Cast Iron Cookware Will Warm Your Food and Your Family

Posted by Doyle Bailey for The Cast Iron Cookware Shop

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.

Sometimes we take the fun and warmth outside to a firepit where we roast hot dogs, marshmallows, S’mores.

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.

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.

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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Cast Iron Cookware and Roasting Potatoes

Cast Iron Cookware Shop offers a real Holiday Helping Hand for delicious sides that will delight your family and guests. Roasted New Potatoes with Blue Cheese Ranch Dressing and Green Onions (from Chef Bobby Flay) complement any holiday meal.

Roasted New Potatoes with Blue Cheese Ranch Dressing and Green Onions

Ingredients:

2 pounds new red or yellow potatoes, halved

Canola oil

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

3/4 cup buttermilk

1/4 cup Hellmann’s or Best Foods Real Mayonaise

2 cloves finely chopped fresh garlic

2 teaspoons Dijon mustard

1/4 pound crumbled blue cheese

4 green onions

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Place potatoes in a casserole or roaster with the oil and season with salt and pepper.

Roast in the oven until golden brown and tender, about 25 minutes

Transfer potatoes to a platter (you can actually continue preparation and even serve your potatoes from you enamel cast iron casserole or roaster.

Whisk together the buttermilk, mayonaise, mustard and garlic in a bowl and season with salt and pepper.

Fold in the blue cheese and green onions

Spoon the sauce over the potatoes and serve (serves 4 persons)

You family will love this dish, especially when prepared in cast iron cookware.

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Cast Iron Cookware Sales Rising

The International Housewares Association reports dollar sales
of cast-iron cookware are up 20 percent.

Why is this?

• Interest is growing thanks to pre-seasoned pans.
• Celebrities using the pots on TV cooking shows.
• Consumers’ growing concerns that nonstick coatings can flake off. Is it any wonder that simple, rib-sticking foods like bacon and eggs
  are back on the plate?

There is no better time than now to fall in love with cast iron cookware or fall in love all over again with the cookware loved by your mother and grandmother. There is nothing old-fashioned about the cookware that is the truly non-stick, lasts forever and allows you…

TO TASTE THE FOOD AND NOT THE COOKWARE.

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Roast/Grill For The Holidays with Cast Iron

This 4.75 qt Roaster by Kinetic. Measures 15 3/4 X 8 1/2 X 4″, with lid depth is 5 7/8 “.
Our MOST VERSATILE ROASTER. You get two products for the price of one: a Roasting Pan and Lid that can be used as an open Broiler Pan. Because this Roaster is so attractive you can use both Roaster and Lid as serving pieces.
This Cast Iron Roaster cooks evenly on stove top or in the oven.
Meat and vegetables all fit inside. Use the ribbed lid for easy broiling..
Black Enamel Interior

This Red Exterior 4.86 qt. Casserole by Kinetic has a Grill Pan Lid. You get TWO for the price of ONE. A Full Sized Casserole perfect for one-dish meals. A Full Sized Lid that doubles as a 10 inch Round Grill Pan. Your Cast Iron goes from stove top to oven and makes cooking and clean up a pleasure. Heat does not damage handles. These products are so attractive they can be used as serving pieces.
Black Enamel Interior
Red Exterior

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Cast Iron Cookware Shop With Help To Get You Ready To Invite a Turkey To Dinner

No we are not talking about how you can ratchet up your courage to invite your brother-in-law to dinner. What we are referring to is the “turkey” who will grace your table at Thanksgiving time. Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival and traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. This is where cast iron cookware can play an important role in the roasting of your Thanksgiving turkey.

The date and location of the first Thanksgiving celebration is a topic of modest contention. Though the earliest attested Thanksgiving celebration was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida, the traditional “first Thanksgiving” is venerated as having occurred at the site of Plymouth Plantation, in 1621.

What really matters for you is not the First Thanksgiving but The Next Thanksgiving. Take a look at the following cast iron products that can help you get ready.

A 7 qt. Color Cast Oval Roaster by Kinetic is just right for your Thanksgiving Feast, a one-dish family meal. or family and neighborhood gatherings. Both meat and veggies fit in nicely. The even heat distribution makes this Cookware ideal for roasting. Use it to make your favorite family dishes. Its bright color enhances your kitchen, buffet or table setting. Family and friends will appreciate your Cast Iron Roaster cooking.
Black Enamel Interior
Red Exterior

A 4.75 qt Roaster by Kinetic that measures 15 3/4 X 8 1/2 X 4″, with lid depth is 5 7/8 ” is A MOST VERSATILE ROASTER. You get two products for the price of one: a Roasting Pan and Lid that can be used as an open Broiler Pan. Because this Roaster is so attractive you can use both Roaster and Lid as serving pieces. This Cast Iron Roaster cooks evenly on stove top or in the oven. Meat and vegetables all fit conveniently inside. Use the ribbed lid for easy broiling..

Black Enamel Interior
Red Exterior

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Cast Iron Cookware and the Sexy Pig

Do you have a nickname for that special person in your life? Baby doll or Snookums, maybe? According to the London Telegraph the Brits have lots of them. They report the London jeweler H. Samuel discovered these pet names signed on gift cards:

* Sexy Pig

* Poo Face

* Sausage

* Chubby Cheeks

* Monkey Boy

* Fatty Bum Bum

* Lobster

Got another one? List it in a post, if you dare. By the way, my pet name for my wife is “Babe“. That was the name of a pig in a movie wasn’t it?

You are not likely to say to your pork roast in a cast iron enameled roaster “You are my sexy pig“. However, it can be a beautiful sight to you if you like pork and nothing cooks it better than cast iron cookware.

A 7 qt. Oval Roaster by Kinetic. is ideal for one-dish family dinners or neighborhood get togethers. Both meat and veggies fit in nicely. Its colorful exterior (comes in red or blue enamel) allows you to use it as a serving dish from your stove top, oven, buffet or table. This Cast Iron Roaster distributes the heat evenly for as long as your dish needs to cook or stay warm. Family meals will look and taste better with this colorful Cookware.
Black Enamel Interior
Blue Exterior

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“Taste the Food Not the Cookware” with Cast Iron Cookware.

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Be a Master Griller with Cast Iron Cookware

One of the most common and popular methods of grilling is on a barbecue grill. This is a device for cooking food that applies heat directly from below. There are many varieties of grills. Most fall into one of two categories: gas-fueled or charcoal. There is a great debate over the merits of charcoal or gas as the cooking method for barbecue Master Grillers.

Barbecuing is a popular tradition in much of the world. In Argentina, where we lived for 15 years, the grilling of meat is an art. However they do not use barbecue sauce on the meat. Many work crews have an “asador” who is the Master Griller for the group. You will see them leave the job site, go to a local “carniceria” (meat market) and purchase the “carne” to grill for the workers. No cold sandwiches for these guys!

There is intense competition among grillers but almost all competition grillers use charcoal. Many times they use large, custom designed brick or steel grills. You can be a Master Griller with something that is much smaller and more portable. Many grillers take their grills camping, on picnics or to tailgate parties.

For those of us who prefer to be less competitive, the real challenge may be to do the grill work right and get better at it each time we do it. Cast Iron Cookware can be an essential tool on your road to becoming a Master Griller.

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Want to help others on their path to becoming a Grill Master? Share your tips and comments. Be less competitive and more collaborative. Maybe we can all make it if we work together.

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Go Green and Save Green in Family Friendly Ways with Cast Iron Cookware

Cast Iron Cookware has been green before green was cool. It heats quickly, retains the heat, does not require food to be re-heated, and therefore uses less energy. Also it comes in enameled cast iron colors, including emerald green.

Cast Iron Cookware, when seasoned correctly, is the truly non-stick cookware that requires no non-stick toxic coatings that can flake off in your food.

Cast Iron Cookware requires no harsh chemicals for cleaning, strong soaps, or dish washer detergents (do not wash cast iron cookware in your dishwasher).

Ten family-friendly ways to go green

The best way to teach kids about the natural world is to get
them interested in preserving it. And if you treat eco-friendly
activities as fun rather than a chore, says Deborah Snoonian,
managing editor of Plenty, an environmentally conscious lifestyle
magazine (www.plentymag.com), your kids will follow suit. Here
are a few of Snoonian’s ideas on going green, family style:
1

Before shopping for new clothes for the school year, invite your
children’s friends over for clothing swap party. One kid’s too-small
shirts are another’s must-have duds, and you’ll save on new purchases
and shopping trips. Bag up the leftovers and donate them to a local charity.
2

Treat recycling like an art project: Have your kids decorate your
recycling bins using stickers, non-toxic paint, or other materials.
Arrange the bins so that it’s easy for your kids to help you collect recyclables.
3

Once a month, have an “unplugged” evening at home: no video games,
no movies, no e-mail. Instead, dine by candlelight and play board games
or cards together — or tell ghost stories, or sing songs. Kids love
the intimacy and grown-up feel of candles.
4

Go car-free for one day a month, and plan an activity in your neighborhood:
a picnic, a scavenger hunt, a visit with neighbors. Visit www.fueleconomy.gov
with your kids to calculate how much pollution you avoid by nixing the wheels.
5

Set a family goal to reduce your home electricity use by 10 percent by the
end of the year. Have your kids take ownership of tasks — one can be in
charge of turning off lights at night, while another can shut off TVs, radios,
and idle computers. Track the money you’re saving on a chart that everyone
can see (older children can help with this.) When you’ve met your goal, use
the savings for a family treat, like a movie or dinner out.
6

Instead of buying storage bins to hold papers and photos, have your kids
decorate shoeboxes using old magazines, wrapping paper, stickers, buttons
– anything they like.
7

Give your kids a chemistry lesson by teaching them how to make natural
cleaning products from vinegar, baking soda, and other stuff you have in
your kitchen. We recommend the recipes in Green Clean, by Linda Mason Hunter
and Mikki Halpin (Melcher Media, 2005).
8

Nothing helps kids learn about the environment more than growing something
– so give each child a plant to take care for. Let her pick out her own at
the nursery. (Older kids can help plant a garden.) Explain that plants help
people live because they exhale oxygen and breathe in carbon dioxide.
9

Next time you head to the park with your kids, have them bring a box of crayons
and encourage them to find items in nature that match those colors. This will
help them understand how diverse the natural world is — not all plants are green,
after all.
10

Visit www.epa.gov/kids for a wide variety of games, puzzles, and activities that
will help kids learn how to protect the planet.

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