Exactly, you can even make small pre-sliced pies! But it is a corn bread pan. My Mother years back used to make a bacon, egg and sausage mixture, throw some cheese in it and bake. Man that was good. She used to do a egg, veggie mixture as well, it's basically endless what you can do... Also, there were about four different sizes of that pan as well. If your interested in one, let me know. I find them regularly. PM me your address and I'll see to it you get the next one.
Well, thanks for the offer. That's generous of you. I think with my hands, I would have a hard lifting the cast iron pans. 20 yrs ago I would have said yes.
I just got my January/February addition of Grit Magazine, Funny, I wrote to them about an article they had in there a while back and sent some pics of my cast iron stuff. Well, they nearly gave me a half a page on my article about collecting cast iron pans and pics along with it, some of those pics are on here. It's on Page 10 if anyone gets the magazine. I sure didn't expect that!
My wife gave me this. Lodge 12 with legs, Camp Dutch Oven Cooker. I'm going to season it tonight when the scalloped potatoes come out of the oven. Can't wait to use it.
Good article. My kitchen Captain won't allow one on the ceramic top stove so its around somewhere but not used now. I liked it. One small thing - buy only made in US or Canada cast iron. I saw a report a few years back about cast iron pans etc made in China tested for radioactivity and guess what? They were hot with radioactivity. Seems some nuclear material was finding its way into cookware. Up here the cast iron has the letters GSW (General Steel Ware) on the bottom and made in Canada also. The Lodge brand is sold all over and I have a large Lodge brand griddle I take away on fishing trips to make pancakes and sausage or bacon. Ummm good! Diswashers and smooth top ceramic stoves are nice but - I too like old fashioned.
Just curious if anyone has sandblasted heavily rusted cast iron? A good friend gave me a 6", 8" and 10" set and I was looking to refinish them.
Don't "SAND" blast them… Sorry, if you want to bring them back, use a wire wheel on a drill. Take your time the go over with Steel wool. Yes they will come back, "IF" you know someone who has a walnut shell blaster or fine soda blaster, that will work I have brought some back much worse than those. First thing you need to do is put them in some hot water with some soap for a couple days and go from there. I'll be happy to walk you through it. There is some great information on Castironcollector.com Are they a "brand" name such as wagner or Grizwold? The handles appear to be Lodge pans. Nice Find!!! Good friend! Dave
Wow! Do they need some love! Once you get 'em to where they should be, please include a before and after pic!
Not really, take your pick… You just want to loosen up dirt and any crud. Your gonna wire them and repeat the process again. once the heavy, crusty stuff is off, put them back in the sink and break out a SOS or Brillo pad. The griddle I just recently got was not as bad as your stuff but with some elbow grease it'll come clean.
Heres the thing about sand blasting; It can make the pan "more" porous on the cooking surface and much harder to season. Now, stuff like granulated limestone, walnut shells, soda, etc… will not dig up the cooking surface. Now, if your gonna cook on it, "who the heck cares" how you clean it. But TRUE collectors can tell if it's been sandblasted. With that said, I have lots of pans and actually bead blasted one with fine silica, "yes" you could tell.. But after I seasoned it 3 times, it cooked fine. Wire wheeling is the best way to go though, it takes longer but the results are better. If you have heavy rust and it's coming out chunky with the cooking surface pitted and uneven, paint it and hang it on the wall!
It's weird because I was always told to not use steel wool or soap on cast iron but I guess before it is seasoned it's fine. It just seems taboo So here is another question, are they going to be worth reconditioning? After you asked about the brand I went to have a look and through the rust on the bottom I can make out "Made in Taiwan" on at least two of them
XXL, one last thought… If they are made over seas… china, taiwan, japan etc, they are ok for camping, but are for the most part junk. If it says made in the USA it's good casting. some of the older big box stores, Montgomery wards, Grants, even Sears were all made by "good" manufactures back then so some/most are worth bring back to life! I have a old Wards pan I paid $2.00 in a flea market for is worth about $40.00 now and cooks super!
Exactly. Once the pan is seasoned, NEVER use soap, you want to keep the grease/oil coating on them. I never wash mine, rinse with hot water, wipe out and dry, light coat of pam, Thats it!
