Thread: Speaking of cast iron

Michael "Dog3" said...

> Anyone have any experience with the "pre-seasoned" cast iron?


Michael,

I would never trust such a claim! Too "iffy" about what that means.

Best,

Andy

Michael "Dog3" wrote:

> I was shopping for something unrelated to cooking but had to go into the
> cooking section anyway... as usual. I was at a place called 'Old Tyme
> Pottery' which has the best prices on terra cotta pots I've ever seen but
> they have a ton of stuff for the kitchen too. There is also aisle after
> aisle of dishes, plates, glasses etc.
>
> Anyway they had some pieces of cast iron. Reasonably priced IMO but I've
> got 2 cast iron skillets I've had forever and I don't need any more. The
> sticker on the cast iron said "pre-seasoned". You don't have to season it
> when you get it home. As for myself... I don't think I'd trust that "pre-
> seasoned" sticker and season it again when I got it home.
>
> Anyone have any experience with the "pre-seasoned" cast iron?

Nope. But I launder new clothes before wearing, and I'd certainly wash
and season a new cast iron pan before using, no matter what the sticker
said.

Michael "Dog3" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was shopping for something unrelated to cooking but had to go into
> the cooking section anyway... as usual. I was at a place called 'Old
> Tyme Pottery' which has the best prices on terra cotta pots I've ever
> seen but they have a ton of stuff for the kitchen too. There is also
> aisle after aisle of dishes, plates, glasses etc.
>
> Anyway they had some pieces of cast iron. Reasonably priced IMO but
> I've got 2 cast iron skillets I've had forever and I don't need any
> more. The sticker on the cast iron said "pre-seasoned". You don't
> have to season it when you get it home. As for myself... I don't
> think I'd trust that "pre- seasoned" sticker and season it again when
> I got it home.
>
> Anyone have any experience with the "pre-seasoned" cast iron?
>
> Michael

Yes and it still has to be seasoned LOL

Jill

"Michael "Dog3"" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] ..
> I was shopping for something unrelated to cooking but had to go into the
> cooking section anyway... as usual. I was at a place called 'Old Tyme
> Pottery' which has the best prices on terra cotta pots I've ever seen but
> they have a ton of stuff for the kitchen too. There is also aisle after
> aisle of dishes, plates, glasses etc.
>
> Anyway they had some pieces of cast iron. Reasonably priced IMO but I've
> got 2 cast iron skillets I've had forever and I don't need any more. The
> sticker on the cast iron said "pre-seasoned". You don't have to season it
> when you get it home. As for myself... I don't think I'd trust that "pre-
> seasoned" sticker and season it again when I got it home.
>
> Anyone have any experience with the "pre-seasoned" cast iron?


I've not had any experience with it cause I wouldn't touch it with a ten
foot pole. What do they season it with?

I'll do it the old-fashioned way, thanks.

TFM®

On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:55:30 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\"" <[email protected]>
wrote:

<snip>
>
>Anyway they had some pieces of cast iron. Reasonably priced IMO but I've
>got 2 cast iron skillets I've had forever and I don't need any more. The
>sticker on the cast iron said "pre-seasoned". You don't have to season it
>when you get it home. As for myself... I don't think I'd trust that "pre-
>seasoned" sticker and season it again when I got it home.
>
>Anyone have any experience with the "pre-seasoned" cast iron?
>
No experience here, just common sense. It's just a first coat, so
don't treat it like nonstick. You're still going to need to build up
the layers of seasoning the old fashioned way.


--
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Mae West

"TFM®" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> Anyone have any experience with the "pre-seasoned" cast iron?
>
>
> I've not had any experience with it cause I wouldn't touch it with a ten
> foot pole. What do they season it with?
>
> I'll do it the old-fashioned way, thanks.
>
> TFM®

Lodge uses a vegetable oil. IMO, it is more marketing than substance to get
people to buy since many are afraid of having to season the pan. Fry a
pound of bacon. Done.

"jmcquown" <[email protected]>
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> Yes and it still has to be seasoned LOL
>
> Jill

That's what I figured and you just *know* they don't season it like you
would at home. I wonder if the "pre-seasoned" is a manufactured thing.

Michael



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Michael wrote:

> I was shopping for something unrelated to cooking but had to go into the
> cooking section anyway... as usual. I was at a place called 'Old Tyme
> Pottery' which has the best prices on terra cotta pots I've ever seen but
> they have a ton of stuff for the kitchen too. There is also aisle after
> aisle of dishes, plates, glasses etc.
>
> Anyway they had some pieces of cast iron. Reasonably priced IMO but I've
> got 2 cast iron skillets I've had forever and I don't need any more. The
> sticker on the cast iron said "pre-seasoned". You don't have to season it
> when you get it home. As for myself... I don't think I'd trust that "pre-
> seasoned" sticker and season it again when I got it home.
>
> Anyone have any experience with the "pre-seasoned" cast iron?

I remember someone posting *here* about it a few years ago. I don't remember
the exact wording, so I probably won't be able to find the post, but this
person got the pre-seasoned skillet, did some cooking, then when it was time
to clean the skillet, the seasoning peeled right off the pan!

Bob

On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 18:21:28 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
<virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz> wrote:

>Michael wrote:
>
<snip>
>>
>> Anyone have any experience with the "pre-seasoned" cast iron?
>
>I remember someone posting *here* about it a few years ago. I don't remember
>the exact wording, so I probably won't be able to find the post, but this
>person got the pre-seasoned skillet, did some cooking, then when it was time
>to clean the skillet, the seasoning peeled right off the pan!
>
>Bob

I don't remember that post, but why would anyone think that a
"pre-seasoned" new pan would be as seasoned as an older pan would be
after constant use that built up seasoning?


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Mae West

"Bob Terwilliger" <virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz>
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> Michael wrote:
>>
>> Anyone have any experience with the "pre-seasoned" cast iron?

>
> I remember someone posting *here* about it a few years ago. I don't
> remember the exact wording, so I probably won't be able to find the
> post, but this person got the pre-seasoned skillet, did some cooking,
> then when it was time to clean the skillet, the seasoning peeled right
> off the pan!

I figured as much. I don't think any company can season cast iron like we
can at home. I think it's just a gimick.

Michael


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On Aug 10, 9:35�am, "Michael \"Dog3\"" <f...@good.hot> wrote:
> "Bob Terwilliger" <virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz>news:23i5c4.47b.17.1@ news.alt.net:in rec.food.cooking
>
> > Michael wrote:
>
> >> Anyone have any experience with the "pre-seasoned" cast iron?
>
> > I remember someone posting *here* about it a few years ago. I don't
> > remember the exact wording, so I probably won't be able to find the
> > post, but this person got the pre-seasoned skillet, did some cooking,
> > then when it was time to clean the skillet, the seasoning peeled right
> > off the pan!
>
> I figured as much. I don't think any company can season cast iron like we
> can at home. �I think it's just a gimick.

The stoopid part is why would any normal brained person want to cook
with something so antiquated that they need to worry about
seasoning... wouldn't surprise me if yoose live in a friggin' covered
wagon. Imagine, someone is spending many, MANY thousand$$$ on a
designer kitchen and they still can't afford decent modern cookware,
they gotta use crap folks are trying to give away at tag sales. The
only reason folks use cast iron cookware is because they are too
stingy to spend the bucks for real cookware, so they buy that five n'
dime dreck and then try to somehow rationalize that there are good
points, well there are none!

Sheldon <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On Aug 10, 9:35�am, "Michael \"Dog3\"" <f...@good.hot>
> wrote:
>> "Bob Terwilliger"
>> <virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz>news:23i5c4.47b.17.1@ news.alt.
>> net:in rec.food.cooking
>>
>> > Michael wrote:
>>
>> >> Anyone have any experience with the "pre-seasoned" cast
>> >> iron?
>>
>> > I remember someone posting *here* about it a few years
>> > ago. I don't remember the exact wording, so I probably
>> > won't be able to find the post, but this person got the
>> > pre-seasoned skillet, did some cooking, then when it was
>> > time to clean the skillet, the seasoning peeled right
>> > off the pan!
>>
>> I figured as much. I don't think any company can season
>> cast iron like we can at home. �I think it's just a
>> gimick.
>
> The stoopid part is why would any normal brained person
> want to cook with something so antiquated that they need to
> worry about seasoning... wouldn't surprise me if yoose live
> in a friggin' covered wagon. Imagine, someone is spending
> many, MANY thousand$$$ on a designer kitchen and they still
> can't afford decent modern cookware, they gotta use crap
> folks are trying to give away at tag sales. The only
> reason folks use cast iron cookware is because they are too
> stingy to spend the bucks for real cookware, so they buy
> that five n' dime dreck and then try to somehow rationalize
> that there are good points, well there are none!

ah, i see cast iron is beyond your limited comprehension. not
at all surprising considering...
but since you brought it up, what do you consider "real"
cookware?


lee
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I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:49:11 +0000 (UTC), enigma <[email protected]>
wrote:

> ah, i see cast iron is beyond your limited comprehension. not
>at all surprising considering...
> but since you brought it up, what do you consider "real"
>cookware?

I noticed Bobby Flay using cast iron on his show today.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Aug 9, 6:55*am, "Michael \"Dog3\"" <f...@good.hot> wrote:
> I was shopping for something unrelated to cooking but had to go into the
> cooking section anyway... as usual. I was at a place called 'Old Tyme
> Pottery' which has the best prices on terra cotta pots I've ever seen but
> they have a ton of stuff for the kitchen too. There is also aisle after
> aisle of dishes, plates, glasses etc.
>
> Anyway they had some pieces of cast iron. *Reasonably priced IMO but I've
> got 2 cast iron skillets I've had forever and I don't need any more. *The
> sticker on the cast iron said "pre-seasoned". *You don't have to seasonit
> when you get it home. *As for myself... I don't think I'd trust that "pre-
> seasoned" sticker and season it again when I got it home.
>
> Anyone have any experience with the "pre-seasoned" cast iron?
>
> Michael
>
> --
> "No More Getting Jerked Around by the Gas Nozzle"
> * * * * * * * * ~ Senator Larry Craig R-Idaho on Cspan-2
>
> *To email - michael at lonergan dot us dot com

Yep- and you are right- you need to do it again.

On Aug 11, 5:49�pm, enigma <eni...@evil.net> wrote:
> Sheldon <PENMAR...@aol.com> wrote innews:[email protected]
> oups.com:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Aug 10, 9:35 am, "Michael \"Dog3\"" <f...@good.hot>
> > wrote:
> >> "Bob Terwilliger"
> >> <virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz>news:23i5c4.47b.17.1@ news.alt.
> >> net:in rec.food.cooking
>
> >> > Michael wrote:
>
> >> >> Anyone have any experience with the "pre-seasoned" cast
> >> >> iron?
>
> >> > I remember someone posting *here* about it a few years
> >> > ago. I don't remember the exact wording, so I probably
> >> > won't be able to find the post, but this person got the
> >> > pre-seasoned skillet, did some cooking, then when it was
> >> > time to clean the skillet, the seasoning peeled right
> >> > off the pan!
>
> >> I figured as much. I don't think any company can season
> >> cast iron like we can at home. I think it's just a
> >> gimick.
>
> > The stoopid part is why would any normal brained person
> > want to cook with something so antiquated that they need to
> > worry about seasoning... wouldn't surprise me if yoose live
> > in a friggin' covered wagon. �Imagine, someone is spending
> > many, MANY thousand$$$ on a designer kitchen and they still
> > can't afford decent modern cookware, they gotta use crap
> > folks are trying to give away at tag sales. �The only
> > reason folks use cast iron cookware is because they are too
> > stingy to spend the bucks for real cookware, so they buy
> > that five n' dime dreck and then try to somehow rationalize
> > that there are good points, well there are none!
>
> �ah, i see cast iron is beyond your limited comprehension. not
> at all surprising considering...
> �but since you brought it up, what do you consider "real"
> cookware?

Why would you want the opinion of someone whose comprehension of the
subject is limited... not that there's anything to comprehend other
than the IQ of cast iron and yours are equal... cooking on cast iron
is exactly analogous to driving a Ferrari on wooden wheels.

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:12:32 -0700, sf wrote:

>I noticed Bobby Flay using cast iron on his show today.

I'll keep my Lodge any day of the week.....the dutch oven is perfect
for Southern fried chicken, french fries or hushpuppies. That 12"
skillet has made more City Chicken and Country Fried steak than I can
recall. And the milk gravy was pretty damn good too.

....and I never claimed that it was on the diet plate menu either.

Sheldon <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Why would you want the opinion of someone whose
> comprehension of the subject is limited... not that there's
> anything to comprehend other than the IQ of cast iron and
> yours are equal... cooking on cast iron is exactly
> analogous to driving a Ferrari on wooden wheels.

because, Shelly dear, you claim there is something better;
"real" cookware. so, pray tell, what do you consider real
cookware?
there are pots & pans for assorted cooking tasks, but there
are good reasons to use cast iron for certain tasks as well.
you, however, seem to think there is a magic "real" cookware,
that serves all purposes. what is this wonderful stuff?

lee
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I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.

enigma wrote:
> Sheldon writes:
>
> > Why would you want the opinion of someone whose
> > comprehension of the subject is limited... not that there's
> > anything to comprehend other than the IQ of cast iron and
> > yours are equal... cooking on cast iron is exactly
> > analogous to driving a Ferrari on wooden wheels.
>
> �because, Shelly dear, you claim there is something better;
> "real" cookware. so, pray tell, what do you consider real
> cookware?
> �there are pots & pans for assorted cooking tasks, but there
> are good reasons to use cast iron for certain tasks as well.
> you, however, seem to think there is a magic "real" cookware,
> that serves all purposes. what is this wonderful stuff?

You truly epitomize dumb... I mean like the dumbest of the dumb... you
are a total waste of protoplasm. You already know everything,
everything you are ever going to know, which of course easily fits on
a pin point.

Compared with cast iron all other cookware is supremely modern... cast
iron has as much value for cooking as wooden wheels have for
transportaton. People use cast iron cookware because they are
tightwads, and they're stupid. And there is no such thing as good
cast iron cookware, no matter which brand ever made it's all the same
material, all cast iron cookware ever produced is made of the exact
same lowest grade cast iron there is. Anyway, we've been over this
many, many times, you can't know because on top of your lack of a
viable IQ you're a newbie.

<sf> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:49:11 +0000 (UTC), enigma <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> ah, i see cast iron is beyond your limited comprehension. not
>>at all surprising considering...
>> but since you brought it up, what do you consider "real"
>>cookware?
>
> I noticed Bobby Flay using cast iron on his show today.
>

Yesterday on his grilling show he was using Viking. They showed a shot of
him putting food into the pan. It could have been shot from any angle, but
they were in close and perfectly framed the Viking logo. Remember when
Julia put black tape over the name of her KA mixer?