Yesterday morning I was moving cast iron around to be able to cook breakfast – biscuits baked in a cast iron skillet, bacon fried in a cast iron Dutch oven, eggs scrambled in a cast iron skillet. I did use a regular pot to make the grits.
The dressing goes in the oblong pan, the ham will be baked in the Dutch oven. The pumpkin pie is in the oven now in the cast iron pie pan. The chocolate pie will be baked in the skillet because I love having the handle so as not to mess up the meringue. Sweet potato casseroles will be baked in the loaf pans. Brussels sprouts will be cooked in a skillet and drizzled with pomegranate syrup. The gravy will be made in a small Dutch oven.
The rolls may be baked on the cast iron griddle or they may go on a regular baking sheet. We’ll see what oven space looks like when it’s time to bake the rolls.
At one point yesterday Vince said “When did you start liking cast iron so much?” I told him years and years ago. He said “Why did you keep buying other pots?” Really, Vince? Because I had a glass top stove and even though in Kentucky I figured out a way to run a gas line to the stove, he wouldn’t do it. In MO, I had the Fire Department come out and approve a location for a propane tank so I could get a gas stove and he wouldn’t do it. And .. he asks me why I bought other pots!
I did use some cast iron on the glass top but not nearly as much as I use when I have a gas stove. One of the times I’m most thankful for gas is when I pull a big, hot dish out of the oven and can put it on those cast iron grates without having to get hot pads and a cooling rack before putting something hot on the glass top.
No use complaining about the past .. I have a gas stove now and am loving using the cast iron!
Paula Nordt says
I love cast iron also. But I have a glass top electric stove and can’t decide if food keeps forming a crust that sticks to the bottom of the pan because of that, or because I just can’t get the cast iron seasoned enough. Thoughts from your experience?
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I had the same problem. My glass top in Missouri had a black top. The one here had a white top. I don’t remember having such a mess on the one in MO but maybe I just didn’t see it. The one here was white and it was 18 years old so maybe it was a combination of the wear and the cast iron/glass top but it was a major scrub job every single time I used it. I kept thinking it was because I had used the cast iron on the gas stove in Texas for almost 10 years and it had built up a layer of charred crud on the bottom, though I thought they were kept pretty clean. I have no idea why but I experienced the exact same thing you’re talking about.