Eighteenth Century Agrarian Business: collecting - cast iron pans

by Elizabeth

I bought my first cast-iron skillet as a fledgling baker in high school, looking for a proper vessel for making pineapple upside-down cake. It was actually a completely uneducated buy; I was at the late, lamented Lakewood Antiques Show, saw a wonderful, smooth 9" cast-iron skillet for $18, and talked them down to $12 (it was a Sunday, the last day of the show, after all). I didn't know anything about seasoning the pan, and I bought it in part because, frankly, I didn't know that new cast-iron pans were still manufactured. It's turned out to be well worth its $12 price, and sits permanently on top of our stove, stacked with a number of other cast-iron pans that could double as anti-burglary implements, if it ever came to that. There are several ways you can buy cast-iron: new and unseasoned, new and pre-seasoned by the manufacturer, used and in good shape, and used and in rusty, messy, rough shape. I prefer old Griswold and Wagner pans; if they're well used and well seasoned, they tend...

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Spring Herb Faire to highlight local produce

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“We want to provide a place where people can be outside and get away from their TVs and cell phones,” said Linda Oswald, whose parents, Jackie and Earl Heath, own Pascalina. “We also hope we are going to broaden people’s awareness and appreciation of locally produced useful products.”

Nearly 30 vendors are expected to participate in the Herb Faire, according to Oswald. Among those new to the event will be Rocky Oswald, who will offer hand-built, one-man wooden boats; Charlie Burgess, who collects and reconditions antique cast iron cookware; and Susan Scoggins, who creates keepsakes from flowers and herbs.

Other products for sale will include local goat cheese and honey, goat milk soaps and lotions, pottery and stone-ground grits and cornmeal.

Rosemary, oregano and thyme will be among the fresh and/or dried herbs available for purchase.

“We have the basics, but we also try to offer herbs that people can’t just go anywhere and find,” Linda Oswald said. “Along with regular basil, you might find six or eight different other kinds of basil here. We’ll have stevia, which is used as a sweetener.”

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Cast Iron Cookware- News


At Home: Come Back to Cast-Iron Cookware
Portland Monthly - Dec 31, 1969
You may have a cast-iron pan. And it may be a cast-off – inherited from some older relative and forgotten about as you've added to your collection of pristine, gourmet-worthy cooking implements over the years. But the cast-iron pan deserves to be

Best Of The West 2013: The Cast-Iron Skillet
Cowboys and Indians - Dec 31, 1969
Best Of The West 2013: The Cast-Iron Skillet
Today, the Tennessee-based company, which continues to be helmed by members of the Lodge family, is the only remaining domestic producer of cast-iron cookware. Gone are Favorite Stove & Range Company and Wapak Hollow Ware, while Wagner and

Range Kleen Partners with Berndes in Red Cross Promotion: Taking Care of ...
Albany Times Union - Dec 31, 1969
Range Kleen Introduced their own line of cookware- Stainless Steel and Enameled Cast Iron as well as pot racks in 2007. Effective December 21, 2009, Range Kleen Manufacturing was pleased to announce the partnership with Berndes Cookware USA and

Superhero movies come and go but cast-iron lasts forever
StarNewsOnline.com - Dec 31, 1969
Cast iron is an ever-popular topic for cookbook authors, and every year sees new entries hit the shelves. The following three Recipes like hibachi surf and turf and Pork Asian Wellingtons highlight the refinement possible with cast iron. 'Dutch

Emeril Lagasse wows the crowd at Belk
Charlotte Business Journal - Dec 31, 1969
He entered the product arena 13 years ago with a line of hard-anodized cookware that included pots and pans. That line now features kitchen tools such as whisks and garlic presses, spices, pasta sauces and salad dressings, as well as cast-iron cookware