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Griswold cast iron skillets are great to cook with. Photo courtesy of The Pan Handler LLC. This is what a collection of vintage Griswold cast iron looks like. But what’s the big draw? To learn more about cast iron cookware and why vintage cast iron is worth collecting, we did some research and reached out to the women behind The Pan Handler LLC to find out why it’s so hot. The cast iron trend has been heating up for well over a decade. Money Back Guarantee ensures YOU.We see a lot of vintage cast iron at estate sales, and it’s always one of the first things to go. Shop the Largest Selection, Click to See Search eBay faster with PicClick.
Could this be one reason behind the cast iron craze?Cast Iron. There’s even an entire channel dedicated to food. There seem to be a million more cooking shows than there were years ago. Fanner, Crusoe, Puritan, Columbus and other makers produced cast iron cookware in the shadows of the steel mills of the Monongahela and Ohio River valleys in Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio from the middle of the 19th century through the 20th century.Food used to be for sustenance.
Think: microwaves, margarine, and TV dinners. Many old unhealthy practices are relics from past decades. Vintage Cast Iron “I think that how food has become a thing is definitely a contributing factor because it’s made more people interested in cooking,” said Anna H., who took over The Pan Handler LCC from Mary T., where she sells vintage and antique cast iron, as well as runs The Pan Handler blog.Many celebrity chefs prefer cooking with cast iron, and even endorse certain brands, so it makes sense people have jumped on the bandwagon, looking for cast iron at estate sales, in flea markets, and online.People are also getting savvier about what they put into their bodies and making healthier decisions. Vintage Cast Iron Falkirk Hearth Skillet 12'. Phone Backgrounds Vintage.
Cast Iron has a Rich HistoryVintage cast iron’s interesting history alone is worth collecting. She was shopping at Goodwill when she saw a Griswold Gem pan and got curious.Why buy a new pot or pan when a cast iron pan cooks just as well (if not better) and will last a lifetime? Its versatility, too, means you don’t need to buy a bunch of “uni-task” tools or cookware. Even collects vintage stoneware, which is how she first stumbled onto vintage cast iron. Vintage Cast Iron is Highly CollectibleTake it from cast iron collectors who have been at it for awhile. In fact, if it leaches anything, it’s iron, something you could use more of. Cast iron doesn’t leach harmful chemicals into the food.
Some of them still exist today. Photographs of tenant farmers that during the Great Depression made little meals on the side of the road in their cast iron,” said Mary T.She also said Lewis and Clark used cast iron on their big expedition, and that in early America, people would carry their antique cast iron skillets across the country in their covered wagons. If you look at The Pan Handler blog, you’ll see a bunch of pictures from the Library of Congress in there and photographs of people using these old pieces of cast iron. Some people are interested in the individual stories of who once owned each piece, and the journey it took to end up in their kitchen.“I like thinking about where it might have been used, and who might have used it. Cast iron was used all over Europe throughout history, and we still use cast iron Dutch ovens today.Cast iron also has strong ties to American history when the colonists used cast iron cookware on open fires.
Pointed out.“And it’s something that retains its function regardless of what generation you are,” she said. Or you’re looking to buy vintage cast iron—or possibly even new cast iron—that can stay in the family.“Besides maybe jewelry, because of modern technology and furniture styles and such, there’s not a lot in terms of family heirlooms can be re-used without appearing out of date,” Anna H. You may have inherited a few pieces yourself and want to continue to pass them on.
Sand molds were formed and iron was melted down and usually combined with scrap iron and/ or steel. How was Vintage Cast Iron Made?In the 1800s and 1900s, all cast iron cookware was made by hand. While modern cast iron will also last a lifetime and be fully functional, it just won’t have the attention to detail and craft found in vintage. Good quality craftsmanship gives a piece its value, and as with everything else, old jewelry and vintage engagement rings for example, people once had more time to spend on labor, resulting in finer products.These days, machines have to do the work of artisans since costs are too high to create each piece by hand. Vintage Cast IronNot everything new is better, but that doesn’t mean modern cast iron is worthless either. Photo courtesy of The Pan Handler LLC.
“controlling the cooling curve,” an important part of the process. Hand pouring was also key to designing more intricate cookware.Then the iron has to solidify a.k.a. Doing this by hand allowed for more control, resulting in lighter cookware (modern cast iron can be several pounds heavier).
That’s why machine-made modern cast iron has a rough, pebbly surface, and can weigh a ton. Collectors refer to this as a “mirror” or “satin” finish, which is one way to distinguish a well-loved vintage cast iron piece.These days, when everything is produced for the bottom line, cast iron is made with a machine, which means the attention to detail when done by hand gets lost. Once you’ve been collecting cast iron for awhile, you learn all the nuances.After cooling, vintage cast iron cookware would get smoothed down (also by hand) with a grinding stone, or milled, to make the pan’s surface flat and slick. Quick cooling produces a finer grain, while slow cooling produces a coarse grain. Low quality cast iron pieces often haven’t been cooled evenly. Like if gas gets into it and forms bubbles, a common imperfection in older cast iron pieces.The way cast iron cools also factors into the final product.
Here are some of the biggest myths: It takes a lot of time and elbow grease to clean and restore vintage cast iron! Photo courtesy of The Pan Handler LLC. Anna and Mary from The Pan Handler LLC have heard them all. Common Myths about Cast IronThere are lots of rumors out there regarding cast iron, which is bound to happen when anything gets popular.
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You have to season cast iron when you buy it.Manufactured cast iron comes seasoned already, and professional cast iron dealers go many lengths to restore and season vintage cast iron before selling it. So I inherently spend less time cleaning my cast iron that I use every day than I do on any other nonstick or aluminum cookware,” said Anna H. But that couldn’t be further from the truth! Any cast iron pro will tell you, keeping cast iron clean isn’t rocket science.“Because the seasoning makes it non-stick, it’s actually a lot easier than a normal pan.
These Wagner cast iron roasters found at the O’Neil Family Cast Iron Museum. And it becomes quite hardy, and it’s going to reseason the next time you cook in it as well, so it’s much better to get the food off your pan and not have it stuck on for the next hundred years than it is to worry about your seasoning,” said Anna H.She says a drop or two of normal dish soap should do the trick. This dirty caveat tends to be the thing most people think of when they think about cast iron.“Sometimes you need a little bit of soap to get some of the more stubborn food particles off,” said Anna H.“You season your pan every time you cook in it with some fat, so the seasoning builds up over time. You can never use soap on cast iron.While we don’t endorse a long soak, a little bit of dish soap won’t hurt your cast iron cookware. But if you want to get cooking, most cast iron is ready to go.
Mary T., who admittedly has special tools to restore cast iron, shared a story of the toughest piece she had to get back into shape, a piece that had been buried knee deep in a farm yard. This is part of its beauty. Some cast iron is beyond restoration.While it’s true cast iron can be warped, chipped, or pitted from heat, cast iron has to go through quite a lot to not be functional. But if say we’re going away, or it might be a couple of days before I cook, then I’ll spray them with Pam, and wipe them down with olive oil once, and let them sit there until the next time I need them,” she said. If I’m going to be using them again in couple of hours, I don’t do anything else.
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