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A black, bare cast iron Lodge 5-Quart Double Dutch Oven on a wooden kitchen counter, specifically configured upside-down so the shallow skillet-lid serves as the base holding a scored, raw sourdough boule, while the deep 5-quart pot hovers above to act as the heavy thermal cover.

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