Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Badger on December 13, 2011, 10:03:28 pm
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A few weeks ago my ex wife gave me back all my cast iron cook ware. been divorced over 20 years so it was a nice surprise. They were in very sad shape to say the least. Last weekend I built a roaring bonfire from my bow making scraps and put the whole collection on the fire, just cooked them to death. Cooled them off went over them lighty with some steel wool and they looked like new. I brushed them all down with a thin coat of oil and reseasoned them over the coals on the fire repeating the process about 3 times with each pan and I am proud of my new pans. They couldn't look any better right off the show room floor.
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Better late than never, hey Steve! As soon as I read the "ex" word I thought the story was going somewhere else... like assault with a frying pan :)
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My mom saw that frying pan over the head thing on TV and tried it out on my dad one day when he came home a bit tipsy. She regretted it, did much more damage than she intended.
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Yea, my wife almost nailed an intruder one day but he backed off when he saw how mad she was and how big the frying pan was.
Since I have done karate for over 40 years she said her style was Frypan-Do.
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... Frypan-Do.
That's funny!
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One thing about cast iron,it can get in bad shape pretty quick ,but don't take long to get it back in shape,I love mine,I use the stuff all the time. :) I have one that was my grand maws. She passed at 96 married at 15 and said she had it all her married life.It is as slick as glass,you can cook an egg in it without adding oil if you
want to.It's like Teflon. I have mine at the cabin,Miss Joanie don't like them,she has to use soap and water to clean everything and that just don't work with Iron. :) :) :)
Pappy
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I like you PAPPY have the ones that were handed down clear from my great grand mother. I use mine and have eaten out of mine sence I was a kid. I have 11 of all sizes that were theirs but use only the 2 they use daily. A 12 INCH ROUND ONE AND A 10 INCH SQUARE ONE. Your right you have to take daily care of them when you use them.
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I got a bunch of cast iron I use it all the time. At first my wife didn't like it but after a few years she came around the only thing she don't use it for now is boiling. Ron
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Like Pappy says, cast iron is just like teflon if you treat it right. I normaly just take a paper towel and appy a thin coat of oil for eggs or anything else. Pan cakes I use nothing. Hash browns from a small cast iron skillet are hard to duplicate, I use about a 1/4" oil for the hash browns.
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Badger that's like finding money in a coat or a pair of jeans. That was nice of your ex to give them back.
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Just about the time I get mine seasoned well my wife sticks em in the diswasher and I have to start all over again. Ongoing debate in my house! A coworker once was leaving at the end of her summer season and asked me if I wanted some cast iron. I said sure. her sister had given them to her and she had bee using them as flower pots! Had to run a wire brush around them before I could do anything with them. My dad said the square ones are for cooking"square" meals!
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Yes Sir,
I have my Great Grandma's cast iron skillets, a 12" and a 14" High Side.
Also have two old style (Classic?) dutch ovens that I found buried in a friend's Garden Plot.
One big one and a smaller one, complete with lids. Offered them to my buddy but he didn't care for em.
The ovens had been buried for at least thirty years as that's how long my friend's family had lived there.
The family had no recollection of the ovens.
Had to clean and re-season them, they Look, Cook and Bake like Champs!
And there's just something about a Venison Stew done in cast iron... :)
-gus
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My favorite skillet is a #7 Griswald my Mom left me ,She bought it off of Popcorn Sutton the Legendary Moonshiner.If you wonder who he is there is a Documentary about him called " The Last Run" he was caught ,convicted ,and was waiting to be sentenced when he took his life ,couln't take jail.
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Here is another Pic of Popcorn Sutton , who all knows what the bone is in his hat?
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My guess would be the bone came from a revenue collecter! Or maybe a possum or coon.
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Man... That was a Purty BIG Coon!!!
:)
-gus
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Last present my Pop gave me, first present my wife gave me, cast iron cookware.
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I've been using my generic cast iron skillet for rendering out deer fat for several years. It's so non-stick the skillet will slide off a flat surface if you ain't watchin'!
Griswold is highly collectible these days, some pieces sell for thousands of dollars. Many people don't know it but Griswold also made the cast iron for dozens of other companies. All three of my cast irons are made by Griswold without their stamp on it. Griswold cast some of the finest grain iron in the industry, the pores in the iron are small and very regularly distributed. They did not include any recycled steel or iton so they didn't have problems with hard spots or hot spots in the cookware.
Modern cast from China is full of half melted steel and globs of sulfur and other compuunds. The pores are large very unevenly distributed and cause the pans to warp as they heat, even crack at high temps. With the large pores they just don't ever really "season" up like they should.
Put more iron in your diet by putting your diet in iron!
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Coon P@#$%#r ;) Nice, I have on of those on a neckless, Miss Joanie won't let
me wear it when she found out what it was. ;) :)
Pappy
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Coon P@#$%#r ;) Nice, I have on of those on a neckless, Miss Joanie won't let
me wear it when she found out what it was. ;) :)
Pappy
They are ALL sisters Pappy >:D >:D
Cipriano
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I have one sharpened I carry when I go out to a nice BBQ restruant. :D I thought all Southern Gentleman had one for a tooth pick?
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Yes Sir,
I have a few, one of which is a tooth pick.
The Missus gives me that "Not if you want any kisses" look when I pick it up to carry it along to dinner.
Sometimes marage is fun, the rest of the time its Work! :)
-gus
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We called them wolf whistles. A fun party game watching folks trying to get a sound out of it. >:D
Steve Parker(Hillbilly) knew Popcorn. He was a real character!
I love cast iron for cooking but my wife hates it. Says it is too heavy. ::) I have a flat, round griddle I use for grilled cheese and never wash it. Just wipe it before it cools and the butter helps with the curing. I have 4 or 5 other pieces from about 6" to 12" with a lid. I also have a bean pot I got from Venisonberger a few years ago.
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All this talk about cast iron skillets got me interested in one. Wife brought me home a 10" Lodge from Walmart a couple days ago. I cooked elk steak in mushroom and onion gravy in it, mighty good. No stick and easy clean-up, I think I will hunt up a few more sizes.
There is a huge backwoods flea market(mostly rusty junk) every Tuesday near the local cattle sale barn. Several of the vendors have vintage cast iron in a variety of conditions. I remember seeing plenty of Griswold stuff. I never gave the stuff a second look, always looking for draw knives and such. I will look at the cast iron more closely next time I am there.
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Eric, no matter what condition they are in just put them over a raging fire and get them hot enough to burn everything off and they will be just like brand new once you reseason them.
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Man I didn't know Popcorn was dead. :'( I've got the DVD he made "The Last Run". What a great show about a great ....uh, illegal drink. ;)
As for cast iron, that's all we use in our house, after nearly 11 years of marrige, my wife treats the skillets and the good knives better than she treats me sometimes. We use two 12", a 10" and an 8" for most of our cooking, but we have 3 dutch ovens, one is big, maybe 14" all have lids, a gridle and a wok. I always pick them up if I can get them cheap, free. I'll wire brush them w/ a wire wheel on my grinder, then reseason and have never had a problem. I like to take my die grinder and engrave the last name of a newly wed couple on them and give them for gifts with a good sharp Old Hickory knife included. The rule w/ cast iron is never use soap and hardly ever use hot water either. Just wipe them clean or cool water scrub and back on the stove top to dry.
Man I can't believe ol' Popcorn, I'm gonna go watch that show. My kids like it too. :o, dpgratz
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When I get an old rusty one I wire brush it an coat it heavy with Crisco and then stick it in a hot fire. It sure makes them look good. I was at the Flea Market this morning and saw a first for me and Im still kicking my butt for not buying it. Has anybody ever seen an electric cast iron skillet about 12" with the lid that worked?
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My grandaddy shared a couple gobbler camps with his cousin. He's aways bring a quart to turkey camp with him. That POP CORN made.
Thats looks like a bear D*&% not a coon I have a couple of each. TO LONG AND BIG AROUND FOR A COON. Unless thats one big coon.
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I've got one from a coon that big that hangs on my rear view mirror.It came from a big coon..All the old time used to carry a smaller version for a tooth pick.
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Yea, my wife almost nailed an intruder one day but he backed off when he saw how mad she was and how big the frying pan was.
Since I have done karate for over 40 years she said her style was Frypan-Do.
I just spewed my coffee all over the screen! That's funny. Thanks for the laugh.
Yeah, I've bought a few new cast iron skillets and they are fine, but the old ones work just as well or better.
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I have a strange habit of buying and using antique tools and things. People think it's sacreligous to use them, but it seems like the tools already know how to do the work and my hands just are along for the ride.
Never more so than when using old cast iron....they KNOW how to cook!