do use ur cast iron dutch ovens at home
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I have a full complement of Le Creuset pots and pans I use at home but don't bother with cast iron much camping, one in a while maybe.
Nope, too blooming heavy. Fine, great in fact, on an open fire, but at home I use stainless steel on the hob. Much easier to clean and store in the kitchen drawers.
Actually, I tell a lie, I use a cast iron girdle to bake on the hob. (and before anyone comments on my vocabulary, I have an aluminium one too and it not only says Made in England, it says it's a cast girdle, so it's not even just a Scotticism
)
The girdle doesn't cook anything liquidy though, just oatcakes, pancakes, scones, potato cakes, bannocks, tortillas, chapattis and nans....basic bread things. It's never put away, just wiped and left in situ.
cheers,
Toddy
Actually, I tell a lie, I use a cast iron girdle to bake on the hob. (and before anyone comments on my vocabulary, I have an aluminium one too and it not only says Made in England, it says it's a cast girdle, so it's not even just a Scotticism
)The girdle doesn't cook anything liquidy though, just oatcakes, pancakes, scones, potato cakes, bannocks, tortillas, chapattis and nans....basic bread things. It's never put away, just wiped and left in situ.
cheers,
Toddy
I use orange le cruset (must be orange, any thing else is just a wrongen) and cast iron skillets from Nisbets as well as an un-enameld cast iron pan for long cooking stews and casseroles on top of the heating stove in the front room in winter. would not be without them. the iron gets hot and evens out the (very) dodgy electric supply, it drops terribly between 4 and 7 each night since new houses were built in the village a couple of miles away (as an aside, why do people move to the country then cover their house with arc lamps that burn all night? If your afraid of the dark stay in town it does nothing to stop the burglers and creates shadow wells that you cant see past) sigh!!
Any way, yes I love my pots and use them lots.
it does nothing to stop the burglers and creates shadow wells that you cant see past) sigh!!Any way, yes I love my pots and use them lots.
Yes did a whole shoulder of lamb in it for easter dinner slow cooked (same as i do when i take it car camping ) just bung it in the oven instead of over a fire
Its 'Text Speak' Red, all too common these days sadly, I ask my young son to translate for me. Within a couple of decades communication will be back at the grunting and pointing stage.
Thanks Rik - it was a genuine question. I suspected the OP had omitted "you" from "Do you use", but I am still confused what "ur" means. Is it punctuation or something?
"Do you use cast iron dutch ovens at home" I understand but I don't understand "ur" at all??
"Do you use cast iron dutch ovens at home" I understand but I don't understand "ur" at all??
Showing my age I still lament when "catsup" changed to "ketchup."
But more to the thread: No, I don't use my "dutch oven" at home much; The legs get in the way indoors. I do use a heavy cast iron pot very, very much (it's a no name brand that I got while statione in England) There's nothing better for stews, chilis, small roasts and such. Great for baked beans too. The lid is flat and when inverted makes a great griddle, pizza pan and bisquit pan (American bisquits). I've also got a set of CI skillets (mostly Lodge) for most of my frying, stir frying, casserole dishes and gravy or sauce making chores and cornbread baking. In fact now that I think of it probably more than 75% of my home cookimg is on CI. Just not the dutch oven.
But more to the thread: No, I don't use my "dutch oven" at home much; The legs get in the way indoors. I do use a heavy cast iron pot very, very much (it's a no name brand that I got while statione in England) There's nothing better for stews, chilis, small roasts and such. Great for baked beans too. The lid is flat and when inverted makes a great griddle, pizza pan and bisquit pan (American bisquits). I've also got a set of CI skillets (mostly Lodge) for most of my frying, stir frying, casserole dishes and gravy or sauce making chores and cornbread baking. In fact now that I think of it probably more than 75% of my home cookimg is on CI. Just not the dutch oven.
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I think it's always been ketchup this side of the pond, and probably comes from an Indian (asian continent Indian) word from the days of the Raj.
Anyway, back on topic. I use a cast iron frying pan whenever I'm frying, and I use a cast iron casserole which I bought from TK Maxx - why did I only buy one, like it's ever going to wear out - for soups, stews etc. I don't have a dutch oven though.
Cheers
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No kidding. The good ones (and even a lot of the cheap ones) last for generations. Not only last for generations but get better with age.
Sorry if my grammar and English isn't perfect but I wrote this half asleep and didn't read it back
Also thanks for the reply guys the reason I asked was I would use them myself but mum and dad
won't let me cos it stinks the house out supposedly
Also thanks for the reply guys the reason I asked was I would use them myself but mum and dad
won't let me cos it stinks the house out supposedly
