Cooking & Baking

trof

(54,274 posts) Thu Nov 13, 2014, 08:12 PM Nov 2014

Granny's cast iron frying pan. [View all]

I have no idea how old it is.
Possibly 100 years plus.
I'm 73, so you can do the math from there.

I somehow wound up with it after grandpa died and she 'broke up housekeeping' and went to live with her son, my uncle.

It's about 10" across the bottom.
2 1/2" deep.
Way well seasoned.
Pour spouts on each side.
No manufacturer's name on the bottom.

I can remember chicken frying in that pan.
So many times.
I wonder how many, over the decades?
And cornbread.
How many hundreds, or thousands, of batches?

She baked pies in it.
Pecan, apple, peach.
I wish that pan could talk.

Tonight we're sauteing onions and spinach in it.
Hail to the cast iron frying pan!

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Granny's cast iron frying pan. [View all] trof Nov 2014 OP

A toast to your frying pan! cbayer Nov 2014 #1

Haha, so you did! Spaldeen Nov 2014 #2

Yes, pancakes... cbayer Nov 2014 #4

Oh yeah, pork chops and burgers. trof Nov 2014 #7

And apple crisp and peach crumble! cbayer Nov 2014 #8

Mine's a youngin' Galileo126 Nov 2014 #3

Do you have a recipe for that pizza? cbayer Nov 2014 #5

Off hand, no. Galileo126 Nov 2014 #6

I bought mine in the early 70s Warpy Nov 2014 #13

My daughter now has my big cast iron skillet. Arkansas Granny Nov 2014 #18

You've got 17 years on me bvf Nov 2014 #9

Hi bvf! Welcome to the C & B group. cbayer Nov 2014 #16

Never, never, never... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #10

I bought a $149 Lodge Hibachi for $1 @ a yard sale! CottonBear Nov 2014 #19

You can find good deals... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #20

Unless something gets caked on I just wipe with a paper towel. trof Nov 2014 #22

So sweet! I love my cast iron pans. Luminous Animal Nov 2014 #11

I also have her griddle. trof Nov 2014 #21

Cheers! sir pball Nov 2014 #12

I envy you that pan Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #14

On Sunday mornings it was 'grandpa's pan'. trof Nov 2014 #15

a real heirloom! Left coast liberal Nov 2014 #17

congratulations! Alameda Nov 2014 #23

This is great advice, Alameda DonnaM Nov 2014 #24

the chemistry of cast iron seasoning Alameda Nov 2014 #25

WHOA! That is SO over-engineered. Worthy of Alton Brown. trof Nov 2014 #26

Thanks for the link. I've got a cast iron dutch oven with a serious rust problem. My Luminous Animal Nov 2014 #27

I have my great-grandmother's cast iron HeiressofBickworth Nov 2014 #28

Here's the difference between old cast iron and new cast iron Major Nikon Nov 2014 #29