My stepson just soaked my cast iron dutch oven in hot soapy water for an hour!
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I catered a Holloween party for friends that included CathyZ's Mexican cornbread baked in a skillet.
It brought it over in my iron skillets, and when I went to pick my things up, they had run the skillets through the dishwasher. They weren't very clean, but they were nice and rusty!
They came back surprisingly well once I oiled them and heated them.
It brought it over in my iron skillets, and when I went to pick my things up, they had run the skillets through the dishwasher. They weren't very clean, but they were nice and rusty!
They came back surprisingly well once I oiled them and heated them.
music-city-missy
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My SS left my great aunt's cast iron skillet on the stove on HIGH & went to bed
then went downstairs to eat and go to bed (by the way - this was the MIDDLE of the night when everyone else was asleep and he decided he needed a steak). We woke to the smell of burning plastic (the spatula handle) and red hot iron. DH grabbed it and threw it out the back door (split level house with kitchen on top level) so it landed on the concrete patio downstairs on a wet carpet mat and burned the carpet to the pan and cracked it. No saving my treasured heirloom well seasoned cast-iron pan.
then went downstairs to eat and go to bed (by the way - this was the MIDDLE of the night when everyone else was asleep and he decided he needed a steak). We woke to the smell of burning plastic (the spatula handle) and red hot iron. DH grabbed it and threw it out the back door (split level house with kitchen on top level) so it landed on the concrete patio downstairs on a wet carpet mat and burned the carpet to the pan and cracked it. No saving my treasured heirloom well seasoned cast-iron pan.
music-city-missy
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Welcome to the Knife Obsessed Nuts Anonymous....
I have two knife blocks - one for me and one for everyone else. And the REALLY good knives - tucked away in my knife roll locked securely in my trunk. I covet knives. I walk by the knife bases and can't stand not being able to hold those beauties in my hand and feel that smooth and perfectly balanced instrument in my hands. And Shun - love that Damask look steel - so sexy!
I have two knife blocks - one for me and one for everyone else. And the REALLY good knives - tucked away in my knife roll locked securely in my trunk. I covet knives. I walk by the knife bases and can't stand not being able to hold those beauties in my hand and feel that smooth and perfectly balanced instrument in my hands. And Shun - love that Damask look steel - so sexy!
music-city-missy
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Oldest SS wanted a pan to cook cornbread in so I got him one & gave him lessons on it
it was preseasoned which at least gives him a good start and means I don't have to season it. I gave him instructions on the care and use. I've actually put a 'recipe' for the care and seasoning of cast iron pans in my family and friends cookbook to make sure the skills are passed on.
it was preseasoned which at least gives him a good start and means I don't have to season it. I gave him instructions on the care and use. I've actually put a 'recipe' for the care and seasoning of cast iron pans in my family and friends cookbook to make sure the skills are passed on.
gayle-mo
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Reminds me of when I walked in and caught my DD making scrambled eggs...
ON HIGH HEAT (SMOKING) in my brand new $90. Calphalon omelet pan. I freaked out before I realized there were a bunch of people around..LOL She was 20 at the time.
KIDS.
Now that she has her own kitchen and items she is beginning to realize how to treat kitchenware.
ON HIGH HEAT (SMOKING) in my brand new $90. Calphalon omelet pan. I freaked out before I realized there were a bunch of people around..LOL She was 20 at the time.
KIDS.
Now that she has her own kitchen and items she is beginning to realize how to treat kitchenware.