Comments on: I Frickin’ LUV My Cast Iron Skillet http://beckasbabble.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/i-frickin-luv-my-cast-iron-skillet/ Ramblings of a Romance Writer Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:28:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Becka http://beckasbabble.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/i-frickin-luv-my-cast-iron-skillet/#comment-799 Becka Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:52:00 +0000 http://beckasbabble.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/i-frickin-luv-my-cast-iron-skillet/#comment-799 Donica,<br/><br/>Cast iron can be expensive en masse, but if you buy one piece at a time, you won't feel like you're spending an uber amount of money on them. If I can find them locally for $20 or below for each piece, I'm sure you can too. I'd only buy the pieces you need.<br/><br/>Rosie, GACK, you have a whole set?!? And you have not used them?!? Yes, you should blow off the dust and at least pull out a skillet. If you like using it, then pull out another item until you feel comfortable oiling them and caring for them. Another alternative if you don't want them any more... Ship those crates to me. LOL!<br/><br/>Lisa, never really cooked on stainless. I'm assuming you mean those light gray pans you see cooks using in fancy restaurants? If oiled properly, cast iron has a natural non-stick surface, so you could be making your same dishes, while infusing their flavor into the metal, thus making your food even tastier. :)<br/><br/>At least buy a small cast iron skillet and give it a whirl.<br/><br/>~~Becka Donica,

Cast iron can be expensive en masse, but if you buy one piece at a time, you won’t feel like you’re spending an uber amount of money on them. If I can find them locally for $20 or below for each piece, I’m sure you can too. I’d only buy the pieces you need.

Rosie, GACK, you have a whole set?!? And you have not used them?!? Yes, you should blow off the dust and at least pull out a skillet. If you like using it, then pull out another item until you feel comfortable oiling them and caring for them. Another alternative if you don’t want them any more… Ship those crates to me. LOL!

Lisa, never really cooked on stainless. I’m assuming you mean those light gray pans you see cooks using in fancy restaurants? If oiled properly, cast iron has a natural non-stick surface, so you could be making your same dishes, while infusing their flavor into the metal, thus making your food even tastier. :)

At least buy a small cast iron skillet and give it a whirl.

~~Becka

]]> By: LisaBisa http://beckasbabble.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/i-frickin-luv-my-cast-iron-skillet/#comment-798 LisaBisa Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:14:00 +0000 http://beckasbabble.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/i-frickin-luv-my-cast-iron-skillet/#comment-798 Cool...those sound great!<br/><br/>I have recently discovered the joy of cooking with good stainless pans. When used properly, there is no burning or sticking and food turns out much better than with teflon coated pans.<br/><br/>Maybe I need to give cast iron a whirl now too... Cool…those sound great!

I have recently discovered the joy of cooking with good stainless pans. When used properly, there is no burning or sticking and food turns out much better than with teflon coated pans.

Maybe I need to give cast iron a whirl now too…

]]> By: Rosie http://beckasbabble.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/i-frickin-luv-my-cast-iron-skillet/#comment-797 Rosie Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:48:00 +0000 http://beckasbabble.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/i-frickin-luv-my-cast-iron-skillet/#comment-797 So what you're saying is that the brand new cast iron pots and pans still carefully packed and crated in their original wooden crate and sitting in my garage for the past 7 years is a bad thing? So what you’re saying is that the brand new cast iron pots and pans still carefully packed and crated in their original wooden crate and sitting in my garage for the past 7 years is a bad thing?

]]> By: Donica Covey http://beckasbabble.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/i-frickin-luv-my-cast-iron-skillet/#comment-796 Donica Covey Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:25:00 +0000 http://beckasbabble.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/i-frickin-luv-my-cast-iron-skillet/#comment-796 I've always wanted cast iron. My Granny has a whole string of them--of course in her day that was what the folks had. <br/><br/>I'd love to have some but so far-nada. DH buys me pots and pans for Christmas or birthdays ev ery couple of years and I'm like dear, if you had invested that money into the cast iron skillets and things we'd NEVER had to replace them. <br/><br/>I'm still trying.<br/><br/>Glad you love yours.<br/>Huggles Babe!<br/>Donica I’ve always wanted cast iron. My Granny has a whole string of them–of course in her day that was what the folks had.

I’d love to have some but so far-nada. DH buys me pots and pans for Christmas or birthdays ev ery couple of years and I’m like dear, if you had invested that money into the cast iron skillets and things we’d NEVER had to replace them.

I’m still trying.

Glad you love yours.
Huggles Babe!
Donica

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