Cast Iron Fridays

Welcome everyone,
   I thought I would start up a cast iron sharing event. 
You are most welcome to join in with a post (new or old) just link up back to here to help spread the word. If you no longer use cast iron but still have a favorite recipe or method please feel welcome to share.
   This is for anything cooked, grilled, baked indoors or outdoors in cast iron. This also includes cast iron dutch ovens with the legs and special lids to hold the hot coals.

  I think some people are intimidated with the seasoning process. I never gave this must thought really since I use my pieces every day.
  Some people never use soap but prefer to scrub with salt then rinse and dry.  If I make something that gets stuck a bit to the pan I just soak mine over night. In the morning it usually washes right up. I dry mine and then I heat it on my gas stove with a spray of olive oil, wipe it around and set the timer for 5 minutes.  When seasoned your cast iron will Not be sticky but shiny black and smooth. If it is sticky heat it up a bit more.
   Also never put a very hot piece of cast iron into water. Good way to crack it-let it cool down and then clean it.

Here is a link from Southern Cast Iron with good information for the care of your cast iron pieces.
    They also have an excellent magazine out for cast iron-I love it.

Last week I made brownies for my husband to take to a Jump In event down at the river near here. This is a charity event that brings out lots of people. They serve food as well along with a big fire to keep the jumpers warm.
  I used a gluten free brownie mix used coconut oil instead of butter an egg, and some vanilla extract.

My square cast iron skillet is perfect for this

I just barely wiped a little olive oil on the seasoned pan and you can see nothing stuck- the brownies came right out



Hubs said everyone was asking who make the brownies-they went real fast  Good thing I saved a couple back lol

I pretty much make all of our meals in my cast iron pieces-one night we asked a friend over for tacos.

I warm up the tortillas on a cast iron griddle pan

This deep pan, I use allot outdoors on the grill so it's a little rough on the outside, the inside has a nice seasoning on it. This is a pan of chili beans with green chilies and tomatoes

I grabbed a deep skillet and started frying up a pound of chirozo and a pound of hamburger.Then added in my gluten free taco seasoning mix and water.  I cook this down til all the liquid is gone 

I serve with spring greens, grated cheese, salsa  Good Eats.


So glad you stopped by.