Cast iron pans
 

Anyone use these? I just refurbished a set that I had and I love them. A little heavy, but I think they are the cat's meow. How about it?

i youse them every day

I have a 12" cast iron skillet that I use often. It distributes the heat quite evenly (I guess that's what they're supposed to do) and has developed a nice carbon-coating making it virtually non-stick (although I still use a small amount of fat when cooking potentially sticky items - e.g., biscuits).

I use cast iron pans quite often. Heavy, yes, but they do a great job.

I got a full set/skillets/pots and dutch ovens. They were given to me by a ole rancher we usta hunt on in Texas. They were 100 years old then!!!!! Do not soap em.....re season with lard or unsalted pork rind ever so often n put in a low oven for a couple of hours!I would not part with em!
Dan

Cast Iron
 

We have quite a few cast iron(known as Arn) We have a few Griswolds that stay on the stove. Momma cleans 'em ever now and then.. But she gets 'em clean then uses a little lard on 'em and puts 'em on the wood stove to make 'em right. I think Dan has the right way to season 'em..but momma likes to do it "her way":)..It's what her daddy taught her. I like cookin chile in the cast arn dutch over pot. Works good. Had some yesterday. But I didn't have no corn bread.. Like it cooked in a cast arn pan too.

A cast iron Dutch oven is the only way to cook biscuits.

Absolutely the best way to cook. We use an old well-seasoned cast iron skillet and have a couple of newer dutch ovens. Good corn bread must be cooked in a cast iron skillet or dutch oven (with no sugar!).

Mike

THOSE GRIZWOLDS are COLLECTOR items now...dont part with em...

When my mother died she had my grandmother's dutch oven and about a dozen or so cast pieces. That dutch oven makes the best pot roast, brown the roast, a little seasoning and water and in the oven it goes with the lid on. She also has my grandmother's low side biscuit cast pan. I have eaten a many a great meal from those pans.
Best,
Ed