Correct. They were salt crusted before baking them. They get super fluffy inside doing them this way. Obviously brush more than half that salt off then before eating them unless you like eating just plain salt.

 

I understand the process it's just that seems like a lot. I never do this because when I eat baked potatoes I just cut the whole thing up with a knife and eat skin and all. Lol

 

Italians with some veggies, ended up cutting up the sausage and tossing it in some pasta.

 

sausage, peppers, and onions...

 

Use coupon code COOK today to save 20% dropping it to under $14... wow.

 

Damn it appears to alreadye to have gone back up.

 

I tried to grab one yesterday

 

Aww sorry guys


Got one at 17 and got another at 14 and will return one.

Started seasoning the 12" I got . Gotta go buy more bacon from Costco

 

:bacon:

 

Was raining the other night and wanted sausages and peppers so decided to do it in the cast iron for the first time like Nick posted. Sausages were pinnaple bacon sausages. I have stopped making them with rolls lately to reduce my bread intake a bit. Just dice up the sausage in a bowl of peppers and onions instead.

 

That looks delicious, I may do the same for dinner...

Do you season the peppers at all?

 

Looks good indeed. Rain equals a good meal.

 

I used bacon grease in the pan. I also used peppercorn, a tiny bit of cajun season, and 2 cloves of minced garlic.

 

I need to make some bacon so I can save the grease...

That sounds awesome, definitely adding it to my weekly menu.

 

Oh I forget one thing. A few splashes or worchestshire sauce on the peppers and onions as well. I don't always add that one though.

 

I saw one of these metal ring type scrubbers pop up on gizmodo's deal of the day list this morning so I picked one up. Should be here in a couple days.

https://www.amazon.com/Hudson-Essent...dp/B00KQCJ0CG/

If anyone else was considering it or was interested, today might be the day to pull the trigger.

 

AZ FTMFW.

EDIT: okay i see it.

it's the same price as the Ringer XL I've had for years: https://www.amazon.com/Ringer-Stainl.../dp/B00FKBR1ZG

Looking at my order history, I spent 17.99 + Kali tax.. so 12.99 is sweet!

 

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edit

 

FWIW, this scubber can be used on a lot of other things too. I use it to clean my grill grates, SS pans, and literally anything that's not non-stick.

 

So with the left over shrimp I made on the grill that I posted in the grill thread I made pasta with shrimp and fresh peppers and onions.

 

Finally picked up a good flat bottom CIP. The seasoning process starts shortly!

 

Kitchen was being remodeled and gf's dad decided to throw my CI griddle into the garage... didn't realize it until it was too late and rust bubble occurred time to re-season now... BACON FOR BREAKFAST!

 

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Thanks mod

 

Rinse and repeat that everyday for a week. Then hit your gf's dad up side the head for such a mistake. No bacon for him either.

 

Jason, that pasta looks amazing! Wish I could eat shrimp

 

you can't or don't want to eat shrimp?

 

Can not

 

Damn that sucks. I love shrimp.

 

I grew up eating shellfish for the first half of my life, then one day couldn't eat it anymore

 

That does suck. Shrimp is awesome! Do you get sick from it?

 

Yep, hives and anaphylactic shock...

 

Sorry to hear that man! At least you can still enjoy steak which I would take over shrimp any day of the week.

 

Scallops

 

This.

 

Thankfully I can eat scallops in small doses

 

I just bought my first cast iron skillet. It says it comes preseasoned... but how much of that is actually true? Should I still clean (rinse, essentially..) then season it myself with oil? I know I will eventually have to reseason it later down the road, but for first time use, what should I do?

 

Yes, preseasoning is ok but you should add your own to it before really using it on anything that requires a nonstick surface.

 

Depends on what you are cooking. If you try and cook an egg or maybe some hashbrown potatoes with only preseasoning then you will be in for a surprise. It won't turn out like a nonstick pan. If you want to cook something like bacon, chicken, steak, or really anything fatty then you should be fine.

However, my main cast iron pan that I cook bacon in 5-6 times a month now for about 2 years can cook eggs no problem. I also fully seasoned it with 3 coatings of oil baked in the oven at 500 degrees for an hour per coat as well before I started even using it. Don't use olive oil though