Thread: Cast iron?

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

A grilled cheese cooked in bacon fat? Sounds awesome. I have to try it.

Remember to have the fried bacon on the Inside also!

Originally Posted by MW76

I was able to minimize the redness by using cold water and drying them quickly on a burner. Definitely going to start seasoning them tonight or tomorrow. Dare i ask what oil folks use? It seems like that debate could go on forever. I have EVOO but i might pick up some Crisco. I got a big ol' tub of lard in the fridge as well. I dont throw out bacon grease. I cook my eggs in it, and a grilled cheese with bacon fat instead of butter is almost so good it's a sin.

I have used lard, peanut, and coconut oil; (basically whatever is around) all have worked about the same to my recollection.

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

A grilled cheese cooked in bacon fat? Sounds awesome. I have to try it.

Popcorn popped with bacon grease! Yum!

Any oil with a higher smoke temperature will do for seasoning.
I use Crisco for the most part.


And I NEED to make a grilled cheese with bacon grease right now!!! Thanks for the idea

Tom, you sir are evil, I will also have to make popcorn before supper as well
Thanks my friends

My grandmother would cut off a hunk of cheddar, toss it in the frying pan right after the bacon came out...
Pretty quick with a spatula, out of the pan and right on top of a halved biscut.
Oh MY!

Now that sounds amazing, good thing I don't worry about my waist line

Oh man.. that does sound awesome.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Popcorn popped with bacon grease! Yum!

So says my daughter-in-law. It is the way her mom made popcorn.

2 coats done on the seasoning gents. Forgot to take a pic in between but they are back in the oven and starting to look very nice. Lard melting in a CI pan is a beautiful thing.

My son moved into his first apartment last year. For Christmas I gave him my 10" skillet that I had used nearly every day for over 20 years. That thing is so smooth you could melt plastic on it and it wouldn't stick. I have a second one that I have been working on for a few years, and can give to my daughter in a few more when it's her turn. It should be close enough by then.