Ahh, I am pretty happy about today's aquisition. I bought this Wagner Ware cast iron popover pan. It has very nice castings with some little slag bits in the bottom of a few cups. The finger holds were cast very smooth. It is a little taller than a muffin pan, maybe just a little bit smaller diameter in the cups. I'll use this to make meat and apple pies out in the mud oven and freeze a bunch for taking out ice fishing this winter. Little pies like this can get wrapped in foil and set on the woodstove to heat up and snack on a cold day. I think these will cook nicely in 20 minutes, so I don't think I will need a second one. If I can get 3 bake cycles in a row in one oven firing, that will be 33 mini pies.
https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/st...stock/132353?Keyword=stainless+steel+cookware Here's a look at the cost of some stainless cookware just for comparison, In my opinion the older Revere ware is far superior and I've found them for $5.00 a pot in Flea markets and garage sales.
I'll need to make three more hanging hooks. Griswold #7 skillet on the left. Wagner Ware "Sidney" #8 deep fryer in the middle and an unmarked Griswold "Iron Mountain" line #5 skillet on the right. That deep fryer should hold a nice batch of stew.
Very Nice Jon!!!! Nice score! I just used my Chicken fryer to do some breasts with olive oil, butter, garlic and onion. Then after they are browned, add a can of Campbell's cream of mushroom and a 1/2 cup of cream or half and half! Simmer slow and mix till all mixed up.
Yea, it's very simple to do and you only use about a liberal splash of olive oil in the bottom. You can add anything else you like but I keep it simple, If you like the taste of lemon I sometimes squeeze some lemon on mine after cooking on the plate, I usually serve with asparagus or spinach!
I'm pretty sure I've never seen a #7. Nice. My sister in law brought me an unmarked Wagner chicken fryer a couple of weeks ago, to clean up and season. It's currently in a lye bath.
The wife and I just came back from having a small take out dinner and we stopped at the local "crap/antique/who knows what store" and I happen to find this pan. Now, I have to say this guy who owns this place is a real "@$$ clown, so I came to the counter with the pan and before I said anything, he said "THATS $20.00 BUCKS"! It's a super collector piece! Well, as much as I wanted to "THROW" the dam pan at him, I casually said would you take $15.00 for it? So The wife was looking at something, and this idiot himmed and hawwed and said well if she buys something I'll let it go for $15.00. So, she didn't buy what she was looking at so I said, Goodnight as we started for the door and he said well, If you really want the pan I'll sell it. Did you ever really just want to "smack" someone real good? Needles to say, I bought the pan only because it was worth about $35.00! I didn't need another # 3 but the Pie slice Wagner ware is quite rare!!! That's the "ONLY" reason I tolorated that jack @$$es attitude. Also, he's starting to catch on what pans are selling for. For you cast folks, the pie slice marked Wagners are getting very scarce! Keep your eyes open
Speaking of hanging hooks fishingpol, who all does what with their cast iron when not in use? Id like some ideas other than leaving them in the oven or on top. It kinda drives Dawn nuts.
I have a narrow cupboard for baking sheets right beside the cookstove so I just squeeze them in there...
Pallet Pete has a chrome bakers shelf with his hanging off it. I'll be honest, I'm running out of hanging space. My oven racks were drooping and it was a pita to move em out when something had to bake in the oven. Dave, nice pan. I haven't seen that logo in my travels.
I have a strorage unit for "most" of mine till I get my kitchen done. I keep about a dozen in the cabinets and on a bakers rack for daily use. Theres normally three on the stove top at any given time.
WeldrDave Your the Scotty Overkill of CI pans. You could snap a pic of your storage, and I'd be like.......ummm,no! I don't currently have an entire sea box to store them in! I think is like maybe a cast iron hanging thing to hold them. I only have 7 pans currently. I'd need to certainly find studs in the ceiling! fishingpol, I'd imagine you could whip up some sweet hooks. You'll have to snap a pic when you do!
I did 1 x 8 rough pine on a wall. Do you have some wall space? You could do a narrow floor to ceiling plank and put them up. Here are the hooks with little fishtail, curved ends. I made two more small ones this morning, I need two heavier ones for the popover pan and the chicken fryer.
Looks like that one saves space and displays your pans without having to dig them out of the cupboards
