Thread: Cast iron?

We did homemade Manicotti the other night Roy, didn't really NEED the new DO for making a sauce for just Shan and I but heck it worked great

I did some fast calculations over the last 4 years of dumping the Analon Bronze set and bolstering the Iron and Steel

We added Multiple Cast Iron pieces, started with 2 and went to 16, 4 different Carbon Steel Skillets, plus a set of Stainless Steel pots and pans from Revereware and I think we finally matched what we paid for that one set of Analon that only lasted 8 years..

I understand that it is "healthier", but I'll leave that to the science guys, what i do know is the food sure seems to taste better.

I have found that it is much like SR's I keep saying "I only need one more pan then I will be done" :P

A little dirty rice in the dutch oven.

Love the handle cover. Wouldn't last long with the wife, before it was a blaze.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I will tell you that my father and two of his sisters told me that to cook chicken like my granny did you needed to #1 use lard and a lot of it/at least 1/2 way up the chicken. #2 season the chicken AND the flour with salt and pepper. #3 when the chicken was close to being done, remove it from the fat and put in a pan in the oven at 350 degs to finish cooking.

Exactly the way I was taught.

a quick cast iron breakfast for lunch... Ham & Cheese Omelette on a Griswold Griddle pan...

...there's no sticking in cast iron cooking!

I know what you mean about the no sticking. I fried some eggs in my Griswold this morning and it is ridiculous how slick that pan is.

I haven't used a teflon pan in a little while, but I don't remember eggs sliding around as easily in one of those.

A little fried chicken in the cast iron.

These last weeks I've done the following recipes in my cast iron:

1. Fried chicken
2. Dirty rice
3. Seafood gumbo
4. Beef bourginon

...next week it needs to be simple. Some burgers or something.

found this Wagner Ware at a thrift store, $5


3-4 weeks in the lye bath


3 rounds of buzzy waxx later...


i couldn't get that one spot off on the back side but i'm still happy with results!

Nice score! Wagner made some good iron.

Ham and Beans, and some cornbread.

I'm sure most of you have seen Blazing Saddles...