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Last month I wrote about cooking on a flat-top grill I recently acquired. I have been cooking on it nonstop and have even joined a few Facebook pages for flat-top cooking enthusiasts. Like many food sites they have rules, “be kind,” “no politics,” etc., and these sites request that no one ask about how to season a grill. Many new members fail to notice this request and the trolling ensues. But the fact is that many people don’t understand what seasoning is, or do not follow instructions of how to properly season their new grill. My cardinal rule: When in doubt, read the directions.
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by Jolene Lamb, correspondent
Cast iron pan are extremely versatile and can last a lifetime. Everything from frying eggs, cooking a stew and baking a pie can be done in a cast iron pan. With a little care, these pans can last forever, becoming a hand-me-down family heirloom. Owning one can open up a whole new world of cooking, and the flavor that a cast iron pan can add to food is amazing. Did your grandmother have the best fried chicken recipe? I know mine did, and she always said her secret was frying in her cast iron.
In order to be successful when using cast iron, you have to know how to care for it, basically what to do and what not to do to your pans. If you treat them right, they will be so easy to cook with and will quickly become your go-to pan.
The recipes (over 100) are divided into seven sections: ”Brightness, Bitterness, Saltiness, Sweetness, Savoriness, Fieriness and Richness.” Each of these chapters adds another layer of flavor and gives home cooks more tools to add to their cooking to boost flavor and enjoyment. Brightness includes recipes like Roasted Butternut Squash and Pomegranate Molasses Soup, Spareribs in Malt Vinegar and Mashed Potatoes, and Lemon-Lime Mintade. Bitterness offers up Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad, Sweet Potato Honey Beer Pie and Chocolate Miso Bread Pudding.
He writes about the chemical makeup of the aromas of food plus the importance of the aroma. From personal experience, the aromas in our kitchen always alert Carol when something in my cooking attempts goes wrong. For me, aroma is one of the things that connects us to the foods of our childhood, the foods we grew to love.