This past weekend a friend brought over steaks for dinner (with a homemade balsamic & onion reduction...be jealous, it was awesome) and I got to use the Lodge cast iron grill pan that I got this year for Christmas. It's not aged quite like my grandmother's, but it came pre-seasoned, and I'm working on giving it some flavor.
look at the pretty, pretty grill marks |
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I'm such a bad Southerner because I don't have a cast iron pan of any kind! It's on my list of "Things to do to make my life complete" so it'll happen one day.
ReplyDeleteHhhmmm... cornbread festival... ; )
Maybe we could find you some cast iron at the auction one day??
Deleteomg - I would LOVE to go to a cornbread festival!!! ha!
ReplyDeleteI really really wanted a cast iron pan to work for me. I was so incredibly excited about it and bought a le creuset a few years ago. Not a fan. I think I just need my stuff to be squeaky clean before use, and found that everything burned and stuck. Maybe I'm just not using the right technique, but thus far, I have not been converted.