Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The importance of a good cast iron frying pan.

Yes folks, we got Tangled from redbox and loved it.  The kids love Max, the horse who thinks he's part bloodhound.  Yet  my favorite line from the movie has to got to be "Frying pans.  Who knew, right?"
 I did.
A great heavy-weight cast iron pan is good for so many things.

1)Camping cookware of choice, unless hiking.
2) Browning and searing. 
3) Getting a little extra iron in your tomato sauce.  Non-dairy sauces in general do well on low heat
4) baking cornbread/cobbler if deep enough
5) One stop pan for range to oven applications
6) Pan frying.  No other pan comes close!
7) Self defense, (a bit heavy for the calvary though.)
8)  Discourages unauthorized cooking by minors.  Those pans are heavy!
9)  Hate to wash dishes?  These pans hate soap.
10)  High quality cookware available at fairly reasonable prices.  Just shop at Target instead of Cabela's.

Ours is a 12" skillet that's about 1.5-2" deep.  I hope to get its 10" younger brother and mama dutch oven in the relatively near future.  Even cookware is a family deal.

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