Cast Iron Cooking
Have you ever lost or misplaced something and look everywhere you can think of but not find it? That’s what happened to me when I was looking for my Cast Iron Cookbook. About a month ago I received a Cast Iron Fry pan and I was so excited to get back to cast iron cooking.
I had received a Cast Iron Cookbook to review about a year ago but hadn’t used it that much. When I started looking for it, first I went to the most obvious, the cupboard when I keep my recipe books. Nope, it wasn’t there. Then I checked upstairs where I stash things I don’t use and might put in our community garage sale. Nope, not there either. Then I got to thinking, I wonder if I put it in our last garage sale so I went out to the garage to look through the left over items only to not find it there either! I’m going through my head of all the books I had placed in the sale and I kept thinking in my mind that I would never get rid of this book since I knew someday I would get another cast iron pan.
When I misplace something I try to retrace my steps but I had no luck what so ever finding my cookbook so while getting upset with myself, I reluctantly gave up on my search. Fast forward a month later when I was pulling out a cookbook from my cupboard and what should appear but my
CAST IRON COOKBOOK !!! When I pulled the other book out, the row of books shifted and the book hidden behind the center shelf support leaned to the side and their was my missing cookbook!
I looked through the cookbook and found a recipe for banana bread so I could finally use my cast iron pan in the oven! I was so excited especially since I had three over ripe bananas!
Of course I didn’t have all the ingredients so I did my own thing on part of the recipe. I didn’t have buttermilk so I made my own from 2% milk and cream of tarter, I used chopped hazelnuts instead of walnuts and I omitted the chocolate chips.
The banana bread smelled so good while baking and it tasted even better! I’m so glad I found my Cast Iron Cookbook and now I can try some delicious recipes that remind me of when my grandmother would do nothing but cast iron cooking.
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Some things cannot be done with the new plastic handled pans like put them into the oven for the final stage of cooking. However, I do not think cast iron does well in the dish washer.
Some of the plastic handled pans even melt on the cook top! I love the versatility of the cast iron. In most dish washers, it doesn’t do will, but I have one that works perfect! My hubby is the dishwasher! LOL You gave me a blog topic idea, Care of Cast Iron!! Thanks for stopping by.