The Old South Pot: A Symbol of Success
“In the old days, the hall mark of successful plantation life was the iron pot” according to Francois Mignon in”Plantation Memo: Plantation Life in Louisiana 1750-1970 and other matter”.
Oakland Plantation, Bermuda, Louisiana
When there was no silver on the dining room table, you could survive on pewter, earthenware, china or porcelain. You might even survive if your white-columned mansion went up in flames, but “life without an iron pot was rugged in the extreme“.
“In Louisiana all during the 1700’s (Great Pots Era), iron cooking utensils ranging from little three-legged pots nestling safely upright on the ashes in the hearth (today we call them camping Dutch ovens) to the big iron skillets, so masterfully handled by Negro cooks, were familiar equipment in town and plantation homes alike. It was early in the 1800’s however, that the day of the great pots dawned…sugar had come into its own and from year to year greater grew the demand for bigger and even bigger iron pots in which the cane juice could be started on its way to syrup and eventually to granulated sugar…”
Iron pots for making syrup and sugar, wash pots or clothes and iron pots for cooking food; they are all a part of what was life on a plantation. The iron pots from life on a plantation are today reminders of an almost forgotten yesterday. Some can still be seen on the Cane River Creole Plantations of Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Today’s cast iron cookware
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may be pre-seasoned, enameled and somewhat unlike its predecessor from the past, but is still indebted to pots from the past for a heritage of nostalgic appeal and excellent cooking. Old fashioned? A little heavy? Nevertheless, cast iron cookware has its place in today’s kitchen and in the camping gear of out door cooks.
Lodge Camp Dutch Oven
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What travels well, cooks evenly, cleans up easily and is just about the perfect cookware for campfire and outdoor cooking?
The answer: cast iron cookware. All you need is a campfire with a few hot coals and anyone can cook in the great outdoors or at your backyard fire pit. You do not have a be a rocket scientist or a professional chef.
WHAT YOU NEED TO GET STARTED:
Really, all you need is two pieces.
- A Dutch Oven (also called camp ovens)
Lodge Camp Dutch Oven
2. A skillet with a lid. Many outdoor cooks consider other pieces necessary but these two are adequate to get you started.
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SOME BUYING TIPS:
- If you shop for a dutch oven, be sure to look for one that comes with a reversible lid that functions both as a lid and when turned over is a griddle. The griddle side has a concave shape which keeps your pancakes, bacon and eggs, bacon, etc. from falling off or dripping into your coals.
- Skillets, like a Cast Iron combination deep skillet and shallow skillet/griddle is a useful addition to your castiron cook ware. The shallow skillet serves as lid, skillet and griddle. This multi-use cooker is a dutch oven, saute pan and fryer, all in one. If you want just one cast iron cookware piece for your camping and outdoor cooking, this might just be what you are looking for.
DO NOT FORGET SOME CAMPING COOKWARE ACCESSORIES THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR BIG TIME FUN
When you planing your camping trip, outdoor excursion or back yard cookout, do not forget cast iron camping cookware and camping cookware accessories.
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Cookware with Benefits for Everyday and Gourmet Cooking: Castiron Cookware
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Castiron Cookware combines the versatility of cooking for everyday and for gourmet.
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You can cook just about anything in cast iron. Of course castiron cookware is best known for its good old fashioned cooking but do not let this reputation fool you. Due to its even heating qualities (heat retention and distribution),and the fact it can be used in the oven and on the stove top, you can cook just about any food, including gourmet in it.
Cast iron cookware offers:
- a large selection of pots, pans, and cookware shapes. You can choose from cast-iron griddles, grill pans, serving pots, Dutch ovens, pizza pans, roasters, casseroles, waffle makers, muffin pans, corn bread pans, camping cookware, bread bakers, dog’n brat, panini sandwich toasters, pie irons roasters and more.
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- multi-use pans A single pan covers a multitude of dishes. A single cast iron skillet can be used to bake a cake, make cornbread, sear a fillet, roast a chicken, fry potatoes, or stir-fry vegetables. You can get a cast iron casserole with a grill pan lid and have two pieces for the price of one.
Kinetic Casserole Enamel Grill Pan
- cast iron cookware does not particularly care where you use it. You can prepare a dish in enameled cast iron cookware and take it to the table and serve from it there. It is so attractive that it will enhance your table with a presentation appeal and it will keep your food warm throughout your dinner due to its heat retention. Cast iron camping cookware is at its best at your backyard fire pit cookout or at your camp site in the great outdoors.
- cast iron cookware can cook almost anything (including gourmet dishes). “Cast-Iron Cooking for Dummies“ by Tracy Barr has great techniques for cooking and recipes as well.
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Cast Iron Dutch Oven: the Pot that Won the West
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Some say the cast iron dutch
Lodge Cast Iron Dutch Oven
oven goes back hundreds of years. Others maintain the dutch oven originated with the Chinese 2,500 years ago. A great source for further investigation is “Dutch Ovens Chronicled, Their Use in the United States” by John G. Ragsdale, published by the University of Arkansas Press.
In 1704 Abraham Darby traveled from England to Holland to inspect the Dutch casing process which used brass vessels cast in sand molds. When he returned to England, Darby experimented with this process and eventually patented a casting process using a superior quality of molding sand as well as the process of baking the mold to improve casting smoothness. Soon Darby was casting and shipping pots to the new colonies as well as other parts of the world. Ragsdale suggests that the name “Dutch Oven” may have originated from the original Dutch process for the casting of these metal pots. Others believe that the name may have come from Dutch settlers in Pennsylvania who used similar cast iron pots or kettles.
Cast Iron Dutch Ovens can have:
- a flat bottom having three legs to hold the oven above a bed of coals for a heat source from below the dutch oven
- flat sides and a flat, flanged lid for holding coals for a heat source from above the dutch oven therefore giving it an “oven” effect
- a steel bail handle attached to the “ears” on each side of the dutch oven near the top to enable carrying
This type of oven is a cast iron camping dutch oven.
Lodge Camp Dutch Oven
Cast Iron Dutch Ovens also come Enameled
Lodge Red Enamel Dutch Oven
in beautiful colors that are so attractive that you can serve your guests at the table from your dutch oven. Your food will stay warm because cast iron is great for its heat retention.
When the West was opened and the United States was expanding and people were on the move, they were forced to leave their large, heavy cook stoves behind. People learned to cook complete meals from stews to soups, bread to biscuits, in their Dutch Ovens. This pioneering spirit is not a lost art. Wonderful and tasty meals are still being prepared today in cast iron cookware.The cast iron dutch oven was the “Queen of the Fleet” when the Prairie Schooners rolled westward.
It still reigns.
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Cast Iron Cookware Will Warm Your Food and Your Family
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Where is the center of warmth in your home?
In our home it would have to be the kitchen. My wife and I both enjoy cooking and I do not even mind the clean-up afterward. There is even a special stool where the younger grandchildren stand to help their “Nona” cook.There are rocking chairs in our kitchen for friends to rock and chat with us. There is a lot of warmth and it does not all come from the oven or cook top.
We have a large collection of cast iron cookware and I suppose these grandchildren will teach their children to cook using the same dutch ovens, roasters, skillets, cornbread pans and casseroles.
Our "Family" of Cast Iron Cookware
Sometimes we take the fun and warmth outside to a firepit where we roast hot dogs, marshmallows, S’mores.
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Cast iron cookware travels well to the back yard or to your campsite with Waffle Makers, Panini Presses, Pie Irons, Bread Bakers and Dog ‘n Brat Makers.
Bask in the warmth of your kitchen, your backyard fire pit or at your campsite with cast iron cookware and cast iron cookware camping accessories.
Rome Panini Presses
Use cast iron cookware and cast iron camping cookware accessories to cook your food, keep it warm with cast iron’s great heat retention and help keep family relationships warm and cozy.
Rome Firepit Cookout Set
Warm up to family, food and cast iron cookware tonight. It will allow you
TO TASTE THE FOOD AND NOT THE COOKWARE.
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Panini the Bambini Will Love from Cast Iron Cookware Shop
Panini Toasted Sandwich
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What’s not to love about a toasty meat or fruit panini sandwich cooked over your firepit or campfire?
Rome Cast Iron Panini Press
About Panini
The panini toasted sandwich just may be one of Italy’s greatest cultural and culinary export in recent years.
It is incredibly simple to make but will excite your taste buds with its flavor.
Panini is simply the Italian name for sandwich. However
it is almost always used to refer to sandwiches that are placed in a two-sided cooking press that compresses and grills the sandwich until hot and toasted.
The Rome panini maker differs from an American style sandwich cooker or pie iron A Panini Press is not designed to crimp the bread of the sandwich. The goal is to uniformly compress the sandwich as it toasts without the ingredients or bread being trimmed by the edge of the cooker. This results of cooking in a Panini Press is a sandwich layered with a surprising variety of flavor and a layered composition.
Panini Ideas (From Rome Industries)To Get You Started:
• Ricotta, Roasted Peppers
• Basil, Mozzarella, Tomato, Balsamic Vinegar
• Eggplant Caponata, Roasted Red Peppers, Goat Cheese
• Prosciutto, Goat Cheese, Arugula
• Pesto Mayonnaise, Chicken, Red Pepper
• Ham, Mushrooms, Gruyere
• Tomato, Mozzarella, Coppa Salami
• Ham, Gruyere, Tomato
• Mozzarella, Tomato, Pancetta
• Ham, Emmental Cheese, Basil
• Tuna, Olives, Anchovies
• Roasted Eggplant, Goat Cheese, Basil
• Tuna, Tomato, Olives, Mozzarella
• Gorgonzola, Red Wine Vinegar, Olive Oil, Mixed Greens
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Cast Iron Cookware Shop Celebrates Flavor with a New Orleans Jambalaya
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Cast Iron Cookware Shop celebrates the flavor of New Orleans by offering you the opportunity to jazz up your menu with a popular and traditional New Orleans dish. No matter where you live, you can celebrate in an authentic New Orleans style flavor.
This spicy, flavorful dish is perfect for a party, and it really is “big easy.” The recipe can be easily doubled to serve 16 by using 2 packages of Jambalaya Mix, doubling all the other ingredients and cooking in a cast iron Dutch oven or cast iron saucepot.
Lodge Cast Iron Dutch Oven
Makes 8 (1-cup) servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Ingredients
| 1 tablespoon olive oil |
| 1 medium onion, chopped |
| 1 each medium green and yellow bell pepper, chopped |
| 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) fire roasted or regular diced tomatoes, undrained |
| 1 cup water |
| 1 package Zatarain´s Reduced SodiumJambalaya Mix |
| 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined |
| 1 package (12 ounces) andouille sausage, cut into 1/4-inch slices |
| 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley (optional) |
Directions
1. Heat oil in large deep skillet
Lodge 10 1/4 Inch Skillet
Enamel Dutch Oven
on medium heat. Add onion and bell peppers; cook and stir 7 minutes or until vegetables begin to soften.
2. Stir in tomatoes, water and Jambalaya Mix. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer 15 minutes.
3. Stir in shrimp and sausage. Cover and cook 10 minutes longer or just until shrimp turn pink and rice and vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley, if desired.
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Cast Iron Cookware Shop offers great options to compliment your camp cooking gear.
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Get ready for your camping and outdoor recreation activities with cast iron cookware products and accessories from Lodge and Rome.
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A rugged Lodge tripod made of hot rolled half inch solid bar stock with 24 inch galvanized chain. The tripod legs measure 43 1/2 inches. Use with any cast iron product that has a bail handle. such as a Lodge Dutch Oven, camp dutch oven or cast iron kettle. Cook your food over the campfire and keep it at serving temperature in your castiron pot. This tripod travels well in car, truck or camper. (dutch oven not included)
The Rome Firepit Cookout Set includes a round cast iron pie iron, a square cast iron pie iron, a S´more Maker, and Hot Dog-Marshmallow Roasters.
Lodge Camp Dutch Oven
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What The Cast Iron Pot Said to the Cast Iron Kettle
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The Cast Iron Pot said to the Cast Iron Kettle:
“Ever since you whistled at me I have been captivated by your charms. I supposed I was ‘pre-seasoned‘ to succumb to you. However, our romance at times is quite a ‘fine kettle of fish‘. You tend to reach a boiling point with me quite easily and sometimes you are a little over the top with your family pedigree of enameled cast iron cookware relatives.
Enameled Cast Iron Fry Pan
Admittedly they have an aesthetic appeal but at the heart of the matter, you and I, and even they, are made of the same stuff ‘cast iron‘. We all come from good stock. Our romance will endure and we will share many happy times together in the kitchen long after other cookware has lost its ‘non-stick’ quality and has been discarded. We will ‘stick together‘ but the food will not stick to us.”
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Iron Out Smooth Cooking with Cast Iron Cookware
Perhaps you have resolved to eat healthier in 2010. Cast Iron Cookware can help you “iron out” some of the difficulty in preparing a healthier fare for your family.
The farm families who own Cabot have created a recipe perfect for any occasion. We are grateful to them for a healthy recipe with a new “wrinkle” on healthy eating.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4 cups water
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon canola oil
4 cups reduced- sodium canned chicken broth
16 ounces fresh or frozen white corn
1 (10-ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chilies
Corn tortilla Chips
6 ounces 50% Reduced Fat Cheddar, grated (about 1 1/2 cups)
Preparation:
- In a cast iron sauce pan, combine chicken breasts and water. Bring to gentle simmer and cook just until set in center.
- Meanwhile, in a medium cast iron skillet
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over medium heat, combine onion, garlic, and oil; cook, stirring until onions are tender. Set aside.
- Transfer cooked chicken to plate to cool. Strain cooking liquid into another saucepan.
- Add canned broth to cooking liquid and bring to simmer. Add corn and cook for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and reserved onion mixture and cook until heated through.
- In each of eight large soup bowls, arrange about 8 tortilla chips. Shred cooled chicken and divide among bowls. Ladle hot soup over chips and chicken, top with grated cheese.
Cozy-up to a bowl of this soup with your family. You will love how it tastes cooked in cast iron that “allows you to taste the food not the cookware“.
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