Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Welcome to The New Coffee Room. We hope you enjoy your visit.


You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.


Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
Foodie Alert
Topic Started: Jun 19 2017, 06:08 AM (100 Views)
Catseye3
Member Avatar
Fulla-Carp
Decided to reintroduce the cast iron pan into my life, having let it languish for years in a dark corner. Of course it's a mess. In re-educating moiself on the seasoning process, I came across a website that the TNCR ultra foodies might like. You find things there that you don't find everywhere, like how to make rice noodles and how to anesthetize lobsters so they taste better, and other exotic things. Fun browsing if nothing else. http://www.cookingissues.com/

The TNCR grill mavens might lose their minds here: http://www.cookingissues.com/index.html%3Fp=5885.html

And even if you think you know it all about cast iron, here's an uebergeek blog that might hold new information for you, including a neat trick for locating your pan's hotspots: http://www.cookingissues.com/2010/02/16/heavy-metal-the-science-of-cast-iron-cooking/

Chocolate doesn't ask silly questions. Chocolate understands.
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
George K
Member Avatar
Finally
Thanks, Cats. I use my cast iron for as much as I can, and I love it. The only thing I don't use it for is eggs, and that's because it's too big. I have a smaller one that languishes in a drawer, but the big one is always on top of the stove ready for whatever task.

As far as cleaning it, I've become a lot less fastidious about it. As Jolly (or was it Mik?) said in a thread about my ridged grill skillet, you'll never get it completely clean, but don't worry about it. If you cook the food properly, nothing can survive the heat. A quick scour under water with a piece of chain mail, or with a paper towel and sea salt (as the abrasive) does the job.

The more you use, the better it gets, and I've had this one for 15 years or so. It's never seen soap, and never will.
A guide to GKSR: Click

"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... "
- Mik, 6/14/08


Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles.
- Klaus, 4/29/18
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Catseye3
Member Avatar
Fulla-Carp
George, I meant to specifically point you to this gizmo too, even though you don't grill outdoors (I don't think?) because you cook beef stovetop a lot: http://www.cookingissues.com/index.html%3Fp=5885.html
Chocolate doesn't ask silly questions. Chocolate understands.
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Catseye3
Member Avatar
Fulla-Carp
Quote:
 
The only thing I don't use it for is eggs, ...


I wouldn't, anyway. I think you wouldn't want so much heat and monster cook power for something as delicate as eggs.
Chocolate doesn't ask silly questions. Chocolate understands.
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Mikhailoh
Member Avatar
If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
I, on the other hand, DO know all there is to know about cast iron pans. ^_^
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Catseye3
Member Avatar
Fulla-Carp
Mikhailoh
Jun 19 2017, 06:42 AM
I, on the other hand, DO know all there is to know about cast iron pans. ^_^


Fine, be that way.

Posted Image
Chocolate doesn't ask silly questions. Chocolate understands.
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Mikhailoh
Member Avatar
If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
I know all there is to know about that too. :lol2:
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Jolly
Member Avatar
Geaux Tigers!
Always choose the right tool for the job. I'm looking at my wife's skillet rack and I see 4 tri-plies, 6 cast irons, 1 steel and two commercial teflon coated.

I've been helping clean out my buddy's house for his son, and he has some cast iron to drool over. At one time, the son's grandpa ran a logging crew, back in the days when they pitched camp and lived in the woods. All the camp cast iron is stored in the house. We're talking 20" skillets, 5 gallon dutch ovens and several assorted smaller pieces. When you're cooking for 10-15 hungry loggers, you need big stuff. It's pretty impractical now, unless you're cooking for a barn building...
The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
brenda
Member Avatar
..............
Jolly
Jun 19 2017, 03:17 PM
Always choose the right tool for the job. I'm looking at my wife's skillet rack and I see 4 tri-plies, 6 cast irons, 1 steel and two commercial teflon coated.

I've been helping clean out my buddy's house for his son, and he has some cast iron to drool over. At one time, the son's grandpa ran a logging crew, back in the days when they pitched camp and lived in the woods. All the camp cast iron is stored in the house. We're talking 20" skillets, 5 gallon dutch ovens and several assorted smaller pieces. When you're cooking for 10-15 hungry loggers, you need big stuff. It's pretty impractical now, unless you're cooking for a barn building...
... or for the Jolly crew. You have some big family gatherings that could use some big cookware.
“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
~A.A. Milne
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Jolly
Member Avatar
Geaux Tigers!
brenda
Jun 19 2017, 03:20 PM
Jolly
Jun 19 2017, 03:17 PM
Always choose the right tool for the job. I'm looking at my wife's skillet rack and I see 4 tri-plies, 6 cast irons, 1 steel and two commercial teflon coated.

I've been helping clean out my buddy's house for his son, and he has some cast iron to drool over. At one time, the son's grandpa ran a logging crew, back in the days when they pitched camp and lived in the woods. All the camp cast iron is stored in the house. We're talking 20" skillets, 5 gallon dutch ovens and several assorted smaller pieces. When you're cooking for 10-15 hungry loggers, you need big stuff. It's pretty impractical now, unless you're cooking for a barn building...
... or for the Jolly crew. You have some big family gatherings that could use some big cookware.
Not stuff that big.

Funny how the conversation has turned...The wife is cooking for a funeral right now. She's going to bake a ham, do a large sweet potato casserole, about a gallon of snap beans (stuff we put up last year) with some new potatoes from the garden. She's cheating on the bread and doing bought stuff.

I figure that will feed 20-25 normal folks. Even with that, we wouldn't be using that kind of big stuff.
The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
« Previous Topic · The New Coffee Room · Next Topic »
Add Reply