Fresh home grown tomatoes are to die for. We use to walk the garden with nothing but a salt shaker and indulge in the acidic goodness. Nothing better than a homegrown mater. With mayo on a sandy with the red tinted mayo juice running down your face is paradise.
Plus I think some people don't know about the smoke point on oils and smoke the place up. The key to good cast iron cooking is controlling the oil temp as well so it doesn't hit the smoke point. You can quick sear but not in high.
I wish you would quit doing this. Every time I read one my mouth starts watering and I want to go out and buy smoker. However, meat is too darned expensive to experiment with and I've never used a smoker.
The price of meat is so that doing a good standing rib roast is damn near impossible for one person to do. The last one I did was a 3 bone job and it was a smooth hundy.
I also only use a high smoke point oil. Butter can burn if you are not careful and leave a fowl taste in the pan. As long as you cook in low it doesn't matter which you use. On meats I like to sear with med. to high heat and butter will smoke too much. After I cook meat like steak I will add a...
I just rinse very lightly to get sauce or gravy out and not hot water. Just a light rinse. That doesn't take any of the seasoning off in my experience anyways. Then I just wipe off with paper towel. Specially if it a heavy or sweet sauce because that can give off unwanted flavor. Anything other...
I never wash mine. I wipe it out with a paper towel if I am just cooling meat. If there is something I am cooking that has gravy or sauce I will rinse it out then wipe down with a paper towel. I never use harsh detergent on mine. I am afraid it would strip all the good seasoning off. If I water...
I think the reason most people don't use them is because the don't season them properly and it makes a mess their first time and give up. Once the pan is good and seasoned it's hard to beat the even heat distributing and flavor.
I have gotten to the point where I won't even use any other plans at all. Cooking in a cast iron skillet adds a degree of flavor regular aluminum Teflon coated pans can not deliver. I want to get s Dutch oven and a few more prices so I can cook everything in cast iron.
There is nothing better than a hamburger or steak cooked in a cast iron skillet. For steaks I usually serum real good on both sides and then stick them in the oven at 350 for about 15 minutes. They come out juicy and slightly pink in the center. Yum, yum, yummy, delicious! Darn now I want to go...
My sister sent me a pic the other day and now I can't get that image out of my mind. Oh my word look at the deliciousness just oozing tastiness! Anybody else like pickles on their tacos. Look at the chunks of pickle. 🤣 I could do without those. LOL but oooh the heavenly tacos!