I fit the same mold your talking about. I don't need the latest greatest thing. Not many people I know our age want to do a whole lot for themselves. There are some and I think a lot of guys on here our age are the same as you and me.
Stang, You stick with what your doing and your values!!! "TRUST" me when I say down the road, your boss will realize just how "STUPID" he was, then again maybe not. Either way, your the winner in the grand scheme of things. I'm in my 50's and I went through a "stupid" term in my life, I never realized just how smart my Parents were till I hit about 30. You get it!. And seem to know the value of hard work. For me, the cast iron is a history thing and when thats gone, the'yre not coming back. Not to mention the love of cooking in them! Remember one thing, they're are still good people out there, just look on this web site! The media has always portrayed doom and gloom and unfortunatly thats what most the young folks see today. So you and I and everyone else who holds value to the heart has to teach those who wish to learn! Stay with it my friend, you will always prosper with hard work!
I know, that's why I like this place... or why I didn't say everyone our age. We're a rare breed in todays society, when i say Old Skool, that's what I mean. I think I grew up in the wrong timeframe. I've seen this just the past couple years dating and all the shady "what can they do for me" types of friends. The last few years with friends has been an eye opener for me as for the better part of 10 years I've lived on the road for work, and haven't traveled as much the last two years. So I've been around and seen whats its like to have a "normal life" again and all those "friends" They want me to leave for the super bowl on jan 2nd... I have until tonight to decide.. that's 7 weeks gone...I'm sick of being gone and living out of a suitcase. It was fun for a long time, but......It's hard to carry on a normal life, maintain a house, take care of an animal being gone all the time. Maybe I can take my square cast iron skillet with me.... lol Thanks Dave! I hope so... I was raised with strong morals and a you don't have it, you work for it attitude. I don't own a credit card. I owe on my truck and house, and both of those bother me. I hate being in debt. Growin up dad made a good living for the time working as a senior engineer at rubbermaid. we had a nice house, mom didn't work. Dad struggled for years for us kids.. he also didn't give us squat other than lots of cracks on the azz, and I deserved every bit of them. He gave me the work ethic I have, the morals (at least the ones I still have left, lol) I was a cocky teenager that knew everything and we clashed growing up, but I finally got it and realized how smart he was about 28-30... I told him then either I was getting dumber, or he was smarter than I gave him credit for. He just laughed and laughed. He knew I was stubborn and had to learn on my own just like he did, and I appreciate that immensely now. i sure hated driving a pos chevette for a first car when everyone had nice cars at 16... but it taught me the value of a buck and the rewards of hard work. I also started working at 11 or 12 for the neighbors farm and eventually bought my first bike, dirt bike then car from that job. where as now a days, I don't see young kids working anywhere. allowance? WTF is that? I get paid to sit at home and be a veg on the xbox? no wonder kids are fat, lazy and can't figure things out for themselves. as for the boss, its a lost cause..bipolar know it all.... Sorry for the rant... not sure where that all came from...
No, just the opposite…. Your morals and values are "more" than correct for the times! It's the others who are behind with the "don't give a S#!T attitude" about what their kids do, or themselves for that matter. And mostly want to blame evryone else for their short comings! When I was growing up, I think we had (1) chunky kid in the neighborhood and thats because his mother could'nt boil water correctly and he ate hotdogs, PBJ or ham and cheese sandwiches all the time, They lived on TV dinners. His Father was around but worked "all the time" so at least he had a family life. Funny end to this story, the kid I'm talking about became a "very" good chef in a local resturaunt.
So I can find this tomorrow and reread ... http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/ Centennials have done the trick
Hmmmmmm…….. She has some good points and some "not" so good… First, she is reinventing the wheel. I've done mine over a charcole grill, gas grill and in the oven, "in my opinion" do not exceed 450* ever in a bare pan. I've used crisco for years and sprayed them with Pam after and they have come out fine. Everyone has a different way and does her way work, I'm sure. But I'm not buying Flaxseed oil for $17 bucks a bottle when crisco does fine. It's a good article, some things are food for thought.
It was a "very good" read! as a matter of fact I read it twice incase I missed something; Not as observant as I used to be…. I'm getting ready to do two pans here in the next couple weeks and I'll post "my" process. It's really not that much different than most but heres some thought;… "when" are you ever going to get any pan hotter than 500* when your not cooking in it, also unless your cooking over "open" fire are you rarely going to get oil or fat to smoke point unless you left it on the stove or oven. If you do, you wipe it out and "whats next"….. you regrease/oil and start again. It's really not rocket science… It is a matter of opening up the poures of the metal and getting a base coat in them. I've worked with metal all my life, made my own castings, taught it, bla bla bla…… Once your cast is at 400*, there is really no need to go any hotter, the metal is not going to expand much more if any. Yes, a good baking for about an hour is good, and a "slow" cool… repeat. "I" do three coats then cook on then. It depends on how "bad" the pan is/was when I started. If the pan was rusty inside I would do more. If it was just cruddy and I cleaned it, then 3. She scared me when she started talking about linseed oil. "In my own opinion"… Stick to crisco and pam, you can't go wrong, cook some bacon after, it's easy, cheap and it works. You're not building the space shuttle, you're making a great cook pan.
I got a new card reader! …. Here are the pans I got last week for $10 bucks, boy do they need cleaning.
All I use now is cast iron except for making soup, got a stainless pot for that cause I make big batches... then I can what's leftover. I just put water in my pans and boil with a lid on for 5min. After that I empty them and while they're still hot I use a paper towel to put some lard back on em. works well.
I find if you put water in the hot pan and than sit it back on the burner even with it off it kind of deglazes itself.
