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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaNuts
the common thread is OIL/BAKE it once it is clean to put that protective oil barrier on the metal.
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What a bunch of nonsense. It's like you guys are trying to protect Americana, history.
What you're jumping through your butts to do is replicate TEFLON.
Just buy what your needs require and quit trying to be efficient pioneers with your grandmothers skillets. It'll be a lot less weight in the ol'
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It is quite obvious from you comment that you have NEVER cooked with a good WAGNER or GRISWOLD cast-iron skillet!!!!!
TEFLON indeed!!!!!! 
Go to an antique store and see what you have to pay for a GRISWOLD.
Barry
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
Go to an antique store and see what you have to pay for a GRISWOLD.
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Oh, Barry....Poooleeeeze. Go to an antique store and see what you have to pay for a Ford Fairlane 500. Excellent in it's day but, the sun has set on
those relics.
It's a new day with TEFLON and F-150s and the George Foreman Grill.
Forwarrrrrd....March.
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desertcpl
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you guys are funny,, but thanks for the input,, i will try the steel wool and the oven and oil.
Teflon, LOL
that would be like buying salsa from New York city
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by desertcpl
salsa from New York city |
YUMMYUMMYUMMY
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durrelllrobert
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Just buy what your needs require and quit trying to be efficient pioneers with your grandmothers skillets. It'll be a lot less weight in the ol'
covered wagon. |
Not to highjack this topic but when the wagon trains headed west and the chuck
wagon hit a hole and lost a cast iron pot or more, the cook would proclaim "that was a one (or more) pot hole" and we still use that
terminology today
Bob Durrell
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
Not to highjack this topic but when the wagon trains headed west and the chuck wagon hit a hole and lost a cast iron pot or more, the cook would
proclaim "that was a one (or more) pot hole" and we still use that terminology today |
Is that true or did you make that up? I know your mind works in mysterious ways.
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BajaNuts
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by desertcpl
salsa from New York city |
YUMMYUMMYUMMY |
DENNIS!
No Sauce For You!
from- the Sauce N-zi
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bajalera
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I keep waiting for Alton Brown to chime in here with something thoughtful.
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalera
I keep waiting for Alton Brown to chime in here with something thoughtful. |
You're grave digging, Lera.
Oh..That's what you do...huh. Look into the past, record and write about it. 
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
Not to highjack this topic but when the wagon trains headed west and the chuck wagon hit a hole and lost a cast iron pot or more, the cook would
proclaim "that was a one (or more) pot hole" and we still use that terminology today |
Is that true or did you make that up? I know your mind works in mysterious ways. |
Maybe that's where that 3rd L comes in.
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Mexicorn
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When cooking fish should I use cast Iron or Teflon?
Where can I buy two cast iron skillets at a reasonable preice?
[Edited on 11-3-2009 by Mexicorn]
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BajaNuts
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thrift stores, camping supply stores, garage sales are the best for good pricing.
If you're not a thrift store/garage sale shopper, ask a friend who is one to keep an eye out for you. And make sure they know what size you want.
Something simple like...1 1/2 hand spans (about 12") or one hand length from wrist to finger-tips (about 6")
lots of places online, but watch the prices and shipping charges.
[Edited on 11-3-2009 by BajaNuts]
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexicorn
When cooking fish should I use cast Iron or Teflon?
Where can I buy two cast iron skillets at a reasonable preice?
[Edited on 11-3-2009 by Mexicorn] |
Depends completely on the method of cooking you choose.
Basically, I use cast iron when I want to use high temps for putting a char to foods or using it for a "shallow" deep fryer . Teflon should never be
used at high temps. Really, the only thing I use teflon for is eggs.
I would avoid the Lodge brand of cast iron that is so prevalent these days. They are very thin. I have cracked two of them while blackening fish. I am
currently using a 20 year old Benjamin Medwin 11.5 inch and am very happy with it. Much heavier and stronger than the Lodges I have owned but the BMs
may be much different now as they are (like EVERYTHING) made in China.
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mulegejim
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Didn't see it mentioned but one of the best things to bake in a cast iron skillet is pineapple upside cake. Nothing else I have tried has ever worked
as well.
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mulegejim
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Oops, forgot to mention that I have had good results using rather fine wet and dry sand paper (400-600) and water to clean rust from cast iron. Just
follow up with whatever seasoning method you prefer.
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oldgringo
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Cast Iron Pans
I recently purchased two pre-seasoned frying pans and I still washed them warm water, dried them, rubbed them with crisco and cured them in an oven at
approximately 425 degrees F. Why, because they still had a sticking problem...now they still do; but a lot less. After use, I rub them with paper
towel and apply a light coating of olive oil; inside and out...no corrosion.
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Gypsy Jan
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Le Creuset
French (Oh My!) porcelain covered cast iron pots that will last your lifetime and be a bequest to your favorite children.
I used to have a twelve inch Waterford cast iron saute skillet that I picked up for 25 cents at a swap meet, but the surface was so corroded, that
even sandblasting couldn't fix it. Because the rosewood handle was so beautiful, I dragged it from place to place for years, but I finally gave it
away to charity.
Current inventory: Le Creuset six quart dutch oven and a two quart pot with a six inch saute pan lid. Additionally, a Griswold 8 inch pan, and two
no-name twelve and fourteen inch pans that are at least eighty years old that I know of because they are family heirlooms.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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BajaNuts
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Among my favs are a -
CHICKEN PAN 8 1034
that's all it says in the bottom. And the lid has 1035 stamped into it also. No other brand name or anything. just double checked and yes, it is
1034 and 1035.....anyone know what that is all about? Maybe a cast or model number?
and a Griswold stove top waffle iron. It has the support ring and the iron which you have to flip halfway through the waffle bake time.
Except I'm jealous of my mom....my waffle iron only makes a round waffle divided into 4 quarters. My mom has one that makes 5 heart-shaped waffles.
guess what's on my inheritance "dibs" list
Those French porcelain-covered ones sound cool! I'll be keeping my eye out for those now~
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Gypsy Jan
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Heart Shaped Waffles!
With maybe butter and maple syrup?
Uhmm, so what do I have do to do to get an invite?
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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BajaNuts
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GJ- OH YEAH!
Maple or homemade apple or pear syrup........
well, it's a standing invitation GJ, but I have no idea when it might be fulfilled........
(it's that whole inheritance thing.....not sure when it might come about.....)
But there's always plan B.....
my Mom is always up for sharing with friends and friends-of-friends.....
I remember so many holiday dinners with unknown stragglers my college-age brothers would bring home. Anyone who couldn't get home for Thanksgiving or
Christmas would get dragged over to our place. A former boyfriend of mine was in the military and he often brought friends along.
If you're up in the area, I can get it arranged.......
Heart-shaped waffles with made from scratch waffle batter and homemade pear syrup.......
and REAL BUTTER!!!!!!!
UH-OH! hope I didn't just set up my mom for a never-ending stream of Nomads looking for waffles..........
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