Popular Post other dog Posted November 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2023 I saw a nice looking green car in Appomattox the other day. I saw this stew pot in the back yard Saturday. We made stew and had some friends over because Zina's sister Vicki from Florida and a friend of her's were visiting, they arrived late Thursday night and left Monday evening. Our stew pot holds 7 1/2 gallons, and for just the 2nd. time ever the pot was emptied. I didn't even get a bowl of stew myself, but I took it as a compliment because everyone liked it, and more than one said it was the best stew they'd ever had. Zina already said we needed a bigger stew pot. I could have- and should have- added that 1/2 gallon of tomato juice that I bought in case It needed more liquid, but I didn't think of it. It was pretty thick. But I did order the next size bigger pot anyway. It holds 9 gallons. Zina wanted to go with the 15 gallon, but it weighs over 100 lbs. The 9 gallon unit only weighed 10 pounds more than the one we have now, and it's an inch wider and an inch deeper, so it might fit the same stand. And if we're expecting like 100 people and all you folks came over I can always use both pots. I made more hot sauce too. We're going to Florida to see Vicki from Florida and go to the Turkey Rod Run next week so we'll take a bunch of hot sauce. People down there love the stuff. Vicki and her friend Debbie wanted to see Natural Bridge so we went by there before they went to the airport in Roanoke Monday. We saw this fire when we stopped on the mountain on rt. 130. It's still burning now, and as of yesterday they said it was 0% contained. It's on a steep mountainside and very hard to get to. They were using 2 helicopters Monday, we saw them with the big buckets dipping water out of the James River to dump on it. Natural Bridge- 6 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted November 15, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2023 Wow, the UPS man just left- delivered the new bigger stew pot. I don't know if it's better, if it's just as good I'll be well satisfied. Can't wait to give it a trial run. It's supposed to be "pre seasoned, ready to use" but I'm not falling for that. I'm going to heat it up, scrub it out with this piece of hog jowl I bought just for this project yesterday, then reseason it with Crisco before I use it. I've had the old one probably about 30 years, maybe a little more, and it still looks better than new. Ever since I've had it I've cleaned it and reoiled it with Crisco every time I used it. I was looking on marketplace for a used one before I bought this new one, and every one I looked at looked like they had just pulled it up off the bottom of the ocean, completely rusted, and they all wanted almost as much for them as this new one cost! It would have taken a LOT of work to get any of them back to usable condition. Usable to cook in anyway, you could put it in the yard and plant flowers in it, which I see people do quite a bit. Using these pots take a bit of work, but I think it's worth it. 2 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 O.D.,,, I have a few OLD cast iron pots that are rusty.. I was thinking about using my blasting cabinet to clean them, then start over and season them... What are your thoughts on using the blasting cabinet... I was thinking about doing one of my Chinese pans first, as a tester.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tjc transport Posted November 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 15, 2023 Joey, use something non aggressive like baking soda, or walnut shells. 3 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 and scrub them by hand??? TJC.. they are really rusty,, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBWhite Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 I don't even like using Crisco seasoning pans anymore, never mind cooking and baking with it. Animal fats the way to go! I know this sounds like something off of The Beverly Hillbillies but raccoon fat is the best if you can find some. Bacon grease would work but its better to find some with no salt in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted November 15, 2023 Author Share Posted November 15, 2023 15 minutes ago, BOBWhite said: I don't even like using Crisco seasoning pans anymore, never mind cooking and baking with it. Animal fats the way to go! I know this sounds like something off of The Beverly Hillbillies but raccoon fat is the best if you can find some. Bacon grease would work but its better to find some with no salt in it. That's the reason I use the Crisco, no salt. I bought a big chunk of cured hog jowl to rub it with before I do the Crisco. I'm sure it's loaded with salt, but salt works good to clean cast iron too. I just don't want to use salted fat to season it and then let it sit for months before I use it again. This is what I'm going to wipe it out with first, easy to grip and hold too. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post other dog Posted November 16, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2023 4 hours ago, Joey Mack said: O.D.,,, I have a few OLD cast iron pots that are rusty.. I was thinking about using my blasting cabinet to clean them, then start over and season them... What are your thoughts on using the blasting cabinet... I was thinking about doing one of my Chinese pans first, as a tester.. Sounds like a good idea anyway, but I know nothing about a blasting cabinet. I'd certainly go with the test piece first. My sister in law gave me some cast iron skillets that were her father's to clean and reseason for her a while back. I cleaned them with a brillo pad first, then used Dawn and a sponge, and seasoned them on the grill. Then I scraped them with a metal spatula, Dawn and sponge again, seasoned them again. I repeated that process about 4 times, until I considered them good enough to cook with. These were not terribly rusted though, just dirty with built up crud from years of use. I looked at the Lodge Cast Iron website and they said even though some people say to never wash cast iron it's fine. They said just never let them soak and when you wash it to dry it immediately, preferably by putting it on the stove burner until it's completely dry, then put a light coat of oil on it. 3 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Joey Mack said: and scrub them by hand??? TJC.. they are really rusty,, no, i meant blast then with baking soda or walnut shells. 1 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 tjc think jojo is under the impression you are joking. I know the walnut shells are used a lot. never heard of the baking soda . would the two be used separate or together?? that would be a lot of baking soda . fine grit blast sand maybe depending how bad pots are. and size /pressure of blaster. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 baking soda is use by itself. "soda blasting" uses baking soda. very fine and does not cause warping due to heat. plus it will wash off and not leave residue like sand will. 2 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 No, I know what hes saying.. Its just that my cabinet is large and the sand hopper is as well. I would have to flush out the cabinet and replace the media, then do it again when Its time to do my typical work.. Its all good,, yes the sand will leave some residue.. my thought was to blast them, wipe them out will corn oil then bake them on the grill for an hour, then re-season them.. Just having a little fun here.. jojo 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 You are a genius babba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 Here's something Zina got to clean cast iron. I used it to scrub those skillets, it came from Lodge too. I think she found it at the Walmart store. It works good too, pretty stiff bristles. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrsmackpaul Posted November 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2023 All I can think of is this style of thing So other dog, do you put a bone thru your nose when cooking ? Sounds like a wonderful stew, sort of grew up on stews, always tasted better cold the next day on toast, still do The Princess isn't a patch on stew making compared to my mothers, the Princess puts pasta (yuck yuck yuck 🤮) in stew, cant do a full days work on pasta lol Yes I am not a pasta man, funny how our taste buds are set as children, apparently the older style meat and 3 veg Australian type of meals are pretty bland by world standards I have been cooking for the last week or so as the Princess has had a knee replaced, I haven't made her crook yet and she isn't complaing, she is starting to give instructions on my cooking as she gets better In the mean time I have been busy putting (not finished yet) ducted heating and cooling in the house Hell of a job, the indoor unit is now all mounted in the roof space, I split it in two as both bits weighed 260 lbs and Im to old saggy to lift that in on my own Here is the second half entering the roof Roofs been open a few days now, had a few mm of rain one day and over a 100°f another day The old swampy AC is still working so pulled the ducting off that to keep the roof space cooler Happy stew eating everyone Joey the sand blasting of pots etc I think would be fine as long as they have no grease in them, sand blasting greasy things I have found is pretty use less, or perhaps it is just me Paul 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Joey, How about "Dry ice blasting"? May have to hire someone or rent a machine. We have a local guy you can drop small stuff off at his shop. This is just an example, https://www.coldjet.com/our-equipment/dry-ice-blasting-equipment/ .....Hippy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 pots will be dry Paul,, For Sure.. here they are.. One is supposed to be really Old.. if I have time this weekend I will do 1 or 2 of the modern ones... I think it will be fine.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 outside you can use almost anything. it is inside that counts. 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 you have me curious TJC... I just see cast iron.. I guess I dont see a negative for blasting the inside and wiping it clean then baking them... Thank you for chiming in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayseed Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 On 11/16/2023 at 11:13 AM, other dog said: They said just never let them soak and when you wash it to dry it immediately, preferably by putting it on the stove burner until it's completely dry ^^^^^THIS^^^^^ I've been doing this to Our Camp over for years.. Never been Olied either! & still as clean as the day We got It.. Picture to show what I'm Talking about.. Don't bother with stand, just sit it straight on the coals & a shovel full of Hot Coals on the Lid & you can roast a piece of Meat to perfection..! 1 Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 4 hours ago, Joey Mack said: you have me curious TJC... I just see cast iron.. I guess I dont see a negative for blasting the inside and wiping it clean then baking them... Thank you for chiming in... Im curious as well Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 because the sand will get in places it will be almost impossible to get out of, just like blasting a car. and than 6 months later you will be cooking something and still have sand grains showing up in the food. walnut shells, baking soda, or even dry ice as 70mackmb said will not have any effect of food days, or even months later. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 Oh, ok... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 14 hours ago, tjc transport said: outside you can use almost anything. it is inside that counts. Yes, I put the wire brush wheel in my drill and worked on some of those skillets with it, used fine sand paper on some too. 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted November 17, 2023 Author Share Posted November 17, 2023 Check out that Lodge Cast Iron website too, there was some pretty good information on it. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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