my article on cast iron skillets

[paul wheaton]

A fella sent me some artwork to spiff up the article.  Cool!



(Don?  Did you pose for this?)

And for the cast iron homage from the book "hanibal" he made this "silence of the pans":



There's a bunch more too:  http://www.richsoil.com/cast-iron.jsp

(just feeling excited about it and wanted to share)

[glenn kangiser]

Very good and covers everything you needed to know but were afraid to ask.... except.....

Using a cast iron skillet as a weapon... quite effective used properly...

[peternap]

That was pretty good Paul!

[Sassy]

Thanks for the info, Paul.  I like using cast iron pans but the eggs always stick so then I give up & start using the cephalon non-stick pans - I know they are probably not good for us but drives me nuts when half of what I cooks sticks to the pan 

[dug]

Thanks for the info, Paul.  I like using cast iron pans but the eggs always stick so then I give up & start using the cephalon non-stick pans - I know they are probably not good for us but drives me nuts when half of what I cooks sticks to the pan 

Here's what I do with eggs cooked on cast iron-

Pour some oil (vegetable or whatever) in the pan, enough to cover the bottom and I also coat the sides. Put pan in oven @ about 250 or so degrees for about 1/2 hour. Wipe excess oil, and then use what you normally do. I use butter.

When I get the whole pan hot there is absolutely no sticking, and I can wipe the pan clean with just a dishrag in a few seconds afterwards. 

[paul wheaton]

Well, dug, I have to admit that technique would work every time:  the way to never get eggs to stick is to never put eggs in the pan!



(sorry, but you set me up for that one!)

[dug]

Guess I omitted the last step.

It does work every time though, at least it has for me

[paul wheaton]

Hot off the press.  I uploaded this video about eight minutes ago.  It shows a cast iron skillet fished out of the garbage, covered in gunk.  The gunk is burned off and a new seasoning layer is put on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjgP-6W_YN4

[Tickhill]

Excellent information and well laid out video. Thanks