Good afternoon all,
I grew up with my great grandmother on down cooking in cast irons. And I have always used them for cornbread. Awhile ago my aunt and I decided to have a competition on who get could our rusty cast iron cleaned up, I openly admit mine had fallen into disrepair, and seasoned to the point where a pan of cornbread would just slide out. Well, hers was a square pan that had been left outdoors for several years. Fast forward three months and we're home for Christmas and she hadn't even started to work on it. So I took upon mylelf to clean it for her as a surprise since I had already won the competition. It turns out it was a Griswold square skillet. I was doing research and talking with my brother who has always cooked in cast iron Dutch ovens with he Scouts. So take that and factor in how much I hate our current throw away society I decided I need to acquire four good sets of early 1900s cast iron. One for each of the kids to take when they move out. A more robust one for the wife's and my personal use and then one more for camping. I am trying to not get solely into the collecting side only. When I look at pieces, I am balancing collecting with usefulness. The most interesting piece we found was the other day. Pictures follow. We know it pre-1900 scotch/yankee bowl with a raised 4 on the "pour" area. I'm trying to find out more on it so that I could get an age appropriate bail replacement for it. Once it's cleaned and seasoned, I'll start cranking out some meals with it. There is something that looks like a ribbon stamp/imprint under the 4 but it's just the seasoning is pealing off.
Sincerely,
David
I grew up with my great grandmother on down cooking in cast irons. And I have always used them for cornbread. Awhile ago my aunt and I decided to have a competition on who get could our rusty cast iron cleaned up, I openly admit mine had fallen into disrepair, and seasoned to the point where a pan of cornbread would just slide out. Well, hers was a square pan that had been left outdoors for several years. Fast forward three months and we're home for Christmas and she hadn't even started to work on it. So I took upon mylelf to clean it for her as a surprise since I had already won the competition. It turns out it was a Griswold square skillet. I was doing research and talking with my brother who has always cooked in cast iron Dutch ovens with he Scouts. So take that and factor in how much I hate our current throw away society I decided I need to acquire four good sets of early 1900s cast iron. One for each of the kids to take when they move out. A more robust one for the wife's and my personal use and then one more for camping. I am trying to not get solely into the collecting side only. When I look at pieces, I am balancing collecting with usefulness. The most interesting piece we found was the other day. Pictures follow. We know it pre-1900 scotch/yankee bowl with a raised 4 on the "pour" area. I'm trying to find out more on it so that I could get an age appropriate bail replacement for it. Once it's cleaned and seasoned, I'll start cranking out some meals with it. There is something that looks like a ribbon stamp/imprint under the 4 but it's just the seasoning is pealing off.
Sincerely,
David
