Thread: Cast iron?

Cast iron is all we use at home. My wife is developing a collection of Lodge skillets.

So the lodge is pretty bad like someone never knew how to clean it or season it. Probably 1/16 inch of gunk on the bottom.
Not pitted though and smooth.
Has anyone tried the 50/50 vinegar and water method to strip before?

Originally Posted by Grazor

So the lodge is pretty bad like someone never knew how to clean it or season it. Probably 1/16 inch of gunk on the bottom.
Not pitted though and smooth.
Has anyone tried the 50/50 vinegar and water method to strip before?

Never tried the vinegar/water mixture.

I've used a lye/water bath with good success, Benz uses a service to Soda Blast old pieces with lots of build up.

It usually only takes about a week to 10 days for my acid bath to clean up a really bad piece. I only use the acid bath for cooking cast iron.

Tortilla pie experiment with a lot of leftovers mixed in.

Letting it cool to see how it tastes.

Originally Posted by 32t

Tortilla pie experiment with a lot of leftovers mixed in.

Letting it cool to see how it tastes.

Something like a Flour or Corn Tortilla Lasagna? Just wondering.

Whipped up a batch of cornbread, for ham n bean soup.

Personally, I won't make cornbread any other way. That goes for pineapple upsidedown cake, too.

A flour tortilla Lasagna would be a good description!

Lots of leftovers etc. tossed in.

This batch not in my top ten dinners but a good tasting supper.

Been baking all my bread in a ceramic coated Cast Iron Dutch oven ....the best !

Some of Shan's friends gave us a plethora of fresh Huckleberries and Blueberries so we (Yes WE !!!!) decided to add a CI Pie Pan to the collection

Found this Ceramic one on Amazon shipped for under $30 warmed it up and oiled the rim, all ready for some Pies after the long weekend..

All of my friends know that they can always ask me for help no matter what and that I work for a reasonable 'wage' and that is cold Budweiser

However I've been making an exception for helping my first ex wife clean out her recently deceased older brother's place. It's been quite a chore--I'll confess to being a bit of a pack rat but he had sh*t that you wouldn't believe! Plus I don't think he'd ever dusted, vacuumed etc.

Anyway this is the third day that I've helped clear the house out so it can be sold. Her family has gone up a couple of times that I just couldn't make it but today the ex's husband and I went up to start dragging the crap from the upstairs down and I came home with these as my 'wages'---

The ones on the ends are Griswold and the two center ones are Wagner all of them are in great shape, they just need a bit of cleaning and re-seasoning.





This is an interesting piece as it has the 'Hammered Finish' on the lid and the sides of the Dutch and the inside of the pot is smooth as glass (the one spot with the gunk might be full of pock marks but I'll find out after the lye bath.



The inside of the lid doesn't look like it has ever been used--BUT--the bottom has been used and there's a build up of some kind of crud that I'm hoping that a week to 10 days in an lye bath will remove.

I tried to get some decent pics but failed---I'll try to get some help to hold it so I can show it better.

The bottom was a bit rusty and I didn't see any castings marks so I used a wire wheel to clean it up a bit and there are no marking so I don't have a clue who made the Dutch Oven.

All in all I'm very pleased with my days wages. Some of the pieces are duplicate sizes of what I already have but in more well known vintage names and others are new additions in sizes I don't have.

Through the years I've found that if at all possible it's always nice to stay friends with people who are part of your life.