Lodge Cast Iron 15″x 11″ BBQ Grill-Grate

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CELEBRATE SPRING AT ITS FINEST WITH CAST IRON CAMPING COOKWARE AND ACCESSORIES FROM  CAST IRON COOKWARE SHOP. Cast Iron Lodge BBQ Grill-Grate Lodge’s BBQ GRILL-GRATE grills those vegetables AND holds them on the grill. It measures 15 x 11 inches There is no “veggie escape” into the coals. It also holds those delicate fish in place. This cast iron grill cooks your steaks, sausage, bacon and other delicious camp meals.

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Cast Iron Grill-Grate Lets You Grill Great

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Lodge’s BBQ GRILL-GRATE

grills your vegetables and will not let them escape into your campfire. It  holds them on the grill. It measures 15 x 11 inches . It also holds those delicate fish in place. This cast iron grill cooks your steaks, sausage, bacon and other meats evenly without flame damage. It is great for camping and grilling on the beach.

You can really grill great with the Lodge Cast iron BBQ Grill/Grate

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Cast Iron Cookware: A Fan Not A Fanatic

Cast iron cookware is the predominant cookware in our kitchen by a long shot.

Do we have and use other types of cookware? Yes. For example this morning I made grits in an aluminum pot and eggs in a Lodge cast iron skillet, sunny side up, to top them off. If you have never tried this, give it a try. You do not have to be from the South to like grits and eggs. I also baked some banana-nut muffins in a cast iron muffin pan.

I can tell you for a fact that the clean-up with the two cast iron pieces was much easier than with the lighter aluminum pan. Just a little warm water for the cast iron cookware, dry them throughouly before putting them away. Never put them in a dishwasher. Use them often and they just get better with use. Cast Iron Cookware is a very old type of cookware. It has made a remarkable resurgence over the recent past. There are reasons for this:

• Cast Iron Cookware is highly regarded for its even heating, versatility and durability. It is relatively inexpensive when you consider it will last for a lifetime. Actually it will last for several lifetimes and you can pass you cast iron pots, skillets, and dutch ovens on to your children and grandchildren.
• Cast Iron Cookware puts you in touch with earlier times in the great American tradition, with close associations with colonial, pioneer, and cowboy cooking. It is timeless cooking.
• Cast Iron Cookware has exceptional heat retention and even cooking  properties; as such it is excellent for stewing, browning, frying and baking. The day is young and already I have done two out of four of these cooking methods.
• Cast Iron Cookware is the truly “non-stick cookware” for me. Again, I am a real fan but not a “fanatic“. However, doesn’t the word “fan” come from the word “fanatic“? Hmmm. After seasoning properly, the surface of the cast iron is totally non- stick meaning you can cook  with little or no oil making it an exceptionally healthy form of cooking.
  

  Lodge Skillet/ Fry Pan

• Cast Iron Cookware is excellent for outdoor use in your fire pit cookouts in your back yard or when out hunting, fishing, camping or hiking.
  

  Lodge Camp Dutch Oven

• Cast Iron Cookware excels with recipes that require cooking at high temperatures such as when searing or frying.

Try cooking with cast iron and you will likely become a “fan“. If you are already cooking with cast iron cookware, add to your selection. You can do so without danger of becoming “fanatical“.

In conclusion, cast iron cookware is not just a thing of the past. It has been a part of our past and is very much a part of our present and future. Cast Iron Cookware is thriving and outperforming all  other more recent cookware that seeks to compete with it.

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Get the Right Pan for the Job

When is comes to cooking, it is important to get the right pan for the job.

Cast iron cookware is a very old-fashioned manner of cooking. It has made a remarkable comeback over the last few years. There are reasons for this:

• even heating
• heat retention
• versatility
• durability
• non-stick, when properly seasoned

Cast iron cookware is made by pouring molten iron into molds to fashion the designed configurations for baking pans, skillets, dutch ovens, jambalaya pots and cornbread pans.  Cast iron cookware is not a thing of the past but the wave of the future to really make your cooking “pan” out as delicious and healthy. Make sure you get the right pan for the job.

What are the advantages of cooking with cast iron pans?

2. It is excellent for stewing, browning, frying and baking.

3. After seasoning, the surface of the cast iron is totally non- stick. You can cook  with little or no oil making it an exceptionally healthy form of cooking.

4. It is versatile, heavy duty, rugged, durable, sturdy and lasts for generations.

5. It is excellent for cooking when hunting, fishing, camping or scouting, back yard fire pits or even in your fireplace.

6. Using cast iron adds trace elements of iron into your diet.

7. Unlike much cookware on the market it is totally free of  additives that can flake off into your food.

8. It  is excellent for recipes that need to be cooked at high temperatures  as in searing or frying.

9. Compared to other cookware, it is one of the most versatile forms of cookware you can buy.

10. Cast iron cookware is unquestionably the best value cookware you’ll ever purchase. It can be used on the stove top, in the oven and on top of a fire. The fact that it lasts for generations means you will not be reinvesting in cookware every few years. Cast iron cookware is not a purchase, it is an investment. It will become a family heirloom to be enjoyed by your grandchildren and great grandchildren.

11. Cast Iron Cookware allows you to taste the food not the cookware.

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Pollo Moruno with Grilled Vegetables

Chicken on your grill with vegetables makes for an easy, healthy meal for the holidays.

Ingredients:

Chicken

• 2.200 pounds (1 kilo)boneless skinless chicken, breasts

• 2 teaspoons ground coriander

• 2 teaspoons ground cumin

• 2 teaspoons Spanish paprika

• 1 teaspoon chili, flakes

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

• 1 tablespoon pureed garlic

• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon, juice

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

• 1 tablespoon water, optional

• 6 wooden skewers, soaked in water, for an hour

Vegetables

• 1 red pepper

• 1 green zucchini

• 1 garlic, clove, chopped

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

• a liberal sprinkling of dried basil

• a liberal sprinkling of dried oregano

• salt and pepper, to taste

Preparation:

Chicken

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Place the chicken breasts in a bowl. Combine the rest of the marinade ingredients. Mix very well. Coat the chicken thoroughly. If you find that the marinade is too thick you can add the water.

3. Cover and marinate a minimum of 3 hours.

4. Place the chicken breasts on a very hot grill. Grill the chicken for 4 to 5 minutes per side. Slice chicken into large bite size pieces.

5. Cut red pepper and zucchini into large bite size pieces. Toss vegetables with garlic, oil, herbs and pepper. Grill vegetables.

6. Alternately skewer chicken with vegetables. Finish cooking skewered chicken and vegetables in the oven for a few minutes until chicken is cooked through.

Yield: 6

Recipe courtesy of Michell Perez

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Chipotle Orange Glazed Pork Chops

Looking for an easy dinner? An easy-to assemble glaze will give your pork chops a sweet and spicy flavor. Chipotle Orange Glazed Pork Chops, done in a cast iron grill is your savory solution.

Ingredients:

2 tbs. pure maple syrup

2 tbs. thawed frozen orange juice concentrate

1 tsp. finely chopped, seeded, canned chipotle chili, plus 1/2 tsp. adobo sauce in which it comes packed

4 3/4-inch-thick (about 8 oz. each) center cut, bone-in pork loin chops

1/2 tsp. salt

Preparation:

1. In small bowl, combine maple syrup, orange juice concentrate, and chipotle.

2. Coat cast iron grill pan with cooking spray and preheat over medium-high heat.

3. Sprinkle both sides of chops with salt. Brush one side generously with glaze. Place chops in grill pan, glazed side down. Brush other side with glaze.

4. Cook over medium-high heat until cooked through but with slight blusgh in center, 3 to 4 minutes per side.

(Ellie Kriegar, from Reader’s Digest)

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Cast Iron Cookware Shop and Help For Camp Cooking “Pack Rats”

When you pack for your camping trip, do not be a “pack rat“. Learn to take only only the bare essentials. If you need a skillet, take your camping dutch oven and use the skillet lid for small cooking tasks. The skillet can stay home.

The camp dutch oven is so versatile it can be used in lieu of other pots and pans if you plan your menu with campfire recipes for casseroles or “one pot campfire meals”. If you feel you really must have another pan, select one that will “nest” in your camp dutch oven.

The Lodge 6 quart cast iron camping dutch oven is small enough to pack easily and large enough to feed a family or group. The flanged lid will hold hot coals to facilitate cooking and to keep ashes out of the pot. The cast iron camp lid can be turned upside down for use as a griddle. The dutch oven legs provide stability and safety for use over your campfire or fireplace. This camp dutch oven is a skillet, saute pan, casserole cooker and fry pan all in one. A cast iron pot is a lifetime investment. In our family cast iron cookware is passed down from one generation to the next. The cast iron dutch oven was originated for outdoor cooking and for centuries has done it’s job.

Setting up your camp kitchen should be fun.

Doing the actual cooking can be fun.

The clean-up can even be fun and not burdensome.

Some ideas you might want to consider:

1. Plan your meals. If you need two pots, why take three?
2. Use your cast iron griddle as a campfire grill.
3. Use large pieces of firewood to support the griddle over the fire.
4. A camping cast iron dutch oven has “feet” to sit directly on a bed of coals.
5. Leave pieces at home you do not really need.
6. Paper products that you can discard can be substituted for plates and cups.
   

   Camp Cooking at its best with Cast Iron

   

   Lodge Grill/GriddleGrill Great and Eat Healthy with Cast Iron

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Cast Iron CookwareShop On Eating Out, Eating In and Eating Well

Cast Iron Cookware Shop has some suggestions for your consideration:

EATING OUT:

Eating out can be a tricky business. To make more healthy decisions to control what ends up on your plate and in your body, look for these key menu words to avoid, compiled by the American Heart Association.

1. Fried
2. Au gratin
3. Crispy
4. Scalloped
5. Pan fried Sauteed
6. Stuffed

Look for these more healthy terms:

1. Steamed
2. Broiled
3. Baked
4. Grilled
5. Poached
6. Roasted

When you cook with cast iron and eat in, you can take advantage of all 6 of the healthier ways of cooking.

Here are some cast iron products you can use to enjoy saving money, cooking healthly and delicious meals and in the truly non-stick cookware.

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Cast Iron Cookware and the Thrill of the Grill

Lodge’s BBQ GRILL-GRATE cooks your steaks, sausage, bacon and other meats evenly without flame damage. It is great for camping and grilling on the beach. grills those vegetables AND holds them on the grill. There is no “veggie escape” into the coals. It also holds those delicate fish in place.

This professional size grill griddle combination from the Lodge Logic series measures 20 by 10 1/2 inches. The actual cooking surface is 19 1/4 by 8 1/2 inches. Use this large grill/griddle combo over two burners on your stove top or over your campfire. One side has ridges for grilling steaks, sausages and hamburgers. The reverse side is smooth for cooking pancakes, eggs or grilled cheese sandwiches. This reversible Cast Iron pan allows the drippings to drain into a gutter where it can be used for flavor or discarded. A loop handle on each end allow for safe usage. Use indoors or outdoors.

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Experience the “thrill of the grill” and “grill great” with cast iron cookware: it allows you to taste the food not the cookware.

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Cast Iron Cookware On Keeping Up With the Times

Think old folks are out of it and don’t have a clue? A recent poll about the technological skills of 105 centenarians found otherwise. The “100 @ 100” report was prepared for a division of United Healthcare found that 3 % use Twitter, 21 % have an internet account and 10 % use e-mail. The group is also health-conscious with 50 % walking or hiking at least once a week. Another 33 % garden and 28 % eat organic food. (Reported by Mike Tucker in AARP Bulletin, September 2009).

Not only have many older people done an excellent job of keeping up with the times, out times are rediscovering some of the values of previous generations.

Cast iron cookware, considered old fashioned by some, is not a thing of the past; it is actually an item that is used by many chefs and homemakers today.

Cookware that is made of cast iron has many benefits:

1. It conducts heat very well and it evenly distributes it so the food evenly and thoroughly.

2. It is resistant to foods sticking to it when it has been seasoned well and used often. It gets better with use.

3. If you have never used cast iron cookware, you will be pleasantly surprised what can be done with
it and just how well it cooks the foods you love.

4. This cookware is so versatile and can be used for many, many years. Whether you are using a cast iron skillet, griddle or a dutch oven, they are absolutely great for almost any foods that you need to prepare.

Another image, stereotypical, when thinking of cast iron cookware is that of southern women making meals on Sunday afternoons. This image is most often true but this cookware is used by many different individuals, including professionals chefs. However, many individuals, especially those in southern states, understand the many uses for
this cookware. Not only can this cookware be used on the stove top, but also in the oven. Many people use this cookware to bake dishes such as cornbread. There are those that actually prefer to use this type of cookware, because of the flavor they believe that it adds to the foods. Cast iron cookware

There are many different types of cookware that are made of cast iron.
There are skillets and frying pans that come in many different sizes. Many individuals can remember their mothers and grandmothers frying
chicken on Sunday’s in these pans or many other meals. There are also
the cast iron griddles. These griddles can be used to make pancakes, french toast or a grilled cheese sandwich. These griddles are so resilient that they can be used to cook foods over a campfire.

Another cast iron cookware item, the flag ship of the fleet, is the Dutch oven. Long before the crock
pot was ever invented, the Dutch oven was making slow cooked meals for the entire family. The great thing about these Dutch ovens is, like other cookware that is made of cast iron, it can go from stove top to oven and back again, if needed, without a problem.

If you are a member of the older generation you likely know the advantages of cast iron cookware If you have never taken the time to investigate cast iron cookware, then it would be well worth your time to do so. This cookware is so versatile and can be used for many, many years.

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

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