Old Iron Skillet

[SmokeyJoe]

My mother loved her cast iron skillets, and that's about all she'd cook with, whether it was cornbread in the oven or fried potatoes on the stove. Well, she passed away last year, and I got her iron skillets. We're going camping in a few weeks, and I'm taking one of the skillets with me. I'm sure Momma will be looking down on me, saying "Don't burn them potatoes, son."

[Cappy]

Good for you Joe you will be bringing your mama's memory camping with ya. I have an ole filet knife i gave my dad for Christmas many years ago. The blade is kinda thin but it lives in our camper and wether cleaning fish or choppin onions when I use the ole knife i am constantly reminded of the many happy times we shared. It's simple, its corney, but it means the world to me. God bless you and ya mom.

[dinosaur]

I love a good cast iron skillet. They're heavy but nothing beats them. I have one my dad gave me. It makes the best omelets.

I think they're better than any of those new non-stick pans with the diamond coatings. There's the blue one that costs a fortune and promises "restaurant quality" and then there's the green one that's cheap and they show it being used like a hammer to beat up another frying pan. I'd like to see them try that with a cast iron pan.

[rayne]

I love my iron frying pan!!! Especially for baking corn bread. I pour my oil in the pan and pop it in the oven and let it get hot, hot. Then pour in the cornbread batter and listen to it sizzle, put it back into the oven and bake until golden brown. Ain't nothin' better.

[CozInCowtown]

Many years ago when rooting around India, back when the city was called Dehli, I brought home a set of copper skillets and matching pots & pans.
Solid copper and as heavy as cast iron, nice and thick.
Them were the best cooking crockery I ever seen before and since.
X-wife stole them in the divorce......B****!!

[Judy Ann]

I take my momma's old cast iron skillet with me when car camping on the coast just in case a fish needs to be cooked up for breakfast. She used it to fry up fish that we would catch before breakfast back when I was a child. Memories make the moment even more special.

[ppine]

What's old is new again.

[Purdey]

A well seasoned Griswold is a thing of beauty

[Sagebrusher]

Originally Posted by CozInCowtown

Many years ago when rooting around India, back when the city was called Dehli, I brought home a set of copper skillets and matching pots & pans.
Solid copper and as heavy as cast iron, nice and thick.
Them were the best cooking crockery I ever seen before and since.
X-wife stole them in the divorce......B****!!

Old copper skillets from India? I bet they would be worth some dough now!

[Sagebrusher]

Originally Posted by dinosaur

I love a good cast iron skillet. They're heavy but nothing beats them. I have one my dad gave me. It makes the best omelets.

I once made a 12-egg omelet in my big skillet. Took about half an hour...but it didn't stick!