Izzy, I was fascinated watching Ed. I remember thinking that he was in trouble when he cooked up all those fish in the dutch oven on the first night instead of eating one or two and smoking the rest. I haven't watched it in a while though, so I'm going to spin it up again. Thanks for the reminder about it!

Here's a link to Part One for anyone who hasn't seen it:

Alone in the Wild Pt.1

EDIT: watching episode 1 now. I forgot how overwhelmed he seemed to be from the moment his boots hit the ground.

I love good food when I'm in the bush, and have produced many a mouth-watering meal with my Dutch oven, but I'd never hump it in my pack.

Tip for my fellow cast iron lovers, I've got a tiny cast iron skillet that I take sometimes. I use it for bannock, bacon, etc... It's a lot smaller and lighter than a Dutch oven. That said, I don't take it on long backpacking trips very often because even it is just too darned heavy.