Comments on: On Cast Iron and Strata http://thekitchensinkrecipes.com/2008/11/16/on-cast-iron-and-strata/ Thu, 24 May 2012 00:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Some of My Appetizer, Breakfast and Dip Choices For Holiday Celebrations | The Dabble http://thekitchensinkrecipes.com/2008/11/16/on-cast-iron-and-strata/comment-page-1/#comment-31893 Some of My Appetizer, Breakfast and Dip Choices For Holiday Celebrations | The Dabble Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:04:57 +0000 http://ourkitchensink.wordpress.com/?p=3052#comment-31893 [...] Tomato and feta strata from the kitchen sink recipes or savory bread pudding [...] [...] Tomato and feta strata from the kitchen sink recipes or savory bread pudding [...]

]]> By: Melanie http://thekitchensinkrecipes.com/2008/11/16/on-cast-iron-and-strata/comment-page-1/#comment-2955 Melanie Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:02:29 +0000 http://ourkitchensink.wordpress.com/?p=3052#comment-2955 What a gorgeous-looking dish - I think I know what I'm having for supper tonight! On the subject of washing cast iron - once it's well-seasoned (ie: black, which yours looks to be), you can wash with detergent, just go easy on the scrubbing, and do a little re-seasoning afterwards: rather than leaving the pan to drip-dry, rinse it off and put it back on the burner/ in the oven to dry, then rub it over with a little oil while it's still hot. That's what I always do and my pans have lasted years! I've used mine over the last couple of months to: bake a ham bake a cake make pancakes scramble eggs saute chicken and make a herbed cream sauce make a curry - and chapattis to go with it Have fun with your new toy! Mel What a gorgeous-looking dish – I think I know what I’m having for supper tonight!

On the subject of washing cast iron – once it’s well-seasoned (ie: black, which yours looks to be), you can wash with detergent, just go easy on the scrubbing, and do a little re-seasoning afterwards: rather than leaving the pan to drip-dry, rinse it off and put it back on the burner/ in the oven to dry, then rub it over with a little oil while it’s still hot. That’s what I always do and my pans have lasted years!

I’ve used mine over the last couple of months to:
bake a ham
bake a cake
make pancakes
scramble eggs
saute chicken and make a herbed cream sauce
make a curry – and chapattis to go with it

Have fun with your new toy!

Mel

]]> By: Kristin at The Kitchen Sink http://thekitchensinkrecipes.com/2008/11/16/on-cast-iron-and-strata/comment-page-1/#comment-2953 Kristin at The Kitchen Sink Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:43:34 +0000 http://ourkitchensink.wordpress.com/?p=3052#comment-2953 Anna: Yes! That's it! Am I right that it's one of the better kitchen shops in town? I realize now that I was assigning superlatives before trying any other stores! Melissa: Thanks! You know, it's good to know people who agree that new cast iron is worth a congratulations. : ) Anna: Yes! That’s it! Am I right that it’s one of the better kitchen shops in town? I realize now that I was assigning superlatives before trying any other stores!

Melissa: Thanks! You know, it’s good to know people who agree that new cast iron is worth a congratulations. : )

]]> By: Melissa http://thekitchensinkrecipes.com/2008/11/16/on-cast-iron-and-strata/comment-page-1/#comment-2932 Melissa Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:31:19 +0000 http://ourkitchensink.wordpress.com/?p=3052#comment-2932 Ah strata! I have wanted to make one in the past and then completely forgot about it. What a tasty beautiful photo reminder. Congrats on the cast iron. I only got mine about 3 months ago and it's been great! Ah strata! I have wanted to make one in the past and then completely forgot about it. What a tasty beautiful photo reminder.

Congrats on the cast iron. I only got mine about 3 months ago and it’s been great!

]]> By: Anna from Ann Arbor http://thekitchensinkrecipes.com/2008/11/16/on-cast-iron-and-strata/comment-page-1/#comment-2952 Anna from Ann Arbor Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:47:32 +0000 http://ourkitchensink.wordpress.com/?p=3052#comment-2952 I believe you stopped in at Downtown Home and Garden (www.downtownhomeandgarden.com) It's great that you got to enjoy a crazy football Saturday in Ann Arbor, but now you have to plan a trip for the spring or summer when most of the students are gone and you can enjoy your pint or Zingerman's sandwich outside! I believe you stopped in at Downtown Home and Garden (www.downtownhomeandgarden.com)

It’s great that you got to enjoy a crazy football Saturday in Ann Arbor, but now you have to plan a trip for the spring or summer when most of the students are gone and you can enjoy your pint or Zingerman’s sandwich outside!

]]> By: Kristin at The Kitchen Sink http://thekitchensinkrecipes.com/2008/11/16/on-cast-iron-and-strata/comment-page-1/#comment-2951 Kristin at The Kitchen Sink Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:19:41 +0000 http://ourkitchensink.wordpress.com/?p=3052#comment-2951 Tracy: Thanks! Dawn: Everything I've read seems to indicate that dish soap (along with a whole host of other things) is a strict no-no. I'm in the better-safe-than-sorry camp at this point. That said, I think your theory (the more seasoning, the less hassle) is promising. Jesse and Kevin: Thanks! Tracy: Thanks!

Dawn: Everything I’ve read seems to indicate that dish soap (along with a whole host of other things) is a strict no-no. I’m in the better-safe-than-sorry camp at this point. That said, I think your theory (the more seasoning, the less hassle) is promising.

Jesse and Kevin: Thanks!

]]> By: Kevin http://thekitchensinkrecipes.com/2008/11/16/on-cast-iron-and-strata/comment-page-1/#comment-2950 Kevin Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:58:36 +0000 http://ourkitchensink.wordpress.com/?p=3052#comment-2950 That look tasty! That look tasty!

]]> By: Jesse http://thekitchensinkrecipes.com/2008/11/16/on-cast-iron-and-strata/comment-page-1/#comment-2949 Jesse Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:48:17 +0000 http://ourkitchensink.wordpress.com/?p=3052#comment-2949 This sounds amazing!! I can't wait to try it! This sounds amazing!! I can’t wait to try it!

]]> By: Dawn in CA http://thekitchensinkrecipes.com/2008/11/16/on-cast-iron-and-strata/comment-page-1/#comment-2948 Dawn in CA Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:07:03 +0000 http://ourkitchensink.wordpress.com/?p=3052#comment-2948 I am coveting a pre-seasoned cast iron pan -- so envious! Yours looks perfectly black and lovely. And I think it is okay to use soap on a well-seasoned pan, isn't it? I could swear we always did on my mom's growing up, and it did not seem to hurt. Of course, that thing probably had a decade or more of seasoning. ;) I am coveting a pre-seasoned cast iron pan — so envious! Yours looks perfectly black and lovely. And I think it is okay to use soap on a well-seasoned pan, isn’t it? I could swear we always did on my mom’s growing up, and it did not seem to hurt. Of course, that thing probably had a decade or more of seasoning. ;)

]]> By: Tracy http://thekitchensinkrecipes.com/2008/11/16/on-cast-iron-and-strata/comment-page-1/#comment-2947 Tracy Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:02:17 +0000 http://ourkitchensink.wordpress.com/?p=3052#comment-2947 This strata looks wonderful in this cast iron pan. The ingredients sound delicious. This strata looks wonderful in this cast iron pan. The ingredients sound delicious.

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