Cast Iron Revisited

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  1. JAD

    JAD Member

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    @Hawkeye5 -- what is the brass tag attached to your lid handle? Marking your equipment? Name tag? Just curious after I noticed it.

    Cowboy potatoes -- how about your recipe? Please?
     
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    this is awesome! Last pic your Dad? and whats the brass tag?
     
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    The brass tags are Cast iron pot tags that you can put your name and or a number on.That way you can keep the lid and pot together as a set if you have more than one .The wife got them for me at Chuckwagon Supply. No that is me in the last picture .I don't do good in pictures.
    O.K. JAD , I take 1 lb of bacon cut it up in 1" squares and brown it in the oven first, I made it in a 14" this time but make it in a 12" one a lot. Then slice up 4 or 5 potatoes ,and 2 or 3 onions.
    place 1 layer of onions, salt and pepper them then put in a layer of potatoes , salt and pepper them .Keep doing the layers till you have them all in . I put in some cut up bell peppers on top this time.Then put 2 rings of coals on top and one around the edge on bottom. Cook till the potatoes get cooked then I put about 2 cups of cheese
    on top and cook till cheese is melted. There you go . Most everyone likes this .
     
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  4. Expat

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    Will be doing another how to with one @RedEyedHog gave me this past weekend at Jeff's.
     
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    i thought you were younger :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D (just razzing you Hawk!)

    love the potato recipe. Will use it next camp out! :cool:
     
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    Target has a 12" Lodge on sale for $13 shipped. PROMO CODE: KITCHEN
     
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    Got mine soaking right now.
     
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    It's true Bushy I will be 60 on the 15th of this month. It is all good!
     
  9. Expat

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    Here's another restoration project. This pan and lid came from @RedEyedHog . As you can see it's pretty roached out. I'm not sure if they were cooking meth with bacon fat or what. It's a perfect example of not getting the oil off and letting it just build up until it start to flake off. Looks like there's a bit of rust also on the exposed part. I'll address that later once it's clean.



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    I'll use the B-Fat for the seasoning.

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    20161112_143629.jpg 20161112_123539.jpg Spent some time at the antique mall today. They had lots of good Griswold and Wagner stuff. I had a 10inch Griswold in my hands that was marked for $19. Good shape with only a small bit of rust. But I put it back for a $5 piece that was comeplety caked with scale. To me it's fun to just see what comes out after the lye bath. Unrelated I also scored two vintage school desks for my kids. 19 bucks each.
     
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    its addictive isn't it? :cool:
     
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    How did I miss this until now?

    (A: slow page loads for weeks. Now resolved.)

    Sweet mother of castiron, saint skillet, i promise to post pics .. asap .
     
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    I just checked Casey's pan. Still really crusty. I'll let this one soak a long time.

    As others have stated previously, the lye works best in the hot weather. This is soaking in my garage where its down to freezing temps every night now so it will take longer than it would in say, June.

    I'll post all the pics up as I'm reseasoning it.
     
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    Five dollars well spent I'd say.
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    That cutting board though....
     
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    Wish I was still in the woodworking game. Cast Iron helps fill the void.

    PS. I'll trade it to you for a first production run cleaver when the time comes :D
     
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    First coat of B-Fat after @Expat suggested soaking it in apple cider vinegar.
     

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    Man, that looks great!
     
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    Cornbread this weekend!!
     

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