Lodge Cast Iron frying pan Reviews

Lodge Cast Iron Frying Pan

Last year we spent several weeks in a rented cabin on a river in Montana.  Whenever a family cook has to operate in a new kitchen there are always kitchen luxuries that one misses like an ice maker but often there's also an opportunity to try out some new kitchen gadgets, appliances or cookware.  The Lodge frying pan was one of those opportunities that turned into an "I have to have one of these."

Part of the draw was the nostalgia of remembering my grandmother cooking in cast iron pans right on the wood-stove.  I quickly found however, that other than adjusting to...

Okay I got grandma's old cast iron but she failed to tell me don't put in in the dishwasher.  Needless to say her old pan was never the same no matter how I tried to reseason the thing.  I was sick because it was a great old skillet.  So watching Ametica's Test Kitchen they were reviewing pre seasoned cast iron and strongly suggested the skillets from Lodge.  So I went to Amazon and bought a skillet and lid.  While not exactly like grandma's it was the closes I could ever remember.  Once again I could make crispy homefries.  Once again I could use the metal spatula and not worry about scratching...