you guessed it, beans
Kathy Miller, Pres. of NWRCo, took home two ribbons!
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