Cast iron bacon and eggs

[omarick1948]

"I rinse the hot pan with tap water"

You should never use water on seasoned cast iron ware!

 

[coloradoclyde]

I rinse then wipe dry then place back over low heat to drive off all remaining moisture and then oil.

NEVER LET IT SOAK IN WATER.

 

[Claude Mathis]

"I rinse the hot pan with tap water"

You should never use water on seasoned cast iron ware!

IMO A little water is fine, but never use soap (even though Lodge says it's okay).

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[coloradoclyde]

I like Martha's better

http://youtu.be/46nRKacPWPs

 

[coloradoclyde]

Ok try this video.... how to fix a sticky pan.
http://youtu.be/HIFTSchEQ6A

 

[Claude Mathis]

I like Martha's better

http://youtu.be/46nRKacPWPs

I agree with everything she said. First she "restored" a pan, then she said, once that's done, never use soap on it again.

Cleaning and restoring are two very different proceedures.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Ya! she actually surprised me.

check out the sticky pan video I posted :wink:

 

[satx78247]

Do you perchance have a "breakfast casserole" recipe that is simple enough to cook "for a crowd" in camp and in a Dutch Oven?
(You were the person who "came up with" an old-fashioned Chicken & Flat Dumplings, that we have much enjoyed. = THANKS!!!)

I once saw a bacon/eggs/cream/onions/etc. "breakfast casserole" that LOOKED good & (relatively) simple enough for "in camp cookery" but I can now not find that recipe or anything similar.
(ALL of the recipes that I've found since either required "kitchen equipment" that you wouldn't have in camp and/or were just too time-consuming/complicated for a re-enactment.)

yours, satx

 

[Rifleman1776]

"I rinse the hot pan with tap water"

You should never use water on seasoned cast iron ware!

Amen, Bro.
At home I warm the pan and wipe with a paper towel. There it sets until next time. In camp I use a hunk of burlap. (BTW, that greasy burlap is a great fire starter)

 

[Blizzard of '93]

buttermilk cornbread batter poured into smoking hot bacon greased skillet then into 400dF oven for 30 minutes.
or can be baked lid covered with hardwood coals in campfire.

 

[satx78247]

There just HAS to be more to that recipe than that????
(That's just cornbread, cooked in a dutch oven.)

MERRY CHRISTMAS, satx

 

[Walker6]

Clyde,

I watched that guy's video and then tried his method for myself last night. I got a lot more smoke than he did, and I set my handle pad on fire (again), but it worked! I cooked fried eggs and sausage this morning and then made an egg white omelet for my wife. It was the best non-stick skillet I've ever used.

Thanks for the tip!

 

[coloradoclyde]

Glad it worked for you!
I've burnt more than one potholder myself :haha:
Try backing the heat off a little to prevent smoking.

 

[nit wit]

I use a Griswold cast iron pan almost daily. For B&E I scrape the pan where the bacon has been with a spatula, push some fat over that spot. I crack two eggs and when they firm up I use the spatula under the eggs all the way around them to free them from the pan and then I flip them!I hate breaking a yoke!
When I first put the bacon in I use high heat to get the pan hot, then I turn down the flame.
I was at the dump a while back and someone threw out two fry pans,one Griswold and another unmarked beaty! :idunno: Mine now. :wink:
Nit Wit

 

[satx78247]

LUCKY YOU.

yours, satx

 

[ncmtmike]

Maybe has to do with "curing" ? I have never sugar cured anything,all my meats are salt cured,and me & the missus have used cast iron skillets since the day we were hitched. Eggs sticking? I have no idea what you're doing :idunno:

 

[Blizzard of '93]

I just had to chime in - this morning early (I had to get going early due to a friend & wifey stuck 30 miles from home when pick-up engine quit, they spent the night in his camper cover) I toss a couple pieces of pork loin from recently butchered hog into wagner, sizzled them while stirring up stone-ground grits w/butter. aside the well-browned chops a couple hen eggs were dropped to fry, 'sunny-side'.
grits poured atop all when done and a dollop of pace's hot salsa. there was little left for my lab to polish off the smears w/his tongue. skillet needed little cleaning.

 

[graybeard]

Odd. I cook bacon and eggs almost every morning in a cast iron skillet. Never stick. However, If I try to cook scrambled eggs or an omelet in that pan, they stick. No matter what. I live alone now and find a cast iron dutch oven and skillet are about all I need. graybeard

 

[Blizzard of '93]

doubtful that any pan can produce better results than a well-seasoned cast iron skillet greased with bacon grease to fry taters and onions. some of the best camp fare that can be had.

 

[satx78247]

AGREED.
(One of my G-G-Aunt's skillets, that I inherited, is so well seasoned that burned milk can be wiped out of it with a paper towel. - Don't ask!/CHUCKLE.)

yours, satx