Cooking With Cast Iron Should Be Fantastic!
If you and I are anything alike, then you most likely were raised preparing and serving everything prepared in a pan or frying pan sprayed with non stick teflon. This is how most pans are made these days. These pans are coated with non stick teflon to stop our food from sticking on to them. You need to be really cautious with teflon coated pans, and you should not use wire utensils on pans coated with teflon or they will become scratched. I am quite sure you totally know what I am talking about.
However this was not consistently how things were. Men and women previously cooked in pans made with cast iron. Non stick teflon didn't happen to be around in the past, and men and women had to have something strong that would be around a long time. Families had to have something that could be made one time, and used for anything. And the best type of pan for the job was cast iron.
These type of pans were known to be very strong and could withstand nearly everything, from heat to extreme cold, to even being knocked on the pavement. People used these types of pans before modern technology. These were the types of pans that survived 45 years or more and were handed down from your grandparents.
However at a certain point down the line, we let go of the excitement for cast iron. A pan much more convenient showed up and people neglected the tried and true cast iron pan. Nowadays we make use of inexpensive pans that are not made very well, that can be cleaned easily. That is because cast iron needs a little bit of work. Yet if you do that little bit of extra effort, the rewards are very worth it.
Not everyone has stopped using these pans totally. I myself cook with cast iron pans very often, and these pans are really beginning to make a little bit of a rally. And that's because we have started to see the positives.
Give me a chance to let you know about a couple of the qualities that help to make cast iron cooking awesome:
First, foods cooked in a pan made from cast iron taste incredible. This type of food tastes a bit better than the meals that you create in a usual teflon pan. The reason is because of what is commonly called the seasoning. The seasoning happens from not ever applying soap on the pan, and locking in the tastes that are created from cooking food in the pan. These aromas keep sealed in the pan, and after some time start to generate rich, hearty flavors in the food you cook.
Second, pans that are made out of cast iron are automatically non stick if you care for them correctly. They do not have to have teflon or any other unusual material to prevent your food from sticking to the surface of the pan. This is if immediately after every time you use it, you coat your cast iron pan with a very slight coating of oil. This grease aids to seal in the 'seasoning' and build a nice surface that won't allow food to stick. After a while, the seasoned surface remains fixed.
And lastly, you are able to create anything with pans made out of cast iron. You are able to grill fresh vegetables on the stove top, prepare pork, or even place the cast iron pan in the stove. Cast iron pans are surprisingly resourceful. Quite often I just put my pan directly on top of the stove so that I can use it anytime I need.
Like I mentioned earlier, cooking with a cast iron pan has a lot of positives. I didn't really address all the benefits here. However if you could be pondering acquiring one, I really would advise you to. It is a really good investment and will really improve your cooking. Also, the pans will last forever. I hope many more families will begin cooking with these pans just like we happened to do in the past.
However this was not consistently how things were. Men and women previously cooked in pans made with cast iron. Non stick teflon didn't happen to be around in the past, and men and women had to have something strong that would be around a long time. Families had to have something that could be made one time, and used for anything. And the best type of pan for the job was cast iron.
These type of pans were known to be very strong and could withstand nearly everything, from heat to extreme cold, to even being knocked on the pavement. People used these types of pans before modern technology. These were the types of pans that survived 45 years or more and were handed down from your grandparents.
However at a certain point down the line, we let go of the excitement for cast iron. A pan much more convenient showed up and people neglected the tried and true cast iron pan. Nowadays we make use of inexpensive pans that are not made very well, that can be cleaned easily. That is because cast iron needs a little bit of work. Yet if you do that little bit of extra effort, the rewards are very worth it.
Not everyone has stopped using these pans totally. I myself cook with cast iron pans very often, and these pans are really beginning to make a little bit of a rally. And that's because we have started to see the positives.
Give me a chance to let you know about a couple of the qualities that help to make cast iron cooking awesome:
First, foods cooked in a pan made from cast iron taste incredible. This type of food tastes a bit better than the meals that you create in a usual teflon pan. The reason is because of what is commonly called the seasoning. The seasoning happens from not ever applying soap on the pan, and locking in the tastes that are created from cooking food in the pan. These aromas keep sealed in the pan, and after some time start to generate rich, hearty flavors in the food you cook.
Second, pans that are made out of cast iron are automatically non stick if you care for them correctly. They do not have to have teflon or any other unusual material to prevent your food from sticking to the surface of the pan. This is if immediately after every time you use it, you coat your cast iron pan with a very slight coating of oil. This grease aids to seal in the 'seasoning' and build a nice surface that won't allow food to stick. After a while, the seasoned surface remains fixed.
And lastly, you are able to create anything with pans made out of cast iron. You are able to grill fresh vegetables on the stove top, prepare pork, or even place the cast iron pan in the stove. Cast iron pans are surprisingly resourceful. Quite often I just put my pan directly on top of the stove so that I can use it anytime I need.
Like I mentioned earlier, cooking with a cast iron pan has a lot of positives. I didn't really address all the benefits here. However if you could be pondering acquiring one, I really would advise you to. It is a really good investment and will really improve your cooking. Also, the pans will last forever. I hope many more families will begin cooking with these pans just like we happened to do in the past.
About the Author:
Begin your journey using cast iron and seasoning your Lodge cast iron skillet just like I did a little while ago. Read my tale of how I started using pans made from cast iron here: http://lodgecastiron.net, and how cooking like this turned into a long lasting fixture in the way I prepare food.
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