cast iron pans

I inherited my smaller one from my maternal grandmother and also I bought the large one at a garage sale. I still had to season them and they are not that good for working on ceramic cook tops. Maybe the newer ones that are enamel coated on the outside are, but I do not have enough money to get one yet. I was thinking of buying some in the near future since I do like the way meat and stew tastes after I use one.

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I only use old ones, that are well seasoned. My daughter in law (ex) a year or so ago got new ones and absolutely would not listen to me when I told her she needed to season them herself. She just said they were cheap and trashy.

We have a 12 inch cast iron frying pan by Lodge. I don't think it is possible to beat it for frying a steak or for baking cornbread, either. I will not use one without first seasoning it.

I have been using my old cast iron pans which has been passed down to me from my grandmother's collection. I prefer using seasoned pans as the new one takes time to get seasoned.

I very seldom cook a meal w/out using one of my cast iron skillets. Thanks goodness all mine are seasoned, i hate a new one. no, i hve not bought a new one in years. Have so many i started housekeeping with & have picked up quite afew at auctions. Give me an old one anytime.

It seems like I have always had my cast iron skillets, but I know it isn't so. The last one I bought was from a thrift store. It had been well used and it was well seasoned. I've bought new ones and had to season them, but it's been a long time ago. I wouldn't want to have to fry an egg or anything else in any other pan.

I love cast iron cookware. Eggs and bacon taste so much better cooked in butter in a cast frying pan. Yes there is more work to keeping your cast iron ware, but its well worth the time and trouble. There is another delightful trick that includes a cast iron pot with a matching lid. Dig a deep hole in the ground and build a hot fire. burn the hard wood down to coals. Fill your cast iron pot with a roast of beef or pork surround it with potatoes carrots and onions, add some water and seasoning and place it on top of the hot coals. Cover the hole and wait. When you bring out the pot in 3 or 4 hours you will have a delicious roast beef dinner.

I do not have one but would like to get one. They are quite costly but they last a lifetime if you take care of them! I have a small one but it was made into a clock by my grandfather about 45 years ago. It hangs on my kitchen wall. Bacon and eggs just taste better in an iron skillet!

My mom had a cast iron pan. I bought myself one long ago, got frustrated with it, yard saled it. Never really learned how to season one and never tried again...

I bought one last year with some Christmas money. It's a "Lodge" brand which I heard later was a pretty good brand. I LOVE it! I use it on the stovetop but I also use it in the oven. We currently don't have a grill and so I have been broiling steaks in the oven. I used this pan for the steaks and they turned out awesome. There's just something about those cast iron pans!

No, I haven't bought one recently, but need to. I keep my cast iron pan in a cabinet close to the floor. And one winter when it was real cold, I took the pan out and put it on the burner, not thinking that it was going from cold to hot immediately. All of a sudden I heard "bang", and my cast iron pan actually broke in half. I was so dissappointed.