Cast Iron

Found this nice cast iron teapot from a flea market. It’s enameled inside (of course) and it has a stainless steel tea sieve. Needs a bit of soda boiling to get rid of tea residue inside. I guess I should also check the enameling for lead (some of the old ones can have lead in them I think), though I’m pretty sure it’s safe. It doesn’t seem that old.

It looks a bit “spotted”. Is that normal or need I do something about it?

I’m guessing the finish chipped from the store cleaning the pan aggressively, but poorly, given the recent sticker date. Is that unusual? Gonna refinish it myself this week, as long as this isn’t setting off anyone’s alarm bells.

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Picked up my first vintage iron from someone on FB today. Excited to get it cleaned up and see how it compares to my Lodge skillets.

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I was given this pan by a buddy downsizing. It hasn’t been used in 5ish years and to me looks a touch rusted. Am I completely off base to just buff it out using barkeepers friend and then re-seasoning in the oven?

My grandmother in-law passed away this week. As you might imagine, the old lodge she gave us when she moved to assisted living is getting a workout this weekend. This was the only thing I thought to take a picture of.

If Lodge enameled dutch ovens count

These things are stupid rare. The bottom pot tended to be used as a flower pot and as such, no one had them.

I think this might be a Lodge skillet. However, two things make me question whether it’s a Lodge.

There was a trend on another site where everyone made pizza so I thought I’d give it a whirl since I’d never made pizza at home that wasn’t a take and bake.

Sigh. Always test cast iron of unknown history. Any wall mounting tips lol?

My aunt said that my grandmother tossed this in the barn after her house burned in 1982. She gave it to me the other day after I’d asked about family cast iron.

So my dad is having a retirement auction. Among the stuff we forgot my mother had owned we found her old campfire Dutch oven covered in surface rust. I scrubbed the rust off and put a quick coat of seasoning on it just so that it didn’t sell as a lawn ornament. Obviously I started thinking that maybe I should keep it. Once it was on the stove cooling off, my dad took one look at it and said " That cleaned up pretty nice, I think maybe I’ll keep that after all”

I’ve only bought the pan a week ago and used it three times. Hot dogs, eggs, and steak.

Hi! I’m an amateur and must have used my pan incorrectly, and would like to ask some directions to fix my specific case.

Looking forward to using this. It’s SUPER rough, thin, and cheap. But it’ll make cute pancakes.

I was going to cook some fried rice for lunch during d&d when I realized my wok is seasoned with peanut oil and one of the players is allergic to peanuts.

So here is the pan I posted about a couple days ago. I put the pan in the oven and ran the self-cleaning cycle. When it came out I cleaned off the ash and I could actually tell that some of the texture around the edge was the metal and not food. The rest of the gunk was gone.

I started using a lodge cast iron pan about a year ago. I purchased the pan probably five years ago, but it didn’t see much use. I decided to try to move away from cooking with non-stick skillets and it took a while to get comfortable, but now I use it routinely. I have some questions about care.

I’ve been trying to avoid buying more pans just because I like the designs but my wife and siblings peer pressured me into this one.

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After seeing this post from @jordanlund@lemmy.world we decided to try our hand at some little Danish pancakes. So far they are not turning out as well as Jordan’s did, but they are tasty. I used the recipe that came with the pan. Next batch I will use the one Jordan provided.

Monday night is pizza night, and I love cooking it in my cast iron pan.

First time having it too. I think I found my go-to quick dessert recipe.