I don't have a grease separator, but I do have a Lodge cast iron wok that my ex gave me about 20 years ago. Also skillets from 4" to 14", and a dutch oven.
The cast iron is one thing I won't give up when I finally get back on the road, along with real silverware and plates, glasses etc. I can do without a lot of other things, but I refuse to eat off paper or use plastic silverware, I threw away all the plastic when the kids were old enough to use glass ones without breaking them and never looked back. Another addiction is Red Wing or Minnesota stoneware, I haven't decided what to do with all the crock mixing bowls yet. My daughters will likely get some of it, but I've been collecting it for 3 decades or more and some of it will have to go.
-- Edited by nightsky on Monday 7th of January 2013 08:18:24 PM
nightsky said
03:31 AM Jan 8, 2013
I have a perfectly good and useable Griswold cast iron griddle that somehow got left in MN when I came south for the winter. So I've been on a quest to find one to use down here, but didn't want to spend a lot of money duplicating something I already own. I've been haunting the flea markets and yard sales for a month, but so far either they were in terrible condition or they were way over-priced. I finally stopped at one of the local antique shops, and found a booth that was loaded with CI. When I saw this beauty I was hooked! And the condition is wonderful! The seller was there doing inventory and he said he always cleans the CI well and seasons it so it's ready to go for the new owner. It's the first hammered CI Griswold I have come across, and it was whispering sweet nothings into my ear so of course I had to bring it home with me. :D (I'm one of those people who get emotionally attached to inanimate objects, which is why my house looks like an antique store.) This one will live with me in the camper and I'll gift the other one to one of my daughters.
Lucky Mike said
03:40 AM Jan 8, 2013
Nice..........thats the reason my coach is overloaded....I cook only on cast iron and also am an addict about it....corn bread pans , dutch ovens, griddles,Muffin trays.......even have a cast iron grease separator......Im a sad man!!!
cejones4210 said
05:54 AM Jan 8, 2013
Oh no, I can't let Hubby see this post! :) Griswold cast iron! It's an addiction. I have 5, different sizes, along with a Dutch oven and a fish fryer. Every time we go to antique store or flea market he's hunting up Griswold. I tell him I have plenty but what can I say, he's a metallurgist! I have numerous other "non-Griswold cast iron also. :)
WestWardHo said
07:19 PM Jan 8, 2013
Great posts on this. We have quite a bit of Lodge cast iron but your Griswold is a beauty. Is it better? A cast iron grease separator? Only you, Mike!
Sherry
Lucky Mike said
07:27 PM Jan 8, 2013
I got hooked on cast when I was a kid......my Grandmother and mother would have nothing else , so needless to say I learned To cook with it, clean it and what was the good stuff. The Grease Separator was my grandmothers used to sit on the old wood & coal stove for separating the bacon drippings.
A few years back she passed on and my mom saved it and the cookie jar that I so adored as a kid!!!!!.........
lindy said
09:19 PM Jan 8, 2013
In case anyones interested I have a Griswold Griddle #910 with a cooking surface of 23 x 11 approx that can be bought for the proper price.
nightsky said
09:36 PM Jan 9, 2013
Lucky Mike wrote:
I got hooked on cast when I was a kid......my Grandmother and mother would have nothing else , so needless to say I learned To cook with it, clean it and what was the good stuff. The Grease Separator was my grandmothers used to sit on the old wood & coal stove for separating the bacon drippings.
A few years back she passed on and my mom saved it and the cookie jar that I so adored as a kid!!!!!.........
That makes it that much more valueable, at least to me! Most of my cast iron is family stuff, the rest came from farm sales and now the griddle from an antique shop. I'm happy to report that it does home-made tortillas for burritos beautifully!
53 Merc said
01:15 AM Jan 10, 2013
nightsky wrote:
Lucky Mike wrote:
That makes it that much more valueable, at least to me! Most of my cast iron is family stuff, the rest came from farm sales and now the griddle from an antique shop. I'm happy to report that it does home-made tortillas for burritos beautifully!
I guess it should!! Down around San Antonio it is called a comal, and is specifically for tortillas (although it does other things well also.
cejones4210 said
05:40 AM Jan 10, 2013
How much? Picture?
cejones4210 said
05:42 AM Jan 10, 2013
lindy wrote:
In case anyones interested I have a Griswold Griddle #910 with a cooking surface of 23 x 11 approx that can be bought for the proper price.
How much? Picture?
MarkS said
04:49 PM Jan 10, 2013
Note to self: it has been discovered that the DW is not mentally ill when it comes to cast iron. Instead, she is a member of a cult!
nightsky said
11:27 PM Jan 10, 2013
Stange, I couldn't make the gif work when I quoted Mark.
I don't have a grease separator, but I do have a Lodge cast iron wok that my ex gave me about 20 years ago. Also skillets from 4" to 14", and a dutch oven.
The cast iron is one thing I won't give up when I finally get back on the road, along with real silverware and plates, glasses etc. I can do without a lot of other things, but I refuse to eat off paper or use plastic silverware, I threw away all the plastic when the kids were old enough to use glass ones without breaking them and never looked back. Another addiction is Red Wing or Minnesota stoneware, I haven't decided what to do with all the crock mixing bowls yet. My daughters will likely get some of it, but I've been collecting it for 3 decades or more and some of it will have to go.
-- Edited by nightsky on Monday 7th of January 2013 08:18:24 PM
I have a perfectly good and useable Griswold cast iron griddle that somehow got left in MN when I came south for the winter. So I've been on a quest to find one to use down here, but didn't want to spend a lot of money duplicating something I already own. I've been haunting the flea markets and yard sales for a month, but so far either they were in terrible condition or they were way over-priced. I finally stopped at one of the local antique shops, and found a booth that was loaded with CI. When I saw this beauty I was hooked! And the condition is wonderful! The seller was there doing inventory and he said he always cleans the CI well and seasons it so it's ready to go for the new owner. It's the first hammered CI Griswold I have come across, and it was whispering sweet nothings into my ear so of course I had to bring it home with me. :D (I'm one of those people who get emotionally attached to inanimate objects, which is why my house looks like an antique store.) This one will live with me in the camper and I'll gift the other one to one of my daughters.
A cast iron grease separator? Only you, Mike!
Sherry
A few years back she passed on and my mom saved it and the cookie jar that I so adored as a kid!!!!!.........
That makes it that much more valueable, at least to me! Most of my cast iron is family stuff, the rest came from farm sales and now the griddle from an antique shop. I'm happy to report that it does home-made tortillas for burritos beautifully!
I guess it should!! Down around San Antonio it is called a comal, and is specifically for tortillas (although it does other things well also.
Stange, I couldn't make the gif work when I quoted Mark.