Do You Cook With a Cast Iron Skillet?

September 16, 2009

16 Comments

I definitely want to get a cast iron dutch oven and also a skillet. But I'll probably wait until I'm not a student anymore (I mean, I'm already waiting to buy a lot of other kitchen stuff until then too). @spectra: try using glass bakingware. It turns out great cornbread for me.

kia 3 years 35 weeks

Lucky you Fuzzles! I love cooking with this stuff. Received an uncoated one for a wedding present and used gift cards/checks to pick up a lot of Le Creuset and Descoware 2nd hand from consignment shops, Salvation Army, and local eBay sellers. The stuff can last practically forever so there are great condition pieces out there second hand.

CaterpillarGirl 3 years 35 weeks

absolutely.

brownsugamama 3 years 35 weeks

Need one soooo bad!

doogirl 3 years 35 weeks

The key to using cast iron is to make sure it's well seasoned and to never let water touch it! I've made that mistake on more than one occasion! Cast iron is wonderful because it heats so evenly!

Spectra 3 years 35 weeks

I need one so bad! I can't make decent cornbread without one.

AmberHoney 3 years 35 weeks

Yes, and when taken care of it's the easiest to clean. Upside down cakes are best done in CI; amongst a 100 other dishes.

3 years 35 weeks

I bought a cast iron skillet when I went to university because it was the cheapest piece of cookware I could find at the time. 18 years later I still have (and use!) it, while various other pots I have bought since (some coasting more than that $12 fry pan) have gone to the great kitchen in the sky.

Read2me 3 years 35 weeks

My husband cooks anything and everything in cast iron. It can't be beat! Most of our pieces are by Lodge- they make nice, affordable non-enameled cast iron. If you want enameled, Le Creuset is definitely the way to go.

fuzzles 3 years 35 weeks

Yes! Le Creuset all that way! I purchased my first piece--a small enameled Dutch oven--about ten years ago. In recent years, my Mom has been giving me pieces from her collection. By far the best cookware I have ever used.

syako 3 years 35 weeks

Oh that happened to my mother in law! My father in law was "cleaning the house" and threw out all her cast iron cookware. She said she got home and was devastated.

partysugar 3 years 35 weeks

Mine too, syako. A couple of years ago I was looking for my parents and was shocked to learn my dad had gotten rid of it!

syako 3 years 35 weeks

It's definitely on my "to buy" list.

Liss 3 years 35 weeks

I don't have one but have been wanting to get one.

3 years 35 weeks

I make the absolute BEST steak and hamburgers in a cast iron skillet. There is such a huge difference to me in the test of the meat. I want to get one in every size. Best investment!