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Glenn Brown

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I'm in S.E. Texas and enjoy cast iron cooking. I'm not really a collector, rather a user of cast iron. I've been around it all my life. We regularly use my mother's #10 Griswold that she got back in the '40s. It occupied a prominent place in our kitchen and I have eaten a ton of fried chicken, pork chops, bacon, eggs and pancakes made in it. We also use a #10 Wagner I got back in the '70s. I just added a #10 Spider and a 2-1/2 qt. bean pot with lid for the deer lease. I joined to learn more about this great old cookware. On New Year's day, we cooked a pot roast in the Griswold chicken fryer. Afterwards, my wife remarked how she loved that piece. I really appreciated cast iron and love to use it.
 
Welcome aboard Glen. There is lots to learn here, make the most of it.

I live in Kemah, just South of Houston. What part of Texas are you from?

Jack
 
Yes, I knew the place. Its closed now but I think its the same guy that opened Allens Swamp Shack at the foot of the Kemah bridge.

I hunt in the Beaumont area regularly. Pretty slim pickins....are you getting all the iron? PM me if you want to swap information on places to hunt for iron.
 
JMoss said:
Yes, I knew the place. Its closed now but I think its the same guy that opened Allens Swamp Shack at the foot of the Kemah bridge.

I hunt in the Beaumont area regularly. Pretty slim pickins....are you getting all the iron? PM me if you want to swap information on places to hunt for iron.
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In Beaumont, you don't have a lot of selection--I think the first Monday of the month Larry's flea market is open in Winnie--its kinda degenerated into modern day stuff. Up north is where you want to look--Buna, Kirbyville and places like that. If I were you, I'd think about going 146 to Dayton and then 321 to Cleveland. Watch for places--been a while since I went that way. Between Cleveland and Conroe there used to be a lot of places--flea market types with good stuff in it.
 
Thanks Glen.

I go to Larrys regularly. You are right, its hit or miss. I've been to Buna, Lumberton, Deweyville and some places in between. Only found one place with as much iron as I do and it was expensive.

I'll try the Dayton and Crosby area this weekend unless something else comes up.
 
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