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A look at the new cast iron pans from Lodge Cast Iron, being sold at Dollar General.
And here's a scam just waiting to happen. It's safe to say any online group you don't know that claims to be doing "raffles" is a scam. Consider: everyone in the raffle sends his money to the person running the raffle. That person decides who the winner is, and it's probably a fake name. The others lose their money and get nothing. Also, the guy running this group set up his Facebook account only three days ago. Also, the title picture is a stolen from an actual cast iron collector's group, and is certainly a copyright violation.
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This guy said this pot is from Lodge, though it is actually from Camp Chef. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
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The Star Wars cast-iron pan cake pans have not been released this year. That means they are going to go on sale as “collectors’ items” with ridiculous prices.
It’s time for the annual Walmart fruitcake sighting. Fruitcake will last for months when it’s soaked in rum; but this stuff has an expiration date of next May, even without the booze. When you see the fruitcake at Walmart, and you know that like it or not, the holidays are here.
It’s ALMOST impossible to screw up a turkey…
What's cooking in cast iron tonight? Garlic smothered pork chops. We sprinkle the chops with kosher salt and seasoning, and let them chill in the fridte while we prepare the garlic. Add a bunch of garlic cloves and half a cup of clarified butter to a cast iron pan, and gently roast it at 300 degrees for just under an hour. Now we use some of the oil from the garlic to sear the pork chops in cast iron until they reach 145 degrees. We squish the garlic and add the rest of the oil, plus flour to make it into a roux, and keep stirring in milk until we have lots of gravy. We smother the pork chops in the gravy, and serve them good and hot.
Hasty pudding is the Northern version of what they call grits in the American south. It's what soldiers often made in the Revolutionary War and the American Civil War, and it's nothing more than water and cornmeal, boiled to the consistency of a thick pudding. Some modern recipes add spices, milk, and even ice cream, but this is the original basic recipe from soldiers who didn't have those things. It's then sweetened with maple syrup and a little butter. And I was surprised at how delicious this was! I was expecting it to be about as tasty as hardtack bread, but the syrup gave it a special sweetness that I really enjoyed. I love it when I discover something new that I really love, and I'm giving this simple dish from history a thumbs up.
o I did a practice run by cutting up a turkey and roasting the separate pieces, rather than roasting the entire bird. And the end result was FANTASTIC! This was my first time butchering a turkey, and the word "butchering" certainly applies here because I only did a medicore job cutting the bird apart. But that didn't matter, because that only affected the final presentation...and as you see here, the roasted turkey parts still turned out fine. The biggest difference with roasted turkey parts is in the presentation: you don't have a giant roasted turkey as the centerpiece for your Thanksgiving dinner. But, as you've seen, you can still present a platter of roasted turkey, and allow your guests to pick and choose what they want. Most importantly, this turkey cooks FAST! Instead of spending all day roasting the turkey, you can have this done in under two hours, and the oven will then be free for cooking other dishes.
Check out this “interesting” eBay listing: an Asian made cast iron dutch oven.
Cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving is like fruitcake at Christmas: it's treated like a weird jello side dish that we have to serve, even though no one likes it. That's because you're not eating cranberry sauce the way it's supposed to be eaten. People think it's some sort of weird salad sitting on the side of your dish, but it's called cranberry sauce because as surprising as this may be, it's a sauce. Cranberry sauce is ment to be served right on top of your turkey just like gravy, and when you do this you'll be amazed at how the sweetness of the cranberry sauce blends with the savory taste of your turkey, to produce a taste that's really delightful, and delicious. And once you've eaten your turkey with cranberry sauce, you may never want to have another Thanksgiving without it.
Cranberry Sauce recipe: http://www.modemac.com/wiki/Cranberry_Sauce
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