kitchengoddess8
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What is the difference between the Griswold and the Lodge pans?
What is the difference between the Griswold and the Lodge pans?
taxlady said:I know of a mechanic who tried using engine oil to season cast iron.
His wife was furious.
Griswold made great CI but is long out of business. Lodge makes the best CI today.
The one I bought over the weekend was a Wagner, not a Griswold. IMO there is very little difference in cooking ability, This one looks like a mirror in the photos, and cost me $25 + $13 in shipping. They will often go for less if they need cleaning and seasoning. I doubt I will have to reseason this one.I've always read to season CI with shortening vs. oil, though I can't remember the specifics as to why anymore.
+1 on the Griswold recommendation. A Griswold #8 or #9 is my next cooking purchase. Hoping to snag a good one from eBay for cheap.
I pan fried a 6 ounce sirloin medallion in a 12" stainless steel Farberware sauté pan and it was impossible to clean even after soaking it in warm water overnight and scrubbing it with Barkeeper's Friend powder. I made sure that I heated some sunflower oil in the pan before adding the meat, so I don't understand why the pan was so hard to clean. I cooked the meat on medium-high heat for three minutes on each side.
Should I have used a nonstick pan? Does anyone have a suggestion for a reasonably priced pan that can be used to pan fry a small piece of steak and is easy to clean?
Then Wagner was bought by Textron. I've been following the escapades of Textron for decades and it aint pretty.Griswold was bought by Wagner. Some CI pans from that period bear both company names, such as the Chef Skillet. Later incarnations of that excellent 9" pan bear only the Wagner name or no name at all.
Kylie1969 said:We have recently bought a cast iron skillet with the griddle lines and it is fabulous for cooking steaks and lamb chops
Must be the mechanic/mechanist mentality--mine wanted to use TSP to clean the pan for which he ruined the seasoning...I used sand from Lake of the Woods to remove the old seasoning and then re-seasoned it--it now is like it was before he abused it re: how to clean it after use.I know of a mechanic who tried using engine oil to season cast iron.
His wife was furious.
This same mechanic once used the toaster to cook an egg.Must be the mechanic/mechanist mentality--mine wanted to use TSP to clean the pan for which he ruined the seasoning...I used sand from Lake of the Woods to remove the old seasoning and then re-seasoned it--it now is like it was before he abused it re: how to clean it after use.
You should never dry socks or underwear in the oven. The microwave works much better.
Would you post a link to the skillet you got?