Cast Iron Cookware

[pbilly]

No uniquely ‘cast iron cooking’ stories to share, other than because they are so heavy, and a pain to put away, and because they stay on the stove after cleaning to dry and season, they tend to get used more frequently.

Did a burner-to-oven recipe tonight, and used one for for light frying the other night. The cleaning stuff gets easier with practice.

Philbert

as the pans get more patina they become even easier to clean. mine stay on the stove most of the time. i would hang them on the wall but wife wont let me

 

[dyager]

Unless you break it, cast iron is forever. I’ll never cook in anything else. It’s nice to have old school stuff in this throw away society

 

[pbilly]

yes if there is every a power grid failure you can cook over fire with cast iron

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Brisket baked beans.View attachment 902243

TOL!

(top of the line!)

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Here’s the brisket, not done in cast iron lol.View attachment 902244

looks like you done good!, EG!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Picked up a Lodge Dutch oven at a good price. Thought I was ordering the lid with the handle, and the little bumps on the inside of the lid. But this lid can actually be used as an additional pan, and fits my 10-1/4” skillet, so it’s a set! Pretty smooth on the inside, which is nice.

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Philbert

slick!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Unless you break it, cast iron is forever. I’ll never cook in anything else. It’s nice to have old school stuff in this throw away society

cast iron is nice! but for me, i like my other pans, too. specialized fry pans to copper n stainless, pots, pans, friers... the latter hanging in custom large kitchen pot rack over several Boos blocks... installed many moons ago, DIY. and i am sold on my OXO hd fry pans. small i use for this that, egg, too. but the large... eggs only. and in butter only. the perfect egg fry pan. took many yrs and several tv promises as to this is the pan! ... finally, i caught it on a cooking show test equip segment. like a cold after a long day mowing on hot afternoon... that larger OXO fry pan is awesome!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

speaking of beans.... dogs in a cast iron pan...

 

[Philbert]

A good day at Goodwill. Both Lodge. The woman in front of me walked out with a nice, 6” skillet.

Philbert

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

put up a couple of ham hocks some months ago. freezer. planned to smoke, then use for smoked ham hocks n cabbage. about 2,2.5#s each... got one thawing slowling in other refer, all wrapped up... long, slow thaw. might slow cooker it, but also thinking mite scrub up one of my cast iron pots/DO's with lid... dedust more or less... heat and oil... and put it in oven very low for a long time. maybe up to 18 hours. 175f or lower. maybe on lowest. couple recipes for pork hocks i like...

 

[Philbert]

Picked up a square (9X9) griddle, enameled on the outside, today at Goodwill.




I normally use a 2- burner griddle, but the TV chefs use these a lot, so I thought that I would try it.

No idea what brand, but it cleaned up nice. Used it tonight to grill some vegetables.

Philbert

 

[pbilly]

i have a marking pan like that too its round and i hardly ever use it but a cheff friend of mine uses his all the time and loves it

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

thawed out some boneless pork chop centers over the weekend. were headed to the grill, til thunderstorms arrived in late afternoon. (again!) so some of it got done in my high side cast iron pot, aka high side fry pan. yum

 

[pbilly]

yum

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

yum

thanks! simple approach. center cut boneless chops... cut the edges so have center as a lean medallion... then curl the outer slices. toothpick holds it together. and only seasoning i use is Montreal. set it with back of a spoon. maybe a dash s&p after plated...

yum!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

 

[djg james]

Well....I guess I did it. I needed some pallets because I've got some firewood laying on the ground. I swore I wouldn't let it lay this long. So I went dumpster diving. A lot of new construction going on in a high priced subdivision down the road from me. Several dumpsters around. I found 3 pallets in one and then moved on to another one.
And I found this. A 12" Lodge skillet. Looks like it was only used a couple of times, burnt some food and then pitched it. Some surface rust on it and burnt on crud in the bottom. Should be an easy cleanup. The skillet next to it is a 10". And yes, I'm burning my hash browns . Running around looking for the camera card.

 

[pbilly]

Well....I guess I did it. I needed some pallets because I've got some firewood laying on the ground. I swore I wouldn't let it lay this long. So I went dumpster diving. A lot of new construction going on in a high priced subdivision down the road from me. Several dumpsters around. I found 3 pallets in one and then moved on to another one.
And I found this. A 12" Lodge skillet. Looks like it was only used a couple of times, burnt some food and then pitched it. Some surface rust on it and burnt on crud in the bottom. Should be an easy cleanup. The skillet next to it is a 10". And yes, I'm burning my hash browns . Running around looking for the camera card.

score

 

[pbilly]

i have been looking for a no12 griswold pan that was in decent shape and didnt cost an arm and a leg. I finally found on on ebay and managed to win the auction. yay so excited it is a birthday present to myself. it came the other day and here it is.

im so sad and dissappointed it was broken during shipping.

 

[Stonesforbrains]

i have been looking for a no12 griswold pan that was in decent shape and didnt cost an arm and a leg. I finally found on on ebay and managed to win the auction. yay so excited it is a birthday present to myself. it came the other day and here it is.View attachment 932374im so sad and dissappointed it was broken during shipping.

That is very sad, that pan had such a long life only to be destroyed by shipping. Griswold collecting these days has gotten expensive. Wagner is catching them on price at the places I usually search, if you can find them open these days. Good luck finding another of that size!