contest February Throwdown - Cast Iron Shenanigans

[Scovie]

Seriously, Sicman knows of what he speaks.... Make breakfast, lunch, then dinner!

 

[Chile Juju]

You, sir SD, are tilting dangerously close to a kitchen mutiny!!!

My original question was more along the lines of...
Are there any traditional 'beginner' dishes? Or do ya all just dive in and let the smoke alarm sing?

Hep me out TB!?!?!

 

[frydad4]

just bought a new one, 15 inches of pure awesomness, kind of like my penis

Why did you buy a new penis?

You, sir SD, are tilting dangerously close to a kitchen mutiny!!!

My original question was more along the lines of...
Are there any traditional 'beginner' dishes? Or do ya all just dive in and let the smoke alarm sing?

Hep me out TB!?!?!

Poppers.
Blackened ANYTHING.
Bacon.
Pancakes.

 

[Scovie]

Bacon.

There he is...

 

[Chile Juju]

I'm concerned anything I try is going to become "Blackened Everything"! Blackened pancakes...bleh.

Bacon...yes, bacon....

 

[frydad4]

relax. At the end of the day, it's just a regular old skillet that has the magical power to turn everything awesome.
I have a cook set that cost a couple hundred dollars, and the only thing I really use is my 12 inch CI that I picked up behind the register at Cracker Barrel for $17

 

[texas blues]

I'm concerned anything I try is going to become "Blackened Everything"! Blackened pancakes...bleh.

Bacon...yes, bacon....

I wouldn't blacken anything in a new just pre-seasoned cast iron. Bacon is a good first choice. Just keep the heat to a moderate level. Once you get a nice carbon coat on it, crank the heat up and blacken away.

Since you're cooking B L & D, am I correct in reckoning SD is volunteering for dish duty?

 

[sicman]

im fo real just cook all your meals in it

 

[JayT]

just bought a new one, 1.5 inches of pure awesomness, kind of like my penis

FIFY. Uh yeah. Just what I heard.

 

[frydad4]

But everything that comes out of it is delicious!!!

...The skillet...

Bear said.



Not me.

 

[Chile Juju]

Since you're cooking B L & D, am I correct in reckoning SD is volunteering for dish duty?

Oh Nooooo! He's a-scared of that dishen washin'! Thinks sharks live in dem waters!

But SD did suggest sticking to foods with animal fats. Back to da bacon!

 

[habaneroheat81]

Oh Nooooo! He's a-scared of that dishen washin'! Thinks sharks live in dem waters!

But SD did suggest sticking to foods with animal fats. Back to da bacon!

Tell him to get a dolphin.
BACON! But sadly the HH family does not like Bacon.

:runs out topic:

 

[Chile Juju]

Here, Quick...I'll hide you...

 

[habaneroheat81]

Good looking out CJ....tho this could be a setup for SD to beat me with Bacon.
Aaron

 

[HH81Betterhalf]

My favorite kinda pig is Ham..... no bacon...... forgive me for my sin.

 

[Chile Juju]

Ham is Goooooood! But my pops was a cop, so.......

 

[geeme]

You don't have to use just animal fat, but you do want an oil that takes a higher heat, such as canola. Use olive oil whlie the heat's lower, canola (etc.) when higher.

 

[Chile Juju]

Good to know! I really hate 'frying' things, so this is going to open a whole new world...if I can step thru the magical threshold of CI cooking.....

 

[Scovie]

You don't have to use just animal fat, but you do want an oil that takes a higher heat, such as canola. Use olive oil whlie the heat's lower, canola (etc.) when higher.

No no no G! Canola is for salads.
High heat oil is vegetable, or peanut. Canola turns into a carcinogen at high heat, research it. I could totaly be wrong, but I don't do it.

 

[geeme]

Check your facts, Scovie.

Mayo Clinic: Health concerns regarding canola oil that are being circulated on the Internet are unfounded.