Does anyone use their cast iron at home?

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Postby SaGR » Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:15 pm

Let's see, I have 3 skillets - 6", 9" and a 12" I use routinely at home. The 12" is seasoned well enough I can even make pancakes without them sticking! I also have a griddle that fits my Coleman perfect though I mostly use it over campfires.

I got a new camping kit from the inlaws for my b-day that has a nice mix of stuff. http://www.campingworld.com/browse/skus ... 2&src=SRQB

The CW kit isn't too bad (especially for the money! I got it for free and it actually costs $49 new with the wooden transport case). Quality is fairly good, I'd say pretty near Lodge but not as good as Griswold.

The only gripe I have with the CW set is the DO doesn't have legs. I just use the trivet for the bottom support. I saw one here not long ago that was horseshoes welded together and will probably have one like that made.

I love my cast iron overall.
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Postby Joseph » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:24 am

SaGR wrote:I love my cast iron overall.

Interesting. Does it button or zip? :lol:

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Postby SaGR » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:56 am

Zips :lol: A zip up comment from a man that eats haggis... 8)

Actually there's another cool thing with the CW cast iron - each comes with it's own zip up case.

I had to say overall because the only downfall has already been pointed out - weight.
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Postby Joseph » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:29 am

SaGR wrote:A zip up comment from a man that eats haggis... 8)

Aye. An' yer point would be...? :lol:

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Postby SaGR » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:38 am

'cause the one time I ate haggis I had wished I had zip jeans instead of button fly... :cry: I was sick for days...
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Postby Joseph » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:31 am

SaGR wrote:'cause the one time I ate haggis I had wished I had zip jeans instead of button fly... :cry: I was sick for days...
Sorry to hear that - I was afraid you were going for the "Why do Highlanders wear kilts" joke...

One trick about haggis - you have to cook the lungs separately and leave the trachea ouside the pot. Gets rid of a lot of nasty stuff that the lungs collect.

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Postby SaGR » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:49 am

Heh, well either way the taste wasn't for me. :-) I'll let you have my share!
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Postby Joseph » Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:58 pm

SaGR wrote:Heh, well either way the taste wasn't for me. :-) I'll let you have my share!

More for me! :banana: :banana: :banana:

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Re: Does anyone use their cast iron at home?

Postby pauld3 » Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:40 pm

Joseph wrote:I have two skillets - a 10" omelet pan (unmarked) and an 11" Griswold skillet that are the mainstays of my cooking. I also have a HUGE cast iron flat-bottom kettle that I use to make haggis - it's the only thing I have big enough to hold it!

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I love my cast iron...wouldn't make cornbread with out it and now that we've been "studying" DO outdoor cooking we are getting better and more frequent with cooking EVERYTHING in the DO or cast iron pans. I've got 1 square, 2 round, 1 griddle, and 3 DOs.

BTW what is a Haggis? Recipe?
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Re: Does anyone use their cast iron at home?

Postby Kevin A » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:57 pm

pauld3 wrote:BTW what is a Haggis? Recipe?
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http://www.scottishhaggis.co.uk/
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Postby Alfred » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:41 pm

Hi!

I've got three cast iron frying pans, sized large, medium, small. The large one is a Lodge. We got rid of the teflon fry pans, the cast iron is all we use now. I love cooking with them. The small fry pan is great for baking corn bread, too.

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Re: Does anyone use their cast iron at home?

Postby Joseph » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:08 am

Kevin A wrote:
pauld3 wrote:BTW what is a Haggis? Recipe?
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http://www.scottishhaggis.co.uk/

Couldn't get the link to work (got the white screen of death), but in short it's a sheep's "pluck" (heart, liver and lungs) which are boiled and ground up. It's then mixed with oatmeal, leeks and spices, sewn up inside the sheep's stomach and boiled again to cook the oatmeal. Using the stomach as a cooking utensil is what grosses a lot of people out, but you don't actually eat the stomach, just open it up and spoon out the contents. It's even better if you use lamb instead of a full-grown sheep.

Note: it's illegal to sell the lungs in the US (anyone have any idea why?) so you have to make other arrangements to get them. The woman I buy lamb from collects them for me from her butcher.

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Re: Does anyone use their cast iron at home?

Postby Kevin A » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:03 am

Joseph wrote:
Kevin A wrote:
pauld3 wrote:BTW what is a Haggis? Recipe?
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http://www.scottishhaggis.co.uk/

Couldn't get the link to work (got the white screen of death), Joseph

Strange, I just tried the link and it worked fine.
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Postby Miriam C. » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:46 pm

Joseph wrote:Note: it's illegal to sell the lungs in the US (anyone have any idea why?) so you have to make other arrangements to get the


Joseph it says "due to foot and mouth disease in the UK.

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Postby doug hodder » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:47 pm

Miriam C. wrote:Joseph it says "due to foot and mouth disease in the UK.


I thought the expression was "hoof and mouth" or are you just razzing Joseph? :thinking:
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