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Tuesday, August 13, 2024
My favorite brand of cast iron. The one I use is nearly 100 years old. Bought with money my grandfather earned working at a lumber mill in Tuolumne County.
Recently bought a 7" and a 10" and threw away the non stick POS's and I really like how the cast iron cooks. Clean and oil them after use and they're amazing.
I've picked up a few nice pieces this year, a couple Griswold with lids & a couple Birmingham Stove pans & a Dutch oven. They need a run in the electrolysis tank & a good seasoning & they'll be ready for the next 100yrs. Paid way too much for the Griswold.
Maybe you put me on to this company, I can't remember but I bought a 12 in. with lid and have been using it on my Camp Chef stove all summer... excellent piece of cooking gear... really having fun with it, And yeah, it's spendy but Cowboy Kent Rollins approved: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFVsuPX2SRc)
I have a chromed #10 sitting on my stovetop as I write this. Probably about the same vintage as yours … 100+ years old. I don’t know what the numbers/letters at the bottom mean (yours says 724 B); mine says 715. I wrapped the handle with paracord so I don’t need a potholder when it’s hot.
My father-in-law once worked at a chroming shop, and polished the inside of his wife's cast iron pan as you would do in preparation for chroming. Nothing ever stuck to that thing.
There used to be many lumber mills in Tuolumne County. Most are long gone. The L. S. Jones mill, just down the road from my house, burnt down years ago. Mr. Jones was a nice man and helped me when I was just starting out. It's now a church.
You could get another, only 30 bids so far https://www.ebay.com/itm/135189269021?itmmeta=01J56QSG2WV3DMWV2WZ893CH6G&hash=item1f79e88a1d:g:w1gAAOSwvoFmuVbH&amdata=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwMxmj%2BiGvOveHXEBClPb29ivTJOyObGvaQ8NFtAI4RayCtv5eAvgqlbzwhYCM1NlRp97h6ckUeE9V8ndYKlmUX1ooM5QJexefg5upo9Tw2ZufsbCQK0RyaiAtv6TVSt7goxT0cldMc5Xka%2FVZreZVL%2FYPsHDkezEC0Ix3XRG6HCbf6UICgwQaVBPZkz2peIGPY7D6IYwKBbEQvlMk9ebZleirj%2FC37zWQyyGTYucpF9HmBFa1wA9%2FuTaoXig8D2wbw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8KB5tepZA
Recently bought a 7" and a 10" and threw away the non stick POS's and I really like how the cast iron cooks. Clean and oil them after use and they're amazing.
ReplyDeleteGrandpa didn't happen to work at Pickering Lumber in Standard, California, did he?
ReplyDeleteor West Side?
DeleteYes he did, at both. Heard a lot about Pickering as a kid. Ran into a guy here in Redding with that last name. He wasn't related, unfortunately.
DeleteMy Grandma Ruth O'Hara worked in the office at Pickering in the '30s.
DeleteA good article about Tuolumne County sawmills -
https://tchistory.org/timber-lumber-industry/
I've picked up a few nice pieces this year, a couple Griswold with lids & a couple Birmingham Stove pans & a Dutch oven. They need a run in the electrolysis tank & a good seasoning & they'll be ready for the next 100yrs. Paid way too much for the Griswold.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you put me on to this company, I can't remember but I bought a 12 in. with lid and have been using it on my Camp Chef stove all summer... excellent piece of cooking gear... really having fun with it, And yeah, it's spendy but Cowboy Kent Rollins approved: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFVsuPX2SRc)
ReplyDeleteMy Gris chromed crock pot is mumble-mumble years old. Love that thing.
ReplyDeleteI inherited my Mom's that she got the year she was married so that would make it 78 years old. No tellin' how many meals were made in that thing
ReplyDeleteI have a chromed #10 sitting on my stovetop as I write this. Probably about the same vintage as yours … 100+ years old. I don’t know what the numbers/letters at the bottom mean (yours says 724 B); mine says 715. I wrapped the handle with paracord so I don’t need a potholder when it’s hot.
ReplyDeleteMy father-in-law once worked at a chroming shop, and polished the inside of his wife's cast iron pan as you would do in preparation for chroming.
ReplyDeleteNothing ever stuck to that thing.
There used to be many lumber mills in Tuolumne County. Most are long gone. The L. S. Jones mill, just down the road from my house, burnt down years ago. Mr. Jones was a nice man and helped me when I was just starting out.
ReplyDeleteIt's now a church.
Jones Mill? My uncle lived behind that mill. Had to drive past the burner to get to his place. Small world.
DeleteYou could get another, only 30 bids so far https://www.ebay.com/itm/135189269021?itmmeta=01J56QSG2WV3DMWV2WZ893CH6G&hash=item1f79e88a1d:g:w1gAAOSwvoFmuVbH&amdata=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwMxmj%2BiGvOveHXEBClPb29ivTJOyObGvaQ8NFtAI4RayCtv5eAvgqlbzwhYCM1NlRp97h6ckUeE9V8ndYKlmUX1ooM5QJexefg5upo9Tw2ZufsbCQK0RyaiAtv6TVSt7goxT0cldMc5Xka%2FVZreZVL%2FYPsHDkezEC0Ix3XRG6HCbf6UICgwQaVBPZkz2peIGPY7D6IYwKBbEQvlMk9ebZleirj%2FC37zWQyyGTYucpF9HmBFa1wA9%2FuTaoXig8D2wbw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8KB5tepZA
ReplyDeleteI have my families cast Iron from the early days in Fresno. They weren’t as specific. Farettas Restaurant.
ReplyDeleteFerettas, great old restaurant, ate there around 15 years ago, hwy 99 going to my mining claims in Sierra county.
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