I just added a comment on another of your posts asking for a video on how to season an oval dutch oven with some rust. My great, great, great great grandmother came to Oklahoma on The Tail of Tears from North Carolina. So I am a tribal member.. my dad grew up in the Ozark hills of Arkansas. He still plowed with a team when i was a little girl and in my memory i can still smell the oil and leather in his tack room. And a million other wonderful smells from their farm. They had a spring fed well off their front porch and the front porch with water so cold and sweet people could stop by just to rock a bit and habe a dipper from that wooden bucket. ❤❤precious memories
Your gratefulness is admirable. I wish we all were like that…then we wouldn’t feel the need to have every new appliance and gadget. I love your channel and am so happy you share your lives w/us. Your traditions and wholesomeness is intriguing and comforting.
Love your stories about the cast-iron. One of my cast iron skillets the size of your bread skillet has a sweet story behind it. We lived in Jefferson County here in Tennessee on the banks of the Douglas Lake. My parents lived on one side of the lake and I lived on the other side of the lake. It was my birthday and My Sweet Daddy rowed across the lake in a rowboat and brought me my skillet. There's not enough money on this Earth to buy it from me. I guess I'll treasure it more than any of them. But then I have another one that my brother found on the River Bottom. The Pigeon River in Cocke County. It's an oval shape it's about 14 inches long and about nine inches wide. I really like it. And I'm like you I have every size and I have three of the little baby ones. And I love them all. Thank you Tipper for sharing your stories with us❤❤
I I really love my Griswold cast iron as well. I am a descendent of the Griswold family and memories of my grandmother talking about the family and how proud she was to use the cast iron made it even more special. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you
I have a square cast iron skillet from my Great Aunt Dorothy - it is such an unusual shape. Aunt Dorothy was my Grandma's sister and was very special to me. She like to fish and go camping back when ladies did not do such "rugged" things. She was the best and I miss her dearly.
Tipper, this post was like a trip down memory lane. Both my parents cooked with cast iron and my dad was very picky taking care of those cast iron pans that were passed down to me then to you. They are truly family treasures. It warms my heart to know that you two treasure them like he did.
My grandmother (my dad's mother) was Cherokee, and her family ancestors walked the Trail of Tears. I remember my dad sharing stories that she had shared with him and his siblings about their terrible journey. I think your story about the pot is just wonderful. Can you imagine all the meals that was cooked in that pot before it became buried in the mud? What a great heritage. My mom had one of those deep cast iron pans. She cooked everything from chicken to gravy to stews in that pan. I have several pieces of cast iron, and I love them all! I am looking for one of those deep skillets for myself!
That Griswold the 3rd pan you showed is beautiful, wow! And the Dutch oven, the history you can't not just imagine and wonder.... it really stirs my spirit.
I am 72 years young and I have pieces that belonged to my grandmother and one belonged to my great grand mother. I don't use them as much now my children are grown , but still in the " on ready" position. I cherish them. Thank you for sharing !
I have my Great grandmother's iron skillets . They have never touched water. I always use sea salt and oil to clean them. That's the way she always cleaned them. Again thank you for your videos. I so love watching them. They always remind me of being back in southeast Kentucky growing up 😇
YES!! I only clean certain pieces with salt, oil & occasionally lemon! What part of KY are you from? I’m IN born, but raised & formed by my Letcher County founding family. Have a wonderful & blessed evening 🤗💜🙏🏻!
All my cast iron has fed generations of my family. I had the Dutch oven but gifted it to my nephew in GA. mine are all at least 120 years old and still use them daily. I have the same griddle and three skillets. They all just have numbers 9,7, and the little baby one about 4-5” with no markings. I love the one of Katie’s.
@@PhDnursepractitionerAGACNP-BC the older I get the more I realize I’m not taking anything with me when my time comes, so I’d rather know where some things went while I’m here🤷🏻♀️ Ty
We use cast iron but really didn't have any handed down, but we do have a very old porcelain roaster, that is at least 70 to 80 years old that was my wife's grandmothers. We have been married 57 years this November and we got it from her mom about the same time we were married. Back in the 70's it had a small hole in the bottom which I patched with a screw and washer setup that was made for that purpose, and we use it still. It's amazing how long-lived many of those old pans can be, and they sure don't make stuff like they used to. That cast iron griddle is just spiffy for doing bacon when you have a bunch of folks to feed. ;)
My grandmother always cooked on cast iron. I never realized its importance until I saw some of Kent Rollins' videos. He says families always fight over who inherit the cast iron while the other pieces get discarded. As I understand it, it is the original non-stick, invented long before Teflon. I have several pieces as well. Nothing heats better or more evenly. Loved hearing about your collection and the stories attached to your cast iron collection.
I growed up just a piece down the road from the lodge foundry and I have a large lodge cast iron collection, when my grandma heard about my cooking interests she gifted me one of her Griswald or Griswold iron skillets. Best pans I’ve ever owned!
What a fantastic story about watching the digging and seeing the cast iron pot uncovered, and then the lady with the perfect cast iron lid. The universe works in mysterious ways and connections abound. Just the way you hold and touch the items shows reverence for their journeys and your love of history. I thank you.
Love this! I always say moving into a new house, it isn’t home until I make cornbread in my Daddy’s cast iron skillet! My Mamaw’s favorite pan was thrown out years ago when she wore a hole through the bottom from so many batches of gravy. Many people don’t know that those cast iron pieces were not only valuable for their use, but actually kept people (women especially) alive by leaching small amounts of iron into the foods cooked in them and prevented anemia.
I have many pieces of cast iron & I love them. I inherited some from my mama & grandma. I've bought some at yard sales & thrift stores. My husband has worked at a foundry for years. After a year they gave us a set of iron pots & pans. They only make them once in a blue moon. Most of their products are connected to the oil & gas industry. They have patterns for everything. I have a big iron griddle that I make pancakes on. When it turns real cold we will have pancakes & fixins' for supper & all the kids come over. Tip: when making lots of pancakes & you want to keep them hot put a big iron Dutch oven upside down over the plate you're putting them on. You'll have lots of pancakes & all of them are nice & 🔥!
I inherited my dad's mom's Wagner Ware cast iron pan. Based on it's markings, it appears to have been made between 1922-1935. My grandmother had given it to my mom who used it as long as I can remember. I recall stew, steaks, chops and the best beef roast you can imagine being made in that perfectly seasoned pan. Unfortunately, I can't regularly use iron pans for cooking anymore because I have too much iron in my blood. However, my husband is anemic (go figure!) so once in a while - when I'm aching for home - I'll use that lovely ol' pan to make roast like my mom used to make. And it's always perfection.
I cook with cast iron too, I also love my stainless Revere ware. I did clean 1 like the med Dutch oven that you have. It had been outside all pitted and rusty for years. While on hunting trip one year, I kept frying a potato and onion in it over camp fire for at least a week and I buried in coals🥰 The lid and pot came back to life all black and beautiful. I use for frying Potato's and onions .
Matt's grandmother's deep "skillet" is usually called a "chicken fryer". It is well suited for the task. When I got married in '72, four of my great aunts gifted me with pieces of their own cast iron. My great aunt Maggie give me her chicken fryer. Besides their cast iron pieces they pooled their money and bought me a nice set of Old Hickory knives. All four of them had passed on by 1980. I still use all their pieces regularly.
I love my cast iron. I wouldn't trade any of them. Great story of the old pot. I use Crisco to season mine. My mother gave me her cast iron skillets, and I'm so grateful for them.
Hi Tipper! I came back from the future to make a comment on this video! I love cast iron too, and just recently put together a cast iron kit for my kitchen. It just popped into my mind one day. I knew I saw it somewhere and then, lo and behold, I rewatched this! I should have known I got it from you! ❤
I have my mawmaws Griswold skillet. She made cornbread in it and I still do. She fried chicken in it and I miss that chicken a lot!!! This spring I found a Griswold flat skillet to add to my collection for biscuits, pancakes, and tortillas. Kent Rollins is one of my favorite channels.
I have a pan like this and I mostly use it for frying chicken never knowing it’s actually called a chicken fryer 😂 I think I got mine at a flea market.
I cook in my mom and grandma's cast iron. I also have a few pieces that my husband has bought me. All food tastes better in cast iron. Thanks for showing your cast iron pieces.
I do not have family heirlooms but I hope I'm creating some. I've started using years ago and finally got the knack for taking care of them and I live in a high humidity climate so it took a while to figure things out. I love how everyone has their own tricks but I think yours is he best. Just use it. Don't over think it. Keep it clean and oiled and in no time it will be your best friend.
I used to cook in a 17th C oven with every kind of cast iron. I lined the dutch oven with fresh green maple leaves. Perfect corn bread with a pretty leaf pattern and never burned.
Love my cast iron! I have over 60 pieces and am still collecting! I use all of them, some more often than others. I found a few great pieces at Deckers flea market, and some were new from Lodge and others have been gifted to me.
You have a lovely collection. Love the stories behind them. I have a few. And, I have a "baby" one. Perfect for an egg or grilled cheese sandwich. I've recued one from being a rust bucket. My favorite is the flat. I keep it in the oven, like my mom did. Use it so often.
My mother in law has gifted us a ton of cast iron and that's how we fell in love! One of our pieces is an old griddle pan that was my husband's great Grandma's. My mother in law said she remembers it would always sit on top of the wood stove that was in their house. ❤️
I have my grandmother's cast iron skillet that they got when they got married in 1918, she didn't say it that way, she would always say "when we started housekeeping". Anyway nobody wanted it when she died so I took it from where it hung on the basement steps wall. I think they got it used as it has the mold line across the bottom which is usually around the turn of the century or older. I still use it when I am cooking breakfast and think about all the things that might have been cooked in it by the young bride. I have my great grandmother's but she had a pressed steel one from the teens, much lighter but it is seasoned the same way.
Thank you for sharing, Ms. Tipper ! Cast iron has been in our family for generations. It can be a wonderful heirloom and can connect the recipient to a strong legacy for your family. My wife just recently received a large deep fryer( such as was used for frying chicken), that belonged to her grandmother. We also have a couple of regular skillets that have a small handle-piece opposite the regular handle which helps in lifting and pouring out the contents. I suspect that someday you will pass down your pieces to your girls with love ! Randy B.
Oh, nice. One of those videos when I shout at the iPad ‘just one more pan please Tipper’. Looking forward to the next instalment of ‘Pans We Have Loved’. X
I could not live without all of my cast iron, and use them daily. Every pan I own, except one, is cast iron. Mostly Griswold, a few Wagner, the rest just say USA or nothing at all. I am 60, and have cooked with cast iron my entire life! I enjoyed the dutch oven story, thanks.
We LOVE cast iron here at our house. I have the honor of having 3 of my grandmas. The deep skillet with the handle is a chicken fryer. It’s one of the skillets I received from my beloved grandma.
My Mom had one of those chicken friers when I was growing up (I didn't realize that's what it was, but that's what Mom always fried chicken in!). After she passed, as we were clearing out her house, I wondered what happened to it, but I never found it. I do have several other cast iron pieces from Mom, and I love them.
That #5 skillet looks like one I have that was my grandmother’s. It has a heat ring, the pouring spouts, and the 5 on the bottom - I think it is an old Birmingham Stove and Range skillet and I believe it is from their Red Mountain Series. Mine was covered thick with carbon on the outside when I first got it and I had to sand the outside down and re-season it. It is very cool to think that my grandmother cooked with that skillet. She passed away when my mom was still a little girl, so I never met her. You have a fantastic collection!!
The cast iron pan that you called the little one, we have that pan, my 19-year-old son calls it the mini man pan. 😂🤣. It mostly gets used when he's home alone and cooking for himself! It is the perfect size to cook a few hot dogs in or he makes a homemade hash brown in it. I use it to make my poor man's bullion cube gravy. Great video as always!
A mortar and pestle was used by my granny to grind up herbs for poultaces, and she also cooked over a fire out of an iron cauldron to make stews in Harlan, KY.
I love cast iron cookware. It’s all I use and I can’t imagine cooking with anything else! I don’t have a large collection,mostly as I find some pieces in a yard sale or second n hand store and will buy them to give to my daughter. I’m so pleased to have three fry pans,a 13,10 and (5?) inch, a ditch oven,a round flat skillet and the large griddle pan like my mother used on the wood stove and a chicken fryer pan. Every piece I find I always stop and think of who would have used it in the past. I love cast iron,it’s a wonderful connection to the people who used these pieces before me. Thanks for the great video! And yes,we also have a glass top stove!
Tipper, I am glad you addressed these issues because neither my grandma or mom handed me down any of their cast iron and, the issue for me a lot of it, has been too heavy for me. And, I have been wanting some that’s easier to use like my grandma and mom had. I remember mom when, I was young kid and we went camping and we had a Coleman Stove and my mom would make sure the camper was loaded up with her cast iron cookware. We always went to this certain KOA campground, every year and they had a fenced in area where you could fish and, me and my brother were always anxious to fish especially if we made it there early that was the first thing we would want to do. Well, when, we caught it, they cleaned it up and everything for you and,that’s what we would have there for our supper the first night was fresh rainbow trout breaded in cornmeal and, fried up, that’s probably one of my favorites that mom cooked in the cast iron skillet and, of course fried chicken and, grandma’s cornbread, but, I really like the corn cakes from the corn shaped pan with the cream style corn in them.
I always love hearing about cast iron, I have my mama’s large skillet & cherish it…I’ve picked up several others cast iron skillets over the years…my youngest daughter bought a very large Lodge skillet & another skillet from Lodge that is square & has ridges in it to use like you’re grilling….well, I tried teaching her how to cook & care for them for a couple of years, last Thanksgiving when I was visiting her, she brought out both skillets and said…mama, you can have ‘em, I hate ‘em….so I have them & love them, she just wasn’t taking the time to clean them while they were still hot like I do & they were a mess, but I got them cleaned up and love them except that huge one (maybe 15 or 16”) is so heavy I have to get my husband to bring it to the stove & put it up when I’m done.. I really loved hearing the stories of yours, especially the Dutch oven, that was quite a story! The one you have that’s deep, mama called a “chicken fryer”….I didn’t inherit that one…🤗🤗
I grew up learning how to cook by being by my Mama’s side every time she was in the kitchen. She used cast iron a lot. I will always remember her saying never use soap to clean it. After I got married she gave me my Granny’s (her mama) cast iron pan she used for cornbread. I wouldn’t take a million dollars for it. About 5 years ago I went to the Lodge Outlet Store in South Pittsburgh and bought a set of cast iron and use at least one piece every week. I just love it. Great story behind your cast iron Dutch oven!
I love my cast iron! I have arthritis and carpal tunnel issues that sometimes make it hard to lift the bigger, heavier pieces so my sweet husband recently gifted me with a new Lodge dual handle skillet. I love it! It's still a work in progress in terms of being "fully seasoned", but it's getting better every time I use it, which as you said, is the key to a really well seasoned piece of cast iron. I really enjoyed the video; you have a wonderful collection of gorgeous C.I. Thanks for sharing!
I use cast iron too. I think my favorite are my corn stick pans. They make the most crispy cornbread you’ve ever had! That last pan with a lid that you had there (the small Dutch oven), was what we always called a chicken fryer. It’s just the perfect height and size for a whole fried chicken. My father found one that was really rusty one time and he threw it in a big brush fire that he burned for days. It came out like brand new.🐝🤗❤️
My Mom would always cook her sausage gravy, home fries and biscuits in her cast iron and there really is no comparison to the taste. I miss those great breakfasts and love the memories with it.
Of course I have a story about cast iron. Now we never used cast iron pans in my house when I was growing up. But once I was in college, I had a roommate who brought ALL her cast iron pans to the apartment we shared. She had to teach me everything about cooking with them, and I do remember that they were very heavy. But I learned. Now I have one cherished cast iron pan. Thanks Tipper.
Totally understand about feeling sentimental about kitchen things (and other old things). Every time I use my older things I think of the stories and people behind them, and all the wonderful food cooked in and with them. Thanks again for another amazing and thoughtful peek into your kitchen world. Love my old old cast iron skillet - it's unmarked, just has a number 8 (or B), but very worn and lightweight. One day I might finally ID it!
I will have to replay this one for my husband when he gets here, he will really enjoy the history (as I did, too). Thank you for this, very enjoyable and also educational.
I use cast iron most all the time. Love the way it heats up and cooks evenly! You're exactly correct, just use it! Thanks once again Tipper for the video!
I have my ex's grandmother's cast iron pan. It's stored in a bottom cabinet since the house I moved into has a glass stove top. When I saw you using cast iron on glass top, I was amazed. Thank goodness you're careful. Glad to know it can be done. I'm going to dig out the old pan & see if I can revive it. Thanks! :)
I have one of those cast iron "corn stick" pan. It's just 2 of us, a whole 10 inch skillet is too much for us. The "corn stick" pan makes 4 cornbread sticks. Just enough. Your skillets are georgeous. ❤
My Buddy makes really good biscuits with the Dutch Oven at deer camp by spreading hot coals on the bottom and top. I like cast in the kitchen because I think you can control the heat better than stainless or non-stick pans.
I growd up just down the way from the lodge factory, I love my lodge cookware but I want to add to my Griswold collection, I also have some no name pans.
I agree with you that cast iron is the best for cooking. I don’t know if Lodge still does this....but South Pittsburg, TN has a Cornbread Festival in May... Lodge shuts down their operations and offers tours through the plant. I went a few years ago and was amazed at the process. They also have an outlet store there. The Cornbread Festival was fun, too. I loved hearing the stories about your cast iron. I would like to hear more stories about your kitchen. May God bless and keep you and your family in His Love and Mercy.
Wonderful History & LOVE of All Your cast-iron pieces ❤ ♥ I can Not cook except in cast-iron skillets. Have never had a Dutch-oven but My Youngest & Only Brother can cook anything & Everything Indoor & Outdoor with His !! We grew up with our Mom cooking in cast-iron, I cherish a skillet she had, since she has passed away. I had a griddle but am not sure where it has disappeared to.😥😥💖 My middle Son can sure season mine up. Mom always cooked cornbread in one. Everything we went to the river to swim in the summer, Mom took a cast-iron skillet and we'd take other things..Dad played with Us kids, and Mom fried potatoes..
With glass cooktops, you can use cast iron if you avoid high heat and rapid temperature changes. Cast iron conducts heat really well, so you can cook at lower heat. Don't set hot pans on cold glass and don't pour cold water into a hot pan.
@@tammyperry6359 ms Tammy my mother just got one to, and we really didn't know what kind of pots and pans neither, But she does have a lot of cast iron🤔So I guess it will be okay 🥰
With the cast iron pans never crank the heat to high right off, ya gotta build up the heat slower or ya could crack the pan. The lighter pans are especially touchy as they're thinner iron .
I think cast iron is enjoying a resurgence in popularity and I'm so glad. My mother gave me what she had, and I've bought other pieces over the years, and I prefer it over the newer types of cookware.
your video on making cornbread prompted me to purchase my first cast iron pans. i bought a pan and a medium sized pot, and the pan can act as a lid for the pot and turn it into a dutch oven. i'm in love with them and i don't know how i survived my entire adult life without them! my quality of cooking....especially with certain things like roast or even a juicy chicken breast or wings...has completely gone up tremendously! i just don't see a better way to get back in touch with my southern roots than through use of cast iron!
Thank you so much for this video! It's just so ironic, because I just yesterday found a beautiful old Wagner skillet. It's big and deep, and has a smooth as glass surface! And I just made the decision today to go back and get it. This video was sent from heaven!🙏
@@CelebratingAppalachia Yep! My collection is growing, and it all started with my grandmother's cornbread skillet, which was passed down to me. She made me a true believer! I'm sure she's looking down on me, and smiling!♥️
Great video, Thank You! - We only have 6 pieces of cast iron, 5 skillets and 1 dutch oven, but I cook in them all the time. I love them. 3 of those skillets are WELL OVER 50 years old and better than new. We've been married almost 60 years and those 3 old skillets were given to us by my parents, and they were well used when we got them over 50 years ago. I would never give them up. When I cook in them I clean them up pretty much the same way you describe, easy to do and never a problem. :)
Nice cast iron skillet, s ms tipper, I think it's cool to have a good story behind our things in the kitchen especially our cast iron ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️Thank you for sharing, Always love your story's 🥰 Looking forward to hear you read tomorrow evening 🤗
The older I get, the more I rely on cooking w my cast iron skillets. They hold up so well…seems like the older they are, the better they perform. Love them. Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks tipper ! Enjoyed this about your cast iron! I always think about the great food cooked and enjoyed thru the years ,when I use my very old cast iron skillets.....I grew up in a family that only used cast iron....I love cast iron.....great stories about your old cast iron ....i love cowboy Kent Rollins! His videos are awesome! Thanks again....God bless...🙏❤
My mom had a 10 and 12 inch cast iron frying pans. After she passed in 93 I gave the 12 inch to my brother and kept the 10 inch. Although I prefer using stainless steel cookware, I still use my cast iron frying pan (tho’ not every day - I prefer to let the oven do my cooking, yes, I even put my bacon in the oven! 😁). I also inherited a cast iron Dutch oven from my “2nd mama” which I use to deep fry, which isn’t often so it stays in the back of the cabinet. Each person seems to have their own care style. My mom used to wash the pans and put them on the gas eye on high to dry. She never oiled them as far as I recall. And the pans stayed ok. But then my college roommate would oil her pan so I started doing that later. I’ve seen cast iron pans with old black crust built up on them (old grease buildup I presume from not being cleaned properly?) and they looked too gross to cook in! Your pans however look beautifully maintained. Thank you for sharing your maintenance routine! I think I might try that and use an oiled rag too. 💗
The wire handle on that Dutch Oven is called a bail. I use cast iron on my glass top stove and I knew I wasn't supposed to. It looks and works like it did when it was brand new. I can on it too. My aluminum pressure canner did leave a mark that was hard to get off but I got it. I don't have any old cast iron. All mine is Lodge except a Cabalas Dutch Oven. I have modified all my skillets. I cut down a skillet to make a shallow one like yours to make me a pizza pan. I cut down a smaller one to make a small pizza pan. They both work great. I take the factory seasoning off all my skillets and grind the cooking surface down smoother then season them my way. Most of the older cookware show grind marks from the factory.
Such great stories particularly the Dutch oven with the lid. I have a smallish skillet my grandmother gave me when I left home more than 40 years ago. It was one of her older pans and has no name - just a number. I use it for cornbread only and just like you, I just wipe it out when done and put it back in the cabinet when it cools. I love to think what my grandmother might've cooked in it long ago. Thanks for sharing about your cast iron cookware.
Love my Cast Iron .Thank you for this video !!! My parents gave me a very small cast iron fry pan and when my mom made biscuits she would give me a blob of dough and I pinched off small pieses and hand rolled my dime size biscuits. My dad would rant and rave over them.I'm sure that's when I developed my love for cooking!!
I only cook in cast iron. I gave my largest (15 1/4") pan to my only daughter, for her family's fried chicken, and my smallest (8") pan to my eldest grand-daughter when she moved into her first apartment, because she always used it for her eggs. I kept my 10 5/8" pan and my 10 1/2" griddle.
Tipper, the deep pan is what my grandmother called a chicken fryer and I love mine. Most people that how one love it for frying chicken and getting that nice crisp coating.
Good info and good stories . About the glass top , my wife cans on it and I use cast iron . Years ago she got frustrated with the cast iron and threw away 4 or 5 pieces ,but I retrieved them and saved them .
The deep pan, the last one you showed, my Mom used to call it a chicken frying pan. Maybe because it was deep for the oil she used in it. That’s just always what we called it. Love your videos
I have 2 of my grandmothers cast iron. One is a deep frying pan ad the other us a rectangle griddel. I use often . I also have a small dutch oven w a lid as you told about the story.
I absolutely love cooking with cast iron, I love Lodge, but have others I use also. I would say I have will over 100 pieces of different cast iron, and also love the John Wright one's too.
I just added a comment on another of your posts asking for a video on how to season an oval dutch oven with some rust.
My great, great, great great grandmother came to Oklahoma on The Tail of Tears from North Carolina. So I am a tribal member.. my dad grew up in the Ozark hills of Arkansas. He still plowed with a team when i was a little girl and in my memory i can still smell the oil and leather in his tack room. And a million other wonderful smells from their farm. They had a spring fed well off their front porch and the front porch with water so cold and sweet people could stop by just to rock a bit and habe a dipper from that wooden bucket. ❤❤precious memories
Passing down of tradition, history there, more than a vehicle to cook, but preservation of memories! Simply, invaluable.
Your gratefulness is admirable. I wish we all were like that…then we wouldn’t feel the need to have every new appliance and gadget. I love your channel and am so happy you share your lives w/us. Your traditions and wholesomeness is intriguing and comforting.
Wow, thank you!
Such an awesome story about a pot! I really enjoyed it. May your friend memory be eternal. ✝️
Love your stories about the cast-iron. One of my cast iron skillets the size of your bread skillet has a sweet story behind it. We lived in Jefferson County here in Tennessee on the banks of the Douglas Lake. My parents lived on one side of the lake and I lived on the other side of the lake. It was my birthday and My Sweet Daddy rowed across the lake in a rowboat and brought me my skillet. There's not enough money on this Earth to buy it from me. I guess I'll treasure it more than any of them. But then I have another one that my brother found on the River Bottom. The Pigeon River in Cocke County. It's an oval shape it's about 14 inches long and about nine inches wide. I really like it. And I'm like you I have every size and I have three of the little baby ones. And I love them all. Thank you Tipper for sharing your stories with us❤❤
I I really love my Griswold cast iron as well. I am a descendent of the Griswold family and memories of my grandmother talking about the family and how proud she was to use the cast iron made it even more special. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you
Cast iron is history,family and memories all rolled into one. Nothing beats it for cooking at any price.
I have a square cast iron skillet from my Great Aunt Dorothy - it is such an unusual shape. Aunt Dorothy was my Grandma's sister and was very special to me. She like to fish and go camping back when ladies did not do such "rugged" things. She was the best and I miss her dearly.
She wounds wonderful 😀
Tipper, this post was like a trip down memory lane. Both my parents cooked with cast iron and my dad was very picky taking care of those cast iron pans that were passed down to me then to you. They are truly family treasures. It warms my heart to know that you two treasure them like he did.
When I was married, we had an old cast iron Dutch oven with a heavy lid. It was great for cooking a roast beef .she's still got it !
I don't have a lot but I dearly love the cast iron pans I do have. Thank you Tipper. It's wonderful hearing the stories of your cast iron.
Glad you enjoyed it Robin 😀
My grandmother (my dad's mother) was Cherokee, and her family ancestors walked the Trail of Tears. I remember my dad sharing stories that she had shared with him and his siblings about their terrible journey. I think your story about the pot is just wonderful. Can you imagine all the meals that was cooked in that pot before it became buried in the mud? What a great heritage. My mom had one of those deep cast iron pans. She cooked everything from chicken to gravy to stews in that pan. I have several pieces of cast iron, and I love them all! I am looking for one of those deep skillets for myself!
That Griswold the 3rd pan you showed is beautiful, wow!
And the Dutch oven, the history you can't not just imagine and wonder.... it really stirs my spirit.
I really enjoy visiting with you and your family. Ya'll bring joy to my heart.
I am 72 years young and I have pieces that belonged to my grandmother and one belonged to my great grand mother. I don't use them as much now my children are grown , but still in the " on ready" position. I cherish them. Thank you for sharing !
I have my Great grandmother's iron skillets . They have never touched water. I always use sea salt and oil to clean them. That's the way she always cleaned them. Again thank you for your videos. I so love watching them. They always remind me of being back in southeast Kentucky growing up 😇
What treasures you have 😀
YES!! I only clean certain pieces with salt, oil & occasionally lemon! What part of KY are you from? I’m IN born, but raised & formed by my Letcher County founding family. Have a wonderful & blessed evening 🤗💜🙏🏻!
@@rebeccaude4412 I'm from laurel county not far from the Tennessee state line. I live in Ohio now though
So much kindness shining through. Thank you for sharing your favorite kitchen pieces and the stories they hold. ❤
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
All my cast iron has fed generations of my family. I had the Dutch oven but gifted it to my nephew in GA. mine are all at least 120 years old and still use them daily. I have the same griddle and three skillets. They all just have numbers 9,7, and the little baby one about 4-5” with no markings. I love the one of Katie’s.
That is so wonderful-what treasures 😀
@@PhDnursepractitionerAGACNP-BC the older I get the more I realize I’m not taking anything with me when my time comes, so I’d rather know where some things went while I’m here🤷🏻♀️ Ty
We use cast iron but really didn't have any handed down, but we do have a very old porcelain roaster, that is at least 70 to 80 years old that was my wife's grandmothers. We have been married 57 years this November and we got it from her mom about the same time we were married. Back in the 70's it had a small hole in the bottom which I patched with a screw and washer setup that was made for that purpose, and we use it still. It's amazing how long-lived many of those old pans can be, and they sure don't make stuff like they used to. That cast iron griddle is just spiffy for doing bacon when you have a bunch of folks to feed. ;)
My grandmother always cooked on cast iron. I never realized its importance until I saw some of Kent Rollins' videos. He says families always fight over who inherit the cast iron while the other pieces get discarded. As I understand it, it is the original non-stick, invented long before Teflon. I have several pieces as well. Nothing heats better or more evenly. Loved hearing about your collection and the stories attached to your cast iron collection.
Some fight over it, some throw it away. My neighbor gave me a 12 in skillet he found by the curb. He has picked up several other.
Best cornbread pan ever invented thanks tipper for sharing .
I growed up just a piece down the road from the lodge foundry and I have a large lodge cast iron collection, when my grandma heard about my cooking interests she gifted me one of her Griswald or Griswold iron skillets. Best pans I’ve ever owned!
What treasures 😀
What a fantastic story about watching the digging and seeing the cast iron pot uncovered, and then the lady with the perfect cast iron lid. The universe works in mysterious ways and connections abound. Just the way you hold and touch the items shows reverence for their journeys and your love of history. I thank you.
I love the stories about the history of your cast iron pans. Thank you for sharing and God bless you and your family.
Love this! I always say moving into a new house, it isn’t home until I make cornbread in my Daddy’s cast iron skillet! My Mamaw’s favorite pan was thrown out years ago when she wore a hole through the bottom from so many batches of gravy.
Many people don’t know that those cast iron pieces were not only valuable for their use, but actually kept people (women especially) alive by leaching small amounts of iron into the foods cooked in them and prevented anemia.
I have many pieces of cast iron & I love them. I inherited some from my mama & grandma. I've bought some at yard sales & thrift stores. My husband has worked at a foundry for years. After a year they gave us a set of iron pots & pans. They only make them once in a blue moon. Most of their products are connected to the oil & gas industry. They have patterns for everything. I have a big iron griddle that I make pancakes on. When it turns real cold we will have pancakes & fixins' for supper & all the kids come over. Tip: when making lots of pancakes & you want to keep them hot put a big iron Dutch oven upside down over the plate you're putting them on. You'll have lots of pancakes & all of them are nice & 🔥!
I inherited my dad's mom's Wagner Ware cast iron pan. Based on it's markings, it appears to have been made between 1922-1935. My grandmother had given it to my mom who used it as long as I can remember. I recall stew, steaks, chops and the best beef roast you can imagine being made in that perfectly seasoned pan.
Unfortunately, I can't regularly use iron pans for cooking anymore because I have too much iron in my blood. However, my husband is anemic (go figure!) so once in a while - when I'm aching for home - I'll use that lovely ol' pan to make roast like my mom used to make. And it's always perfection.
I cook with cast iron too, I also love my stainless Revere ware. I did clean 1 like the med Dutch oven that you have. It had been outside all pitted and rusty for years. While on hunting trip one year, I kept frying a potato and onion in it over camp fire for at least a week and I buried in coals🥰 The lid and pot came back to life all black and beautiful. I use for frying Potato's and onions .
Cast iron, the forever cookware! Smithey Ironware Company makes wonderful cast iron skillets. Made in SC and fine finished like was once the norm.
Matt's grandmother's deep "skillet" is usually called a "chicken fryer". It is well suited for the task. When I got married in '72, four of my great aunts gifted me with pieces of their own cast iron. My great aunt Maggie give me her chicken fryer. Besides their cast iron pieces they pooled their money and bought me a nice set of Old Hickory knives. All four of them had passed on by 1980. I still use all their pieces regularly.
I love my cast iron. I wouldn't trade any of them. Great story of the old pot. I use Crisco to season mine. My mother gave me her cast iron skillets, and I'm so grateful for them.
They just cook so well 😀
Love cast iron, nothing like it! Lasts for generations when cared for. 💝 Love your collection, interesting history! ☺
Hi Tipper! I came back from the future to make a comment on this video! I love cast iron too, and just recently put together a cast iron kit for my kitchen. It just popped into my mind one day. I knew I saw it somewhere and then, lo and behold, I rewatched this! I should have known I got it from you! ❤
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We have several pieces of cast iron and love them. They are my favorite!!! I have my great grandma’s and some from my husband’s granny.
I have my mawmaws Griswold skillet. She made cornbread in it and I still do. She fried chicken in it and I miss that chicken a lot!!! This spring I found a Griswold flat skillet to add to my collection for biscuits, pancakes, and tortillas. Kent Rollins is one of my favorite channels.
Tipper, that deep skillet is called a chicken fryer. I have one and love it so much!! Great stories and I love all of your pieces!
I have a griswold chicken fryer that belonged to my 99 yr old mother in law. She never used it much and I don’t either but I do treasure it
I have a pan like this and I mostly use it for frying chicken never knowing it’s actually called a chicken fryer 😂 I think I got mine at a flea market.
I cook in my mom and grandma's cast iron. I also have a few pieces that my husband has bought me.
All food tastes better in cast iron.
Thanks for showing your cast iron pieces.
I do not have family heirlooms but I hope I'm creating some. I've started using years ago and finally got the knack for taking care of them and I live in a high humidity climate so it took a while to figure things out. I love how everyone has their own tricks but I think yours is he best. Just use it. Don't over think it. Keep it clean and oiled and in no time it will be your best friend.
I used to cook in a 17th C oven with every kind of cast iron. I lined the dutch oven with fresh green maple leaves. Perfect corn bread with a pretty leaf pattern and never burned.
What a wonderful idea!
Love my cast iron and use it most every day. It does get better the more it is used.
I cook in cast iron. I love them. Skillets, pot, dutch oven, roaster, corn bread pan in the shape of corn on the cob, grills.
.. my daughter actually gave me my first castiron frying pan. My other daughter taught me how to clean and reseason it. I love it!!
My grandmother always made cornbread in a cast iron skillet. Yum! ❤️
It is so good 😀
Love my cast iron! I have over 60 pieces and am still collecting! I use all of them, some more often than others. I found a few great pieces at Deckers flea market, and some were new from Lodge and others have been gifted to me.
What a wonderful collection 😀
You have a lovely collection. Love the stories behind them. I have a few. And, I have a "baby" one. Perfect for an egg or grilled cheese sandwich. I've recued one from being a rust bucket. My favorite is the flat. I keep it in the oven, like my mom did. Use it so often.
My mother in law has gifted us a ton of cast iron and that's how we fell in love! One of our pieces is an old griddle pan that was my husband's great Grandma's. My mother in law said she remembers it would always sit on top of the wood stove that was in their house. ❤️
Love this video. I have some of my grandmother’s pieces. They are priceless to me.
I have my grandmother's cast iron skillet that they got when they got married in 1918, she didn't say it that way, she would always say "when we started housekeeping". Anyway nobody wanted it when she died so I took it from where it hung on the basement steps wall. I think they got it used as it has the mold line across the bottom which is usually around the turn of the century or older. I still use it when I am cooking breakfast and think about all the things that might have been cooked in it by the young bride. I have my great grandmother's but she had a pressed steel one from the teens, much lighter but it is seasoned the same way.
What a treasure!
Thank you for sharing, Ms. Tipper ! Cast iron has been in our family for generations. It can be a wonderful heirloom and can connect the recipient to a strong legacy for your family. My wife just recently received a large deep fryer( such as was used for frying chicken), that belonged to her grandmother. We also have a couple of regular skillets that have a small handle-piece opposite the regular handle which helps in lifting and pouring out the contents. I suspect that someday you will pass down your pieces to your girls with love ! Randy B.
Oh, nice. One of those videos when I shout at the iPad ‘just one more pan please Tipper’. Looking forward to the next instalment of ‘Pans We Have Loved’. X
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I could not live without all of my cast iron, and use them daily. Every pan I own, except one, is cast iron. Mostly Griswold, a few Wagner, the rest just say USA or nothing at all. I am 60, and have cooked with cast iron my entire life! I enjoyed the dutch oven story, thanks.
My grandmother's (married 1932) 10-inch Wagner is my prized cast iron skillet. ❤❤❤
We LOVE cast iron here at our house. I have the honor of having 3 of my grandmas.
The deep skillet with the handle is a chicken fryer. It’s one of the skillets I received from my beloved grandma.
What treasures you have 😀
My Mom had one of those chicken friers when I was growing up (I didn't realize that's what it was, but that's what Mom always fried chicken in!). After she passed, as we were clearing out her house, I wondered what happened to it, but I never found it. I do have several other cast iron pieces from Mom, and I love them.
That #5 skillet looks like one I have that was my grandmother’s. It has a heat ring, the pouring spouts, and the 5 on the bottom - I think it is an old Birmingham Stove and Range skillet and I believe it is from their Red Mountain Series. Mine was covered thick with carbon on the outside when I first got it and I had to sand the outside down and re-season it. It is very cool to think that my grandmother cooked with that skillet. She passed away when my mom was still a little girl, so I never met her. You have a fantastic collection!!
The cast iron pan that you called the little one, we have that pan, my 19-year-old son calls it the mini man pan. 😂🤣. It mostly gets used when he's home alone and cooking for himself! It is the perfect size to cook a few hot dogs in or he makes a homemade hash brown in it. I use it to make my poor man's bullion cube gravy. Great video as always!
A mortar and pestle was used by my granny to grind up herbs for poultaces, and she also cooked over a fire out of an iron cauldron to make stews in Harlan, KY.
I love cast iron cookware. It’s all I use and I can’t imagine cooking with anything else! I don’t have a large collection,mostly as I find some pieces in a yard sale or second n
hand store and will buy them to give to my daughter. I’m so pleased to have three fry pans,a 13,10 and (5?) inch, a ditch oven,a round flat skillet and the large griddle pan like my mother used on the wood stove and a chicken fryer pan. Every piece I find I always stop and think of who would have used it in the past. I love cast iron,it’s a wonderful connection to the people who used these pieces before me. Thanks for the great video! And yes,we also have a glass top stove!
Tipper, I am glad you addressed these issues because neither my grandma or mom handed me down any of their cast iron and, the issue for me a lot of it, has been too heavy for me. And, I have been wanting some that’s easier to use like my grandma and mom had. I remember mom when, I was young kid and we went camping and we had a Coleman Stove and my mom would make sure the camper was loaded up with her cast iron cookware. We always went to this certain KOA campground, every year and they had a fenced in area where you could fish and, me and my brother were always anxious to fish especially if we made it there early that was the first thing we would want to do. Well, when, we caught it, they cleaned it up and everything for you and,that’s what we would have there for our supper the first night was fresh rainbow trout breaded in cornmeal and, fried up, that’s probably one of my favorites that mom cooked in the cast iron skillet and, of course fried chicken and, grandma’s cornbread, but, I really like the corn cakes from the corn shaped pan with the cream style corn in them.
I always love hearing about cast iron, I have my mama’s large skillet & cherish it…I’ve picked up several others cast iron skillets over the years…my youngest daughter bought a very large Lodge skillet & another skillet from Lodge that is square & has ridges in it to use like you’re grilling….well, I tried teaching her how to cook & care for them for a couple of years, last Thanksgiving when I was visiting her, she brought out both skillets and said…mama, you can have ‘em, I hate ‘em….so I have them & love them, she just wasn’t taking the time to clean them while they were still hot like I do & they were a mess, but I got them cleaned up and love them except that huge one (maybe 15 or 16”) is so heavy I have to get my husband to bring it to the stove & put it up when I’m done..
I really loved hearing the stories of yours, especially the Dutch oven, that was quite a story! The one you have that’s deep, mama called a “chicken fryer”….I didn’t inherit that one…🤗🤗
Thank you Brenda 😀
Thanks Tipper. Blessings to you🌹
Great collection! I'm fortunate to have pieces from my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother
I grew up learning how to cook by being by my Mama’s side every time she was in the kitchen. She used cast iron a lot. I will always remember her saying never use soap to clean it. After I got married she gave me my Granny’s (her mama) cast iron pan she used for cornbread. I wouldn’t take a million dollars for it. About 5 years ago I went to the Lodge Outlet Store in South Pittsburgh and bought a set of cast iron and use at least one piece every week. I just love it. Great story behind your cast iron Dutch oven!
I love my cast iron! I have arthritis and carpal tunnel issues that sometimes make it hard to lift the bigger, heavier pieces so my sweet husband recently gifted me with a new Lodge dual handle skillet. I love it! It's still a work in progress in terms of being "fully seasoned", but it's getting better every time I use it, which as you said, is the key to a really well seasoned piece of cast iron. I really enjoyed the video; you have a wonderful collection of gorgeous C.I. Thanks for sharing!
the old cast iron is thinner and lighter. I was given a skillet by an elderly friend. His mother and maybe his grandmother used it.
I use cast iron too. I think my favorite are my corn stick pans. They make the most crispy cornbread you’ve ever had! That last pan with a lid that you had there (the small Dutch oven), was what we always called a chicken fryer. It’s just the perfect height and size for a whole fried chicken.
My father found one that was really rusty one time and he threw it in a big brush fire that he burned for days. It came out like brand new.🐝🤗❤️
Wow, that's a great way to fix up cast iron! Sounds a lot more fun than a lye bath too. :)
My Mom would always cook her sausage gravy, home fries and biscuits in her cast iron and there really is no comparison to the taste. I miss those great breakfasts and love the memories with it.
Of course I have a story about cast iron. Now we never used cast iron pans in my house when I was growing up. But once I was in college, I had a roommate who brought ALL her cast iron pans to the apartment we shared. She had to teach me everything about cooking with them, and I do remember that they were very heavy. But I learned. Now I have one cherished cast iron pan. Thanks Tipper.
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That deep skillet with the lid, is the best chicken fryer around!
Totally understand about feeling sentimental about kitchen things (and other old things). Every time I use my older things I think of the stories and people behind them, and all the wonderful food cooked in and with them. Thanks again for another amazing and thoughtful peek into your kitchen world. Love my old old cast iron skillet - it's unmarked, just has a number 8 (or B), but very worn and lightweight. One day I might finally ID it!
I will have to replay this one for my husband when he gets here, he will really enjoy the history (as I did, too). Thank you for this, very enjoyable and also educational.
I use cast iron most all the time. Love the way it heats up and cooks evenly! You're exactly correct, just use it!
Thanks once again Tipper for the video!
I have my ex's grandmother's cast iron pan. It's stored in a bottom cabinet since the house I moved into has a glass stove top. When I saw you using cast iron on glass top, I was amazed. Thank goodness you're careful. Glad to know it can be done. I'm going to dig out the old pan & see if I can revive it. Thanks! :)
I have one of those cast iron "corn stick" pan. It's just 2 of us, a whole 10 inch skillet is too much for us. The "corn stick" pan makes 4 cornbread sticks. Just enough.
Your skillets are georgeous. ❤
Thank you! I love those pans too 😀
I have those too!🐝🤗❤️
My Buddy makes really good biscuits with the Dutch Oven at deer camp by spreading hot coals on the bottom and top. I like cast in the kitchen because I think you can control the heat better than stainless or non-stick pans.
I growd up just down the way from the lodge factory, I love my lodge cookware but I want to add to my Griswold collection, I also have some no name pans.
Thank you tipper, I love using mine too. You always make me feel good. Thank you.🥰🇨🇦
I agree with you that cast iron is the best for cooking.
I don’t know if Lodge still does this....but South Pittsburg, TN has a Cornbread Festival in May... Lodge shuts down their operations and offers tours through the plant. I went a few years ago and was amazed at the process. They also have an outlet store there. The Cornbread Festival was fun, too.
I loved hearing the stories about your cast iron. I would like to hear more stories about your kitchen. May God bless and keep you and your family in His Love and Mercy.
I’m afraid of cast iron, despite owning several pans. This helped me. Thank you. Love from Kennebunkport, Maine.
Once you master them and get the feel u won’t go back.
Wonderful History & LOVE of All Your cast-iron pieces ❤ ♥ I can Not cook except in cast-iron skillets. Have never had a Dutch-oven but My Youngest & Only Brother can cook anything & Everything Indoor & Outdoor with His !! We grew up with our Mom cooking in cast-iron, I cherish a skillet she had, since she has passed away. I had a griddle but am not sure where it has disappeared to.😥😥💖 My middle Son can sure season mine up. Mom always cooked cornbread in one. Everything we went to the river to swim in the summer, Mom took a cast-iron skillet and we'd take other things..Dad played with Us kids, and Mom fried potatoes..
With glass cooktops, you can use cast iron if you avoid high heat and rapid temperature changes. Cast iron conducts heat really well, so you can cook at lower heat. Don't set hot pans on cold glass and don't pour cold water into a hot pan.
Thanks for this info. I loved cooking with my cast iron but just got a new glass top stove and was scared to death to use my cast iron on it
@@tammyperry6359 ms Tammy my mother just got one to, and we really didn't know what kind of pots and pans neither, But she does have a lot of cast iron🤔So I guess it will be okay 🥰
With the cast iron pans never crank the heat to high right off, ya gotta build up the heat slower or ya could crack the pan. The lighter pans are especially touchy as they're thinner iron .
I think cast iron is enjoying a resurgence in popularity and I'm so glad. My mother gave me what she had, and I've bought other pieces over the years, and I prefer it over the newer types of cookware.
I have my mothers 10" skillet and love it. While I use my larger pans for everyday, my mothers is my treasure.
your video on making cornbread prompted me to purchase my first cast iron pans. i bought a pan and a medium sized pot, and the pan can act as a lid for the pot and turn it into a dutch oven. i'm in love with them and i don't know how i survived my entire adult life without them! my quality of cooking....especially with certain things like roast or even a juicy chicken breast or wings...has completely gone up tremendously! i just don't see a better way to get back in touch with my southern roots than through use of cast iron!
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Thank you so much for this video! It's just so ironic, because I just yesterday found a beautiful old Wagner skillet. It's big and deep, and has a smooth as glass surface! And I just made the decision today to go back and get it. This video was sent from heaven!🙏
Oh wow how wonderful is that! 😀
@@CelebratingAppalachia Yep! My collection is growing, and it all started with my grandmother's cornbread skillet, which was passed down to me. She made me a true believer! I'm sure she's looking down on me, and smiling!♥️
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Great video, Thank You! - We only have 6 pieces of cast iron, 5 skillets and 1 dutch oven, but I cook in them all the time. I love them. 3 of those skillets are WELL OVER 50 years old and better than new. We've been married almost 60 years and those 3 old skillets were given to us by my parents, and they were well used when we got them over 50 years ago. I would never give them up. When I cook in them I clean them up pretty much the same way you describe, easy to do and never a problem. :)
Nice cast iron skillet, s ms tipper, I think it's cool to have a good story behind our things in the kitchen especially our cast iron ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️Thank you for sharing, Always love your story's 🥰 Looking forward to hear you read tomorrow evening 🤗
The older I get, the more I rely on cooking w my cast iron skillets. They hold up so well…seems like the older they are, the better they perform. Love them. Great video! Thanks for sharing!
I love the short flat skillet. We have several different sizes of cast iron pans. Thank you for sharing the history of your pieces. 🙂
Thank you Kat 😀
Thanks tipper ! Enjoyed this about your cast iron! I always think about the great food cooked and enjoyed thru the years ,when I use my very old cast iron skillets.....I grew up in a family that only used cast iron....I love cast iron.....great stories about your old cast iron ....i love cowboy Kent Rollins! His videos are awesome! Thanks again....God bless...🙏❤
I have been collecting Griswold cast iron for over 40 years! Excellent pans that I use every day!
My mom had a 10 and 12 inch cast iron frying pans. After she passed in 93 I gave the 12 inch to my brother and kept the 10 inch. Although I prefer using stainless steel cookware, I still use my cast iron frying pan (tho’ not every day - I prefer to let the oven do my cooking, yes, I even put my bacon in the oven! 😁). I also inherited a cast iron Dutch oven from my “2nd mama” which I use to deep fry, which isn’t often so it stays in the back of the cabinet. Each person seems to have their own care style. My mom used to wash the pans and put them on the gas eye on high to dry. She never oiled them as far as I recall. And the pans stayed ok. But then my college roommate would oil her pan so I started doing that later. I’ve seen cast iron pans with old black crust built up on them (old grease buildup I presume from not being cleaned properly?) and they looked too gross to cook in! Your pans however look beautifully maintained. Thank you for sharing your maintenance routine! I think I might try that and use an oiled rag too. 💗
The wire handle on that Dutch Oven is called a bail.
I use cast iron on my glass top stove and I knew I wasn't supposed to. It looks and works like it did when it was brand new. I can on it too. My aluminum pressure canner did leave a mark that was hard to get off but I got it.
I don't have any old cast iron. All mine is Lodge except a Cabalas Dutch Oven.
I have modified all my skillets. I cut down a skillet to make a shallow one like yours to make me a pizza pan. I cut down a smaller one to make a small pizza pan. They both work great.
I take the factory seasoning off all my skillets and grind the cooking surface down smoother then season them my way. Most of the older cookware show grind marks from the factory.
You are so talented Papaw 😀
Such great stories particularly the Dutch oven with the lid. I have a smallish skillet my grandmother gave me when I left home more than 40 years ago. It was one of her older pans and has no name - just a number. I use it for cornbread only and just like you, I just wipe it out when done and put it back in the cabinet when it cools. I love to think what my grandmother might've cooked in it long ago. Thanks for sharing about your cast iron cookware.
Love my Cast Iron .Thank you for this video !!! My parents gave me a very small cast iron fry pan and when my mom made biscuits she would give me a blob of dough and I pinched off small pieses and hand rolled my dime size biscuits. My dad would rant and rave over them.I'm sure that's when I developed my love for cooking!!
Thank You for bringing us along.
I only cook in cast iron. I gave my largest (15 1/4") pan to my only daughter, for her family's fried chicken, and my smallest (8") pan to my eldest grand-daughter when she moved into her first apartment, because she always used it for her eggs. I kept my 10 5/8" pan and my 10 1/2" griddle.
Tipper, the deep pan is what my grandmother called a chicken fryer and I love mine. Most people that how one love it for frying chicken and getting that nice crisp coating.
Good info and good stories . About the glass top , my wife cans on it and I use cast iron . Years ago she got frustrated with the cast iron and threw away 4 or 5 pieces ,but I retrieved them and saved them .
The deep pan, the last one you showed, my Mom used to call it a chicken frying pan. Maybe because it was deep for the oil she used in it. That’s just always what we called it. Love your videos
I have 2 of my grandmothers cast iron. One is a deep frying pan ad the other us a rectangle griddel. I use often . I also have a small dutch oven w a lid as you told about the story.
I absolutely love cooking with cast iron, I love Lodge, but have others I use also. I would say I have will over 100 pieces of different cast iron, and also love the John Wright one's too.
Wow you have a great collection 😀