Cast Iron pans
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Wall mart has Ozark Trail 3 Piece Cast Iron Skillet Set on sale for $15.98 I just ordered a set on line.
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All my fry pans are cast iron.The old Griswalds and Wagners though.
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I sure like my Griswalds!
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Re: Cast Iron pans
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I didn't really need any, but figure for that price I can donate them to the Association auction. There are five in the kitchen now.
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Re: Cast Iron pans
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just polish them a bit. they are heavier than the old pans but work every bit as good. cast iron never wears out. buy the best modern no stick skillet you can find and use it for a year. needs tossed out and the cast iron is still getting better from use.
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I take the new cast and run a palm sander in it to smooth it out. Just keep changing to finer paper and it will be as smooth as any ever made.
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Re: Cast Iron pans
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Ozark Trail 5Qt Cast Iron Dutch Oven With Handle Ozark TrailWalmart # 556738964 $17.82
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Did they ever make a cast iron skillet bigger than like 15-16" I have three that size and they are great for fish frys. You can cook a lot of battered items spread out over that big surface like onion rings without them all getting stuck together and you still get the heat holding ability of the cast iron to keep your grease hot. No 14 is the largest Griswold I believe it is around 15 inches across. They are very pricey when you find one. The last no 14 i saw they wanted 750 for.
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Wall mart has Ozark Trail 3 Piece Cast Iron Skillet Set on sale for $15.98 I just ordered a set on line.
I got their big dutch oven with feet a couple months ago for $17. I grabbed it right away thinking it was a typo.
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Had a nice set of pans the wife said they are to heavy so that was the end of that. LOL
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Had a nice set of plans the wife said they are to heavy so that was the end of that. LOL That was the problem with my wife also, so now I move the pans around for her. Still using them. Had a venison steak fried in one last night.
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An old Erie #12 is the biggest pan I have in use. A single burner distributes heat pretty evenly but I think bigger than that it would be a problem. If I need more room I'll use my cast iron griddle.
I can see using a bigger pan for deep frying.
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Had a nice set of plans the wife said they are to heavy so that was the end of that. LOL That was the problem with my wife also, so now I move the pans around for her. Still using them. Had a venison steak fried in one last night. My wife has complained about the same thing. We compromised, we don't use the cast iron sauce pans anymore and but still use the pans and griddle almost daily. Swapped out the iron sauce pans for good quality clad stainless.
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I just bought a cast iron wok. I cook a lot of stir fry and I love it. Weighs a ton but really holds the heat. Found out in my searches that the Swedish make a bunch of high quality cast iron stuff.
Pete lodge ,makes a cast iron wok , no good for tossing the fry have to use wooden spoon to move it around but does heat very well if you don't have any lodge cast iron pizza pans , add that to the Christmas list , we now have 2 wife dropped in to the seconds store in South Pittsburgh TN they work very well on the grill in the summer to do a frozen pizza as well as on home made pizza night we can do 3 big pizzas with our dough recipe it is nice to be able to have 2 on the pizza pan and the 3rd in the #14 skillet and keep them moving in and out of the oven. it only seems like I am cooking for a Platoon it is really just a bunch of teens.
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I've seen/used a 24" "Shore Lunch" skillet, no long handle, just 2 loop handles.
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that grisworh duch over is worth $80.00
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I know a gal that has a Griswold #20 pan that she got from the Mansfield prison. It holds a lot of fried taters, great skillet!
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Our cast iron pan's do not have names on them, we have had them over 50 years.
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Our cast iron pan's do not have names on them, we have had them over 50 years. if the handles have tear drop shaped holes , they are lodge , lodge made a Lot of cast iron for stores that wanted to be able to sell for less unmarked cast iron. stores and distributors would order a run of a certain sized pan with no marking , you can make them faster when you don't have to worry about fill out of every letter when sand casting.
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What makes cast iron so much better ? I guess I never grew up with em
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they dont wear out greg. after 50 years of use stuff just doesnt stick. heat is is a lot more even as well
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they dont wear out greg. after 50 years of use stuff just doesnt stick. heat is is a lot more even as well Thanks danny.
She should stay home and do more cooking like Babe Winkelmans wife did, and let her husband have some peace and quiet.
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some pros of cast iron
ductile iron transfers the heat well to the whole pan making more even cooking surface less hot spot int he center.
the pan holds heat well also
use makes better non stick , you start with seasoning , new pans come factory seasoned.
if at any point you think you really messed it up left food in , ruined the seasoning , you push the reset button by making a good fire and setting the pan in the fire upside down , get it out in the morning , wash it , dry it and start the seasoning over again.
my son has bought me 50 cent mud caked cast iron that looked awful fire , cleaning and seasoning it cooks great. I dug one out of a friends yard and after a fire , a cleaning and a seasoning I gave it back to him ready to use like brand new. he never even knew he had it , apparently his mother fed the cats from it years ago and never brought it in. that was a decade or more ago as that is when he took over the farm.
if your house burns down you collect up your cast iron cook ware re-season it and your back to cooking , probably better if you don't burn your house down but you get the idea
the down side of cast iron , is weight , but if you aren't trying to back pack it that isn't that big of a deal. and don't drop it , it can crack.
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I've always been hesitant about using second-hand cookware, as I can never be sure what the first hand cooked in it. yeah, I agree, I only bought it because it looked like it had never been used.... I can always use it to make ALPO stew and feed the homeless.
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I've always been hesitant about using second-hand cookware, as I can never be sure what the first hand cooked in it. yeah, I agree, I only bought it because it looked like it had never been used.... I can always use it to make ALPO stew and feed the homeless. That's disturbing
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
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