Cast Iron Frying Pans from Harbor Freight

Recipes that work best for teardroppers

Cast Iron Frying Pans from Harbor Freight

Postby Jimbo » Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:31 pm

Harbor Freight has their 3 PC. Cast Iron Frying Pans on sale for 4.99. Anyone used them?
Started many, finished none... Bought a TTT <Sigh> ;)
User avatar
Jimbo
2nd Teardrop Club
 
Posts: 290
Images: 1
Joined: Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:56 pm
Location: Kentucky

Postby Woody » Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:32 pm

What sizes do they have?
Woody
The Tear Jerker's, Florida Chapter Director
E-mail: [email protected]
Tear jerker chapter site http://www.tearjerkers.net/forums/
Check the SE section for gathering information
Tear Jerkers new site http://www.tearjerkers.net/forums/
Enjoying life in 12 ounce increments is what it's about
User avatar
Woody
2000 Club
2000 Club
 
Posts: 2006
Images: 26
Joined: Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:07 pm
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Postby kurtibm » Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:59 pm

It is not the years in your life that matter, it's the life in your years.
User avatar
kurtibm
Donating Member
 
Posts: 334
Images: 29
Joined: Tue Oct 05, 2004 6:27 pm
Location: Tempe, Arizona
Top

Postby Woody » Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:03 am

Thanks for the link :thumbsup:
Woody
The Tear Jerker's, Florida Chapter Director
E-mail: [email protected]
Tear jerker chapter site http://www.tearjerkers.net/forums/
Check the SE section for gathering information
Tear Jerkers new site http://www.tearjerkers.net/forums/
Enjoying life in 12 ounce increments is what it's about
User avatar
Woody
2000 Club
2000 Club
 
Posts: 2006
Images: 26
Joined: Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:07 pm
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Top

Postby Nitetimes » Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:44 am

Those are my favorite cooking utensils, there will definitely be a set in my TD. Mine go from 6"- 14" Plus a two burner griddle and a Dutch oven. I don't care how expensive the cookware is I don't think anything cooks better than cast iron. Besides the fact that they are almost indestructible.
Rich


Image
ImageImage
-
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to
keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves
against tyranny in government.
- Thomas Jefferson -
Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take a butt kickin'.
User avatar
Nitetimes
7000 Club
7000 Club
 
Posts: 7909
Images: 194
Joined: Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:44 am
Location: Butler,PA
Top

Postby Guest » Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:02 am

Just keep them well seasoned... ;)
Guest
 
Top

Re: Cast Iron Frying Pans from Harbor Freight

Postby Geron » Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:06 am

Jimbo wrote:Harbor Freight has their 3 PC. Cast Iron Frying Pans on sale for 4.99. Anyone used them?


I've found that the Lodge cast iron is far supperior to the "Made in China." I"ve found them not that uniform and often with pits in them. That said, Cast Iron is the only way to go - "The original non-stick" cookware. I have a stack of dutch ovens (9) and my pot rack is filled with cast iron skillets (10)

But hey, for $4.99 looks like a no brainer. I just don't know what I would do with 3 more skillets

JMO :wacky
If it's not broken, you're not trying hard enough.
User avatar
Geron
1000 Club
1000 Club
 
Posts: 1522
Images: 173
Joined: Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:23 am
Location: Georgia, Cherrylog
Top

Postby Guest » Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:12 am

Nine?....
That's quite a collection...
I had five barbeques, but I just gave my former step son one, so I'm down to four...
So... I take it that you like to cook underground, eh?
Guest
 
Top

Postby Geron » Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:27 am

Dean in Eureka, CA wrote:Nine?....

So... I take it that you like to cook underground, eh?


No, never used them underground. Just pile the charcoal on and let'em simmer. . . or bake . . . sometimes fry. Wife went on a diet here a couple years ago and I've not used the dutch ovens that much. Not conducive to "low fat" cooking. I'll probably have to burn and re-season them. I imagine they are "rank" by now. I'll have to check them out and maybe bake some bisquits and make some gravy for supper. Maybe break out the sorghum syrup. :) :dancing
If it's not broken, you're not trying hard enough.
User avatar
Geron
1000 Club
1000 Club
 
Posts: 1522
Images: 173
Joined: Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:23 am
Location: Georgia, Cherrylog
Top

Postby Guest » Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:41 am

I like gravy, especially country gravy with sausage way too much... :lol:
You know... I've never heard of sorghum syrup before, but I just did a search on on it, sounds like it's pretty popular back in the south east...
I'm going to have to see if I can find some locally and try it on some bisquits... :twisted:
Guest
 
Top

Postby Jimbo » Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:52 am

I figure for 4.99, I'll give it a shot. I've never used cast iron before though. This should be an experience.
Started many, finished none... Bought a TTT <Sigh> ;)
User avatar
Jimbo
2nd Teardrop Club
 
Posts: 290
Images: 1
Joined: Sun Apr 18, 2004 5:56 pm
Location: Kentucky
Top

Postby Guest » Tue Mar 29, 2005 7:08 am

Hey Jimbo,
When you get 'em home, wipe them down with some cooking oil real good and throw them in the oven for an hour or so around 325F, then let them cool down to room tempurature. That will seal and season them as cast iron is quite porous.
Keep repeating that process for several more times after each use until they turn jet black over time.
Guest
 
Top

Postby Geron » Tue Mar 29, 2005 7:20 am

Dean in Eureka, CA wrote:I like gravy, especially country gravy with sausage way too much... :lol:

I'm going to have to see if I can find some locally and try it on some bisquits... :twisted:


Sausage, sausage and more sausage :twisted: Yeah!

Sorghum or "sogum" as it's called "in the mountains" an acquired taste. It is available at most Cracker Barrels IF you ask for it. Sometimes the servers are a little confuse and will bring Molassas instead of Sorghum. I was raised (reared) on Sorghum. Some warm it up, add a little baking soda to make it foam. I like it straight with a little butter mashed in and stirred up. The biscuits are there only to hold the Sorghum. Cut each top and bottom into four peices each. Roll your fork around in the sorghum then quickly slap it on the biscuit peice. The biscuit just keeps it from runnin' off the fork.

Now, Sorghum is different from Cane Syrup you find in bottles and sometimes in cans in the markets. Sorghum is often seasonal (Fall) and it makes a BIG difference who mills it. i.e. there's Sorghum then there's SOGUM - Stripped cane etc. etc.

Blairsville, GA has a Sorghum Festival each fall.

Oh, Man. Don't get me started on my Sorghum :CC
If it's not broken, you're not trying hard enough.
User avatar
Geron
1000 Club
1000 Club
 
Posts: 1522
Images: 173
Joined: Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:23 am
Location: Georgia, Cherrylog
Top

Postby mikeschn » Tue Mar 29, 2005 7:37 am

Geron wrote:Oh, Man. Don't get me started on my Sorghum :CC


You can always discuss this in the counseling section! :lol:

Mike...
The quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten, so build your teardrop with the best materials...
User avatar
mikeschn
Site Admin
 
Posts: 19202
Images: 479
Joined: Tue Apr 13, 2004 11:01 am
Location: MI
Top

Postby Guest » Tue Mar 29, 2005 7:38 am

I just emailed a couple and a fellow that sell it, inquiring to see if they UPS it.
(Pete-n-Doreen and Brother Mark)

Here's one of the websites I found.... http://www.guenthersorghumsupply.com/
Guest
 
Top

Next

Return to Recipes by and for teardroppers Cookbook #1

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests