Cast Iron Cookware Can Help You Eat Sustainably

September 2nd, 2010

Posted by Doyle Bailey for Cast Iron Cookware Shop

Go Green Today in Your Kitchen

Today is is urgent to consider how our actions affect us and others. We can live, cook and eat observing practices that will produce a profound effect on the health of our bodies and Mother Earth.


Going Green Is the Only Way to Go and

Cast Iron Cookware Can Help You.

Here are Suggestions selected and adapted from a recent issue of Whole Living Magazine:

1. Eat the whole vegetable. Do not toss out the stems of broccoli,  Swiss Chard or the greens attached to beets. Saute them with a bit of olive oil and salt or just add them to whatever dish you are preparing.

2. Make friends with your local farmer. If you are fortunate enough to have a farmer’s market, ask them how they prepare their favorite veggies.

3. Check the numbers. At your grocery store look for the PLU code on produce. Codes that begin with nine are organic.

4. Use your oven efficiently. Plan ahead for a bake fest. When you make a lasagna casserole, toss in some sweet potatoes or bake bread and make your oven use count. Ovens use a lot of energy.

5. Choose your meat carefully. It is really best to eat no meat or at least less meat in my opinion. However, when you eat meat, aim to be an eco-friendly meat-eater. Only buy additive and antibiotic free meats, and purchase domestic and seasonal meats when possible.

6. Cook with non-toxic cookware like cast iron cookware. Many pots and pans are coated with potentially cancer-promoting toxins. Cooking unleashes these toxins. Cooking with cast iron cookware is not only green, it is safe.

Go Green with a Lodge 3 Quart Casserole

Go Green in Kitchen and Camp

Lodge Camp Dutch Oven

Add some fun camping accessories to you cast iron cookware selection.

Cast Iron Cookware Clearly Makes Good Sense

GO GREEN WITH CAST IRON COOKWARE AND TASTE THE FOOD NOT THE COOKWARE

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Hot Dogs Roasters That Are Smoking Hot From Cast Iron Cookware Shop

August 28th, 2010

Posted by Doyle Bailey for Cast Iron Cookware Shop

This is a little story about the Furter family. Mr. Frank Furter was the Father and was very creative. His favorite food was called by some a “tube steak”. Frank disliked this description. One day he was watching his little Daschund that his kids called a “weenie dog”. With a flask, er I mean flash, of inspiration Frank said “Hot Dog” I’ve got it.  I will call it a “Furter Frank” in honor of the family. Frank’s wife was French. Her name was Geau Neaux Furter. She said: “What was that you cried out?’ Frank answered, “You mean when I said ‘Hot Dog’?” Then and there the name was decided.

So no matter if you are roasting:

You can forget about wire coat hangers, or sharpened sticks…

Just check out the following cool products for some smoking hot flavor and fun!

Rome Firepit Cookout Set with S'more Maker and Hot Dog Roasters

Rome CS2 Hot Dog Marshmallow Cookout Set

Rome CS2 Hot Dog Marshmallow Cookout Set

Rome CS2 Hot Dog Marshmallow  Cookout Set

This handy cookout kit by Rome includes 4 color coded hot dog or marshmallow picnic forks (22 inches in length), two Big Stick Hot Dog Forks (33 in length, including wood handle, two Extension Forks (extend to 32 inches), one Brat and Hot Dog Roaster.

So for Hot Dog Roasters that are smoking hot and super easy to use and clean, click {here} to go to Cast Iron Cookware Shop and choose from our excellent selection. If you have questions, call us or e-mail us. We love to hear from you.


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See Clearly What’s Cooking with Lodge Cast Iron Dutch Ovens and Fry Pans

August 27th, 2010

Posted by Doyle Bailey for Cast Iron Cookware Shop

Seal In the Flavor and Juices

Seal in moisture and flavor with glass lids when you cook with Lodge Dutch Ovens and Frying Pans. Your best recipes and the time-tested benefits of cooking with cast iron dutch ovens and frying pans are a winning combination.

Lodge Skillet with Glass Lid

I Can See Clearly Now Cast Iron Cookware Clearly Makes Good Sense

TASTE THE FOOD NOT THE COOKWARE WITH CASTIRON COOKWARE

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Straighten Up and Fry Right with Cast Iron Skillets

August 23rd, 2010

Posted by Doyle Bailey for Cast Iron Cookware Shop

Let’s face it, they are some things than just need to be fried and when you do fry, there is no better or healthier way to do it than with cast iron skillets from Lodge Manufacturing.

What are the pluses in using cast iron fry pans from Lodge?

  • Lodge fry pans are pre-seasoned and ready to use right out of the box
  • You can use much less oil. I just use a little olive oil when I fry.
  • Clean-up is easy for properly seasoned cast iron pans are truly non-stick.
  • They last forever. You can pass them on to your children and grandchildren so they can fry right even as you did.

    Lodge 5 Quart Chicken Fryer

    Lodge 10 1/4 Inch Skillet

    Cast Iron Fajita Skillet

    Cast Iron Dutch Oven, Fry Pans, Griddle

    Cast Iron Cookware Just Makes Good Sense

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Go Green with Cast Iron Cookware in Your Kitchen and When You Camp

August 11th, 2010

Posted by Doyle Bailey for Cast Iron Cookware Shop

Go Green Today in Your Kitchen

 

Where are the green places around our house?

  1. In the front yard over the septic tank. Irma Bombeck had it right.
  2. In the back yard where the water filter tank drains.
  3. In the neighbor’s yard. They have an underground watering system.
  4. In the kitchen with our numerous pieces of cast iron cookware.

Our cast iron cookware helps us “go green” because:

Some of Our “Family” of Cast Iron Cookware

Go Green in Your Kitchen

 

Start your collection of cast iron cookware or add to it today.

Click {here} to see your excellent choices of cast iron cookware for your kitchen or cast iron camp cookware and accessories.

CAST IRON COOKWARE ALLOWS YOU TO TASTE THE FOOD NOT THE COOKWARE

Lodge 10 1/4 Inch Skillet/ Fry PanLodge Cast Iron Dutch OvenDouble Pie Iron by Rome

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Cast Iron Cookware and Good Ole Common Sense

August 6th, 2010

Posted by Doyle Bailey for Cast Iron Cookware Shop

For me there is nothing in the world better than good ole common folks and good old fashioned common sense. Some times there seems to be a scarcity of both.


Coach John Wooden (1910-2010) was not only an excellent coach, he was a very good person who shared what I call “holy common sense” with his players. Here is a sample:

Your Grandmother and Mother exercised common sense when they cooked with cast iron cookware.

fry pans,dutch oven, griddle

Here are some reasons castiron cookware makes such good, common sense. Cast Iron frying pans, skillets, dutch ovens, grills, griddles, waffle irons and pie irons are:

  1. Relatively inexpensive compared to other cookware, especially when you consider they last a lifetime (several, in fact). You will pass it on to your children and grandchildren.
  2. Excellent heat retention and distribution (no hot or cold spots)
  3. Cleans easily when properly seasoned and it is easy to keep your pots and pans well-seasoned with a little “common sense”.
  4. Prepares exceptionally good tasting and healthy meals with very little oil.

CAST IRON COOKWARE ALLOWS YOU TO TASTE THE FOOD NOT THE COOKWARE

For an excellent selection of cast iron cookware click {here}.

Choose from Lodge, Universal, Kinetic and Rome.

Cast Iron Cookware Just Makes Good Sense

Lodge 6 Quart Camp Dutch Oven

Rome 1405 Waffle Iron for Camping and Cookouts

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Get This Cast Iron Firepit Cookout Set And Be Set For Camp Cooking Fun

August 2nd, 2010

Posted by Doyle Bailey for Cast Iron Cookware Shop

Camping should be a change of place, a change of pace and a fun experience for all. Take along a Rome Fire Pit Cookout Set and and discover new campfire delights:

Click {here} for more information on how to order yours today.

Rome Firepit Cookout Set with Tote

Rome Firepit Cookout Set without Tote Cast Iron Pie Irons for Camping and Cookouts

Complete Your Camping Gear Before You Go

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Seafood Gumbo In A Cast Iron Dutch Oven

July 28th, 2010

Posted by Doyle Bailey for Cast Iron Cookware Shop

Some gumbo recipes feature poultry and others use only seafood. This recipe from Cinnamon Cooper  uses both.  Check- out  The Everything Cast-Iron Cookbook Cinnamon recently published. It is the best!

All gumbo is thickened and is served over rice.

GUMBO RECIPE

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons paprika                                              1 pound andouille sausage
1 teaspoon garlic powder                                    2 bay leaves
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano                              3 garlic cloves, chopped
1/2 teaspoon black pepper                                2 quarts chicken stock
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme                                 1/2 pound okra,  in 1/2 ” rounds
1/2 teaspoon onion powder                              1 pound peeled shrimp
1/4 teaspoon cayenne powder                         8 ounces crabmeat
1 teaspoon salt                                                         1/2 cup cooked long-grain rice
1 small frying chicken                                                  per person
cut into 10 pieces                                                1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped

Preparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Mix all the spices together and rub over the pieces of chicken.
3. Place in a Dutch oven.
4. Cut the sausage at an angle into 1/4 thick slices. Sprinkle the sausage over the chicken.
5. Cook in the oven
for 40 minutes. Pour off all the fat.
6. Save the sausage on a platter. Lay the chicken pieces out to cool. Once it is cool to the touch, remove all the meat from the bones and set the bones and skin aside for making stock.
7. Place the chicken meat and sausage back in the Dutch oven. Add the bay leaves and any leftover seasoning mix to the pan. Tuck the garlic cloves around the meat with the bay leaves. Cover with chicken stock by 2″. Turn the heat to a medium-high, cover, and boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and cook for 45 minutes. Stir to prevent sticking.
8. Add the okra and cook for 30 minutes. Sprinkle the shrimp on top, cut up the crabmeat and add to the cast iron pan.  Cook for 6-8 minutes. Taste and salt if necessary.

When you ladle the gumbo over rice in a bowl, garnish with parsley. Serve with Tabasco and a crusty bread. Cornbread is marvelous with gumbo.

TASTE THE FOOD NOT THE COOKWARE WITH CASTIRON COOKWARE

Lodge Cast Iron Dutch Oven

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Cast Iron Cookware Shop Suggests Ways to Cut Fat in Cooking

July 20th, 2010

Posted by Doyle Bailey for Cast Iron Cookware Shop

Kinetic Casserole Enamel Grill Pan


Two observations to begin:

  1. These are easy steps to take and anyone can follow them. Start by implementing a few of them and add others as you go.
  2. Cooking in cast iron cook ware makes most of these suggestions even easier to follow.

Here we go:

1. Use nonstick cooking spray ( I like to use vegetable or olive oil spray) to replace  butter or oil. Cast iron cookware with its non-stick qualities allows you to do this.

2. Select extra-lean meat and skinless chicken breast

3. Trim all visible fat from meat.

4. Grill, broil, bake, braise, steam, and  slow-cook foods instead of frying them. Sautéing is ok with minimal amounts of oil, or use nonstick spray, or broth instead. Once again, castiron cookware is the choice of many good cooks for its versatility.

Black Cast Iron for Amazing Cooking

5. Drain fat from cooked meats and blot them with paper towels if necessary.

6. Replace some of your meat dishes with vegetables, beans or whole grains. Nothing beats the taste of beans cooked in a cast iron dutch oven or a camping cast iron dutch oven. Substitute two meat dishes each week with fish or vegetarian meals.

7. Oven-fry potatoes instead of making or buying French fries.

8. Use one egg and two egg whites per person in your favorite egg dishes or cakes; or cut fat and cholesterol completely by using egg substitute.

9. Use one egg and two egg whites per person in your favorite egg dishes or cakes; or cut fat and cholesterol completely by using egg substitute.

10. Add flavor to your food. Use herbs, spices, fruits and salsas.

Fiona Haynes, About.Com Guide is a great resource for this subject.

Cast iron Enamel Red Roaster/ Grill Pan Lid

Lodge Camp Dutch Oven

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Fact Or Fiction About Cast Iron Cookware?

July 12th, 2010

Posted by Doyle Bailey for Cast Iron Cookware Shop

Black Cast Iron for Southern Cooking

Sometimes some of the things that”every body knows” are not true.

How many of the following statements are true for you?

True or False?

In my experience, all of these statements are false. I welcome your response to enlighten me.


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