I guess it's time to get a divorce...

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

I'm sorry man

 

[Clifton Tesh]

OMG a 1915 Wagner #10???????????


No idea what that is, but contextually it seems I should be outraged. Request my participation to be noted accordingly.

It's a very old frying pan that had many many many years of seasoning.

You never want to remove the seasoning from a cast iron skillet. It's where all the flavor comes from. Putting one in the dishwasher or soaking one in the sink gets rid of many years of seasoning.

You can reseason it but it takes years and years and years to get all the flavor back in it.

 

[Clifton Tesh]

Call SVU! (Southern Vittles Unit)

This is great! They understand how serious of a crime this is!

 

[BrianL]

Eh, I’m a stuff is just stuff person...and think about being grateful she was trying to help. That’s what I tell DH every time I accidentally wash his wallet.

Stuff is just stuff, but it's that seasoning, all the love that was poured into every meal ever made in that cast iron - that's what can never be replaced!

 

[BrianL]

Call SVU! (Southern Vittles Unit)

I love this one!

 

[Clifton Tesh]

Stuff is just stuff, but it's that seasoning, all the love that was poured into every meal ever made in that cast iron - that's what can never be replaced!

Yes sir!

Everyone always says "no one can cook like Grandma" and that seasoning and love is why Grandma's food always tasted so good.

Sometimes I swear I can taste my grandma's cooking when I use some of her pans. I mean it has to be hers because I'm nowhere near as good at cooking as she was.

 

[Imzadi]

I feel for you. I know you don't want to hear this, but at least she had the balls and consideration to tell you, instead of you walking in on her and finding her in the act.

And come on, this probably isn't the first time. You must have noticed signs before. Like rust stains left around, and some layers peeled off before. All those years you put in wasted. But, maybe there is still a way to rebuild.

 

[BrianL]

Yes sir!

Everyone always says "no one can cook like Grandma" and that seasoning and love is why Grandma's food always tasted so good.

Sometimes I swear I can taste my grandma's cooking when I use some of her pans. I mean it has to be hers because I'm nowhere near as good at cooking as she was.

Exactly.

You could cook two of the exact same meal with the exact, scientifically measured ingredients - one in a new pan and one in well-used and seasoned pan, and they would not taste the same. One would be missing the soul. Some people may not believe that, but I do.

 

[Clifton Tesh]

I feel for you. I know you don't want to hear this, but at least she had the balls and consideration to tell you, instead of you walking in on her and finding her in the act.

And come on, this probably isn't the first time. You must have noticed signs before. Like rust stains left around, and some layers peeled off before. All those years you put in wasted. But, maybe there is still a way to rebuild.

I took them out and rinsed them off as soon as she told my so I'm hoping I rescued them in time.

I put them in a 425 degree oven for 20 minutes last night to dry them out and I'm going to operate on them when I get home today.

I have my heat resistant gloves, some lint free cloths, and a tub of lard already on stand by.

 

[barkley]

Yes sir!

Everyone always says "no one can cook like Grandma" and that seasoning and love is why Grandma's food always tasted so good.

Sometimes I swear I can taste my grandma's cooking when I use some of her pans. I mean it has to be hers because I'm nowhere near as good at cooking as she was.

so true. i inherited the one dad inherited from his mother. he said she had it before he was born which was waaaay back in 1911 so there's a whole lot of history in that pan.

i would rank this 'crime' akin to if i used liquid fire starter in dh's big green egg

 

[Clifton Tesh]

so true. i inherited the one dad inherited from his mother. he said she had it before he was born which was waaaay back in 1911 so there's a whole lot of history in that pan.

i would rank this 'crime' akin to if i used liquid fire starter in dh's big green egg

I would have to agree.

The use of lighter fluid on any of my grills or smokers is punishable by death.

 

[TCRAIG]

You realize that - at least in the South - ‘seasoning’ is just another word for LARD!

 

[Clifton Tesh]

You realize that - at least in the South - ‘seasoning’ is just another word for LARD!

Lard=fat
Fat=flavor

 

[Tiggerish]

When I was growing up my Mom cooked all the time with a 10" cast iron griddle or a 12" cast iron pan, that came from my Dad's mother. After both my parents passed away, us four siblings went through the house and put our names on anything we wanted. If an item had more than one name. the names went into a bag and a winner was drawn by one of the grandkids. Everyone wanted the cast iron pans and it was decided that they would be a set, not separated. Just before the drawing, my brother-in-law jokingly stated he did not understand why anyone would want those pans, it was going to take forever to get them clean. My sister looked him up and down, then turned back to us and said, "Put my name in the bag. If I get them, I will divorce him."

 

[dizneegirl]

DH scrubbed the seasoning off my small egg pan while I was in the hospital with pneumonia years ago. It's never worked for eggs again...

 

[Clifton Tesh]

When I was growing up my Mom cooked all the time with a 10" cast iron griddle or a 12" cast iron pan, that came from my Dad's mother. After both my parents passed away, us four siblings went through the house and put our names on anything we wanted. If an item had more than one name. the names went into a bag and a winner was drawn by one of the grandkids. Everyone wanted the cast iron pans and it was decided that they would be a set, not separated. Just before the drawing, my brother-in-law jokingly stated he did not understand why anyone would want those pans, it was going to take forever to get them clean. My sister looked him up and down, then turned back to us and said, "Put my name in the bag. If I get them, I will divorce him."

Those who know, understand. We don't joke around when it comes to cast iron.

DH scrubbed the seasoning off my small egg pan while I was in the hospital with pneumonia years ago. It's never worked for eggs again...

I'm convinced it takes at least 100 years of seasoning for non stick eggs. Owning a good egg pan is better than winning the lottery in my opinion.

 

[dizneegirl]

Well, it was a pan I bought and seasoned, so far less than 100 years, but I wasn't able to re-season it the same. I kind of gave up on it. I should put it through a cleaning cycle in the oven, and start over, but I haven't.

I do, however, now have and use a flat single burner-covering griddle that I've been able to get seasoned well enough to make perfect over-easy eggs every time. If he touches that, he might be a goner.

 

[Clifton Tesh]

Well, it was a pan I bought and seasoned, so far less than 100 years, but I wasn't able to re-season it the same. I kind of gave up on it. I should put it through a cleaning cycle in the oven, and start over, but I haven't.

I do, however, now have and use a flat single burner-covering griddle that I've been able to get seasoned well enough to make perfect over-easy eggs every time. If he touches that, he might be a goner.

If you ever want to send it to me I will be happy to restore it for you. I do it the old fashioned way. This little guy was found in a creek, unfortunately I didn't take any before pictures.

 

[ronandannette]

Lard=fat
Fat=flavor

Up here north of the 49th is bacon grease country. Plain lard is for biscuits and pie crust. Everything else, including seasoning the cast iron, gets the good stuff.

 

[dizneegirl]

A creek?