Quote Originally Posted by Grazor View Post
Haven't tried clarified butter but I will, and I don't rinse them. Have tried that and they seem to lose quite a bit of flavour. I grate them and then squeeze out as much moisture and starch as possible in a clean tea towel or cheese cloth. Onion, plenty of fresh ground pepper, a bit of salt. Yum yum.

Was hunting for something completely different when I spied these out the back of the local op shop.

Not bad for 50 cents each. The one on the left is a no name and pretty rough cast, might try re-surface it when I get time. The one on the right is made in Taiwan, and actually pretty well made. Has been milled, and cleaned up very nice with a bit of wet and dry. Didn't have any olive oil left, so used rice bran oil to season. Hmm, not sure. Doesn't look quite right but will persist and see how it goes. If not, will strip again.
Graeme, does the handle on the left unscrew? Just wondering as I've never seen a cast iron pan with a handle like that.