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cottonpicker
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# Posted: 5 Mar 2012 14:45
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I was born & raised on a farm in Ms in 1936.
We cooked & heated entirely with wood cut from our land.
We used MUCH iron cookware, even our kettle was iron with a marble inside to accumulate the minerals in the water.
A few years ago I begin to accumulate Wagner & Griswold iron cookware at yard sales.
My favorite is a shallow, square skillet divided into 3 compartments, I suppose for eggs, bacon, sausage???
We have never used any of it as my Wife is a "CITY GAL"
When we pass on I suppose our kids will sell them at a garage sale as it means nothing to them! LOL
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 5 Mar 2012 15:28 - Edited by: trollbridge
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Quoting: cottonpicker When we pass on I suppose our kids will sell them at a garage sale as it means nothing to them!
 It's okay though cause turkeyhunter will buy it all and take it back home (and to his camp) for him to cook on!!!
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 5 Mar 2012 18:19
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Quoting: trollbridge It's okay though cause turkeyhunter will buy it all and take it back home (and to his camp) for him to cook on!!!
so T R U E !!!!!!
NO TEFLON FOR ME!!!!!!!!!
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Seto
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# Posted: 6 Mar 2012 12:17
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I have a lodge logic skillet, and a vintage skillet and a vintage dutch oven, i bought the vintage ones at a yard sale
my favorate recepe is a simple soda bread made on the oven. i use these on my wood stove, they distribute heat better than other pots/pans.
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dk1393
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# Posted: 6 Mar 2012 18:18
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Hey Seto, How about posting a recipe for the soda bread.
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Borrego
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# Posted: 6 Mar 2012 22:10
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We decided to go for a dutch oven after being introduced to it by a good friend. So we bought one and out we go a couple weeks ago to try it out.
I had worked all day hangin drywall so I was a bit fatigued, but feelin pretty good. I had picked up some 'cowboy charcoal' which is wood briquets, they don't work as well for this, but I didn't know at the time. So I pops open a couple cold ones to parch my thirst and proceed to cooking. The missus had decided to try potatoes in it as we already had our meat set. Well after about an hour (and a glass of some great single malt) the potatoes had not really done much, and now it's dark out. So with the firepit right there, my scotch befuddled mind decided that the dutch oven should go directly in the fire. My wife disagreed, but I was sure I was right! So we opened a bottle of good wine to celebrate my great decision She was inside making veggies, when all of a sudden she pops her head out of the trailer and yells "honey the oven has smoke coming out of it, take it off the fire".
This is when it gets good. I get off my stump and stagger to the fire and pull the oven to get it out of the fire. It was waaay heavier than I thought and pulled me forward. My balance was a little off (I think due to the hard work and harsh climate?) and I fall half into the fire and smash my forehead on a rock. But I got the friggin oven out of the fire!
As my sweetie comes screaming out of the trailer, I am laying on my back with my left sweater sleeve on fire and blood streaming out of my forehead into my eyes, ears and everywhere around. (I beat the crap out of that rock though). To this day I don't know why she was so upset....? Any ideas?
So I get up like a man and put out the fire, and get a cold cloth to take care of the blood loss. No big deal... hehehe.....
The potatoes were burnt to hell, so I lost more points right there. Then I asked if the steaks were ready yet? Silence.......
I shoulda stopped there, but my big downfall was when I asked for another drink................................ go figure?
So I'm looking for one of my cabinforum buddies to call and explain this all to her.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 6 Mar 2012 22:50 - Edited by: trollbridge
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Ha Ha Ha Borrego!!!!!!Too funny!!!!!
You just got the award for making my night!!!! Great story...ya get any pictures???? Glad you at least got the better of that rock...and you were sick of that sweater anyways right???? and did you really need potatoes with your steak-prolly not huh?!?!
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wakeslayer
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# Posted: 7 Mar 2012 16:58
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Funny Borrego !! Sort of...
We have a dinner we make in our dutch oven affectionately known as Moose Drool Stew. It came about a few years ago as I coyly (is that a word?) pretended to spill an ounce or so of my favorite beer ever into our stew as it was cooking. This went on about every half hour until it was done. Best stew ever. Nowadays it will get about a full bottle in it before it is done.
You say your girl got mad about wanting another drink? Bwaa ha ha. Nonsense...
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exsailor
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# Posted: 8 Mar 2012 09:24
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Ever fall and spring our Black Powder Club sponsors a rendezvous. Basically a week of 1700-1840 dress up and primitive living highlighted by an occasional to way too many drinks, campfires, cooking, music and plenty of good friends. For Friday's supper I do a chuck roast, potatoes, carrots, onions, green peppers, mushrooms, or maybe a can of green beans in a dutch oven. There is never any set recipe, generally whatever I remember to pack or my buddy has in his camp; seasonings vary but usually one Yengling and some tomato juice finds its way in for liquids. Very rarely is anything left, and anybody that is hungry is welcome to join us for supper. I have had the aroma convert vegetarians, at least for one meal! LOL The end of March is the next event and I can't wait!
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backcountry
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# Posted: 24 Mar 2012 07:25
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Everything tastes better with Cast iron and cooked on the wood stove. My kids asked last fall if we could bring the kitchen stove home with us,,,
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 24 Mar 2012 10:07
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ooo...nice stove! I like it a lot...funny that even the kids notice the difference in taste!!!!
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CottonPicker
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# Posted: 24 Oct 2012 11:54
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Growing up in rural Southern MS during the 30s & 40s we used a lot of iron cookware! Even our kettle was cast iron. We put a marble in the kettle to "COLLECT" the mineral. After a few years the ball of mineral was as big as a golf ball.
Lately I have begin to collect Griswold & Wagner cast iron cook ware.
I have an interesting square "Breakfast skillet"
It has 3 compartments & I assume it is for eggs, sausage & bacon???
Ever notice how small a flame is required to cook with cast iron?
Today people take IRON PILLS!!
Yesteryear we got our iron fron the iron cookware we used daily.
Ahh!! for the good old days!! LOL
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groingo
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# Posted: 24 Oct 2012 23:54
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I used to be a Cast Iron cooker till I accidentally discovered Stainless Steel cookware from Ultrex, much quicker heat up time and more even heating over a flame and super easy to clean.
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SkyLlama
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# Posted: 25 Oct 2012 07:32
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I like cast iron cookware, but I don't have much of it. I've got a pan and a kettle and while the kettle gets used most it's easier to use the electric kettle most of the time.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 25 Oct 2012 17:35
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Lodge dutchovens, I also have the full skillet set from the smallest to the largest.
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LakeSuperior5
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# Posted: 26 Oct 2012 15:51
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Love the dutch ovens, have not tried over the open fire as much as with the charcoal brickets. Fun trying to figure out how many go on top and how many on the bottom. Lot's of recipes I want to try next year!
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skootamataschmidty
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# Posted: 1 Nov 2012 19:40
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My uncle collected antiques for years before he sold me the cabin. For an extra dollar I got to keep all the stuff he collected over the years, including the old pots, tubs etc.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 5 Nov 2012 08:25
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skootamataschmidty-beautiful.love this.thanks for sharing.
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22savage
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# Posted: 30 Nov 2012 08:21
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anyone have an opinion of the new kitchenaid cast iron? how does it compare to lodge?
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SkipL
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# Posted: 31 Oct 2014 19:07
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right now I have 2 flat waggoner skillets great for pancakes as well as 1 12" a 8" a 6" sided skillets and 3 different sized dutch ovens that I cook at home with. I now looking to pick up some for my cabin I'm building at the Lake of the Ozarks.
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SkipL
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# Posted: 31 Oct 2014 19:19
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Lodge is my 3rd choice, griswold and wagoner are my 1st and 2nd, cooking with briquets with a dutch oven or any coals you need to put about 12 under and 8 on the lid heats evenly that way. I bake pies and stews chili in mine oh and a favorite is fried corn bread. use any corn muffin mix, whip it up and heat your skillet up like you were frying something, when oil about a3 tbs gets hot pour batter in and set the lid on you can do this in an oven or camp fire using 10-12 big coals under and 8 on top its gooood.
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Alan K
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# Posted: 4 Nov 2014 20:02
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Cabingal,
I should of never clicked the wiki link.... Now I'm hungry 
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SouthernOutlaw
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# Posted: 6 Nov 2014 09:16
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I found one like this several months ago. It is cast iron, but with a very hard coating like Teflon on it. I besieve it is a poacher but not sure. Haven't decided what I am going to do with it yet. I collect and restore cast iron cookware, and use the the Arm and Hammer laundry detergent with a battery charger to remove the rust. My tank is 25 gal so I can get most cookware in it. Love cast iron.
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Wilbour
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# Posted: 6 Nov 2014 09:55
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Quoting: SouthernOutlaw use the the Arm and Hammer laundry detergent with a battery charger to remove the rust
SouthernOutlaw - the Science guy!
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dk1393
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# Posted: 6 Nov 2014 17:00
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Southernoutlaw.
The pan is for making Aebleskiver's.
There are lots of youtube videos and lots of recipes out there.
They are a Danish doughnut. Sometimes with a filling. Pretty easy to make once you do it a few times
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dk1393
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# Posted: 6 Nov 2014 17:03
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Aebleskivers
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SouthernOutlaw
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# Posted: 6 Nov 2014 18:56
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Quoting: Wilbour # Posted: 6 Nov 2014 09:55 Reply Quote Quoting: SouthernOutlaw use the the Arm and Hammer laundry detergent with a battery charger to remove the rust SouthernOutlaw - the Science guy!
Not a whole lot of science in it, but it is the easiest way to get cast iron, or any iron, steel, rust free. Put it in, hook up auto battery charger, wait 24 hr remove, and wash. Rust is gone.
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SouthernOutlaw
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# Posted: 6 Nov 2014 19:00
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Quoting: dk1393 # Posted: 6 Nov 2014 17:00 Reply Quote Southernoutlaw. The pan is for making Aebleskiver's. There are lots of youtube videos and lots of recipes out there. They are a Danish doughnut. Sometimes with a filling. Pretty easy to make once you do it a few times
Thanks to all who identified this pan. Had no idea as to what it was used for. Wife is now looking up different recipes, so we will give it a try one weekend soon.
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jrbarnard
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# Posted: 7 Nov 2014 06:57
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I love my cast iron stuff. My wife got me an awesome cast iron dutch oven for our first Christmas. I do not have pictures of all of it, sorry.. heh. I have about 8-10 pieces. I have cooked on them all for so many years, I cannot remember. I know my dad used them long before me, and I inherited them when he passed. I did not get all of them, but I slowly built them all up.
One of my favorite things to make is dutch oven cobbler.
I use the really large skillet all the time for breakfast for everyone.
A little crisco still sits in the cabinet for greasing them afterwards.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 12 Mar 2016 15:05 - Edited by: turkeyhunter
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i hit the "mother load" at a yard sale TODAY and PRICED TO MOVE....a waffle iron.. small pot with 3 legs.....skillet....3 cast iron kettles pots & lots of décor for the cabin as well.....I love VINTAGE COOKWARE!!!!
pics to follow
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