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Ed Suspicious

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3. Our t-fal nonstick cookware has turned to complete crap. Planned obsolescence? I'm done with that.

Reply to w0nderer (Original post)

Thu Oct 8, 2015, 11:51 PM

Oct 2015

Instead of trying to replace that I've begun cooking with cast iron. An 8 inch pan is big enough for me to cook two chicken legs and a can of green beans in one skillet. Rummage sale cast iron, even if rusty and nasty, is easy to bring back to life.

I just order http://www.amazon.com/Lodge-LCC3-Pre-Seasoned-Cast-Iron-3-Quart/dp/B0009JKG9M/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1444362540&sr=8-2&keywords=lodge+cast+iron for a bit more options.

Cast iron is amazing. It's cheap and it lasts forever. No carcinogens that I'm aware of and it's a buy it once use it the rest of your life sort of purchase.

I use it to cook chicken leg quarters which are always pretty cheap in America as the breast and wings are the most sought after by fools who don't know any better.

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Food Prep And Ideas [View all] w0nderer Oct 2015 OP

I looked at some of the recipes, when I got to chocolate zucchini muffins, I was hooked. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #1

of course you can w0nderer Oct 2015 #2

Our t-fal nonstick cookware has turned to complete crap. Planned obsolescence? I'm done with that. Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #3

i run w0nderer Oct 2015 #4

Just be a little careful with the cast iron KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #10

One of the wonderful things about cooking with cast iron is that SheilaT Feb 2016 #11

I love my cast iron pan, which I've had for at least two decades. ladyVet Oct 2015 #5

Tell me, what do you do with pinto beans. I love them in chili, but haven't figured out what Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #6

When I do pinto beans awoke_in_2003 Oct 2015 #7

Sorry I missed your question! ladyVet Dec 2015 #8

I just made this white chicken chili. I used a little less chicken than was called for, and I had Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #9

Here's one of my favorite recipes for a kind of chicken soup. SheilaT Feb 2016 #12

thank you have a copy of cheap eats but the other 2 are new to me dembotoz Jun 2016 #13

Here are some .pdf books with really good info on stretching food dollars: r/o SoBlueInFL Oct 2022 #14

how to cook a wolf by mfk fisher dembotoz Nov 2022 #15