I was gifted today

[Texasgal]

my great grandmothers cast iron skillet! It still looks like it's brand new and is close to 100 years old! I remember my grandmother cooking corn bread and biscuits in it when I was a child.

It has a slight warp but nothing I am too concerned about.

Can't wait to cook with it!

Just HAD to share!

[blueinredohio]

1. When my mother passed away in December the oldest grandson got her skillet.

When he was young they she made cornbread for him a lot and taught him to do it. That's the only thing he wanted. Congrats on getting it , I hope you have many good pones of cornbread.

[SamKnause]

4. (Pone) Haven't seen someone use that word for quite some time.

[blueinredohio]

12. We're from the south, hence the pone of cornbread.

[SamKnause]

13. My parents were from Bristol Tennessee/Virginia.

I have heard that word since I was a child.

We also called the last piece of biscuit dough a pone.

[blueinredohio]

15. I was born in Norton Virginia. We moved to Ohio when I was 9.

My dad worked in a coal mine and even back then out was hit or miss if you worked.

[SamKnause]

2. I have one that is over 60 years old.

It makes great cornbread.

I also have my grandparents cast iron wood cook stove.

It is over 100 years old.

Have fun baking.

[Texasgal]

6. Wow!

That's awesome!

I love things that last... a wood stove must be incredible!

[babylonsister]

3. Aww, nice gift!

Memories are priceless.

[Phoenix61]

5. I've got my grandmothers 4 cup

glass measuring cup. I remember her making pancake batter in it and cobbler batter in it. Makes me happy every time I use it.

[Texasgal]

7. So sweet...

I cannot wait to use this skillet!

I love things that last.

[Wawannabe]

8. Nice!

Cooking in my cast iron tonight.
Circa 2017 tho. Lol

[Saviolo]

9. Sadly we have no inherited cast iron, but...

Hubby worked at a restaurant for a while, and they had a cast iron grill pan in the back that had sat in water for a while, so it had this very sharp rust line where it had been partially submerged. It was old and they were going to ditch it, but he took it home, steel wooled the crap out of it (he may have even used a Dremel at some point), and got every speck of rust off, re-seasoned it, and now it's our chicken roasting pan. We do thighs in it, mostly!

[csziggy]

10. One place my husband rented before we married

Had a lot of junk in the backyard - a gas stove and some cast iron pans were all he salvaged.

I still have the 6" and 10" pans he recovered and re-seasoned. I can't use them on my glass cook top for fear of scratches but I do use them in the oven mostly for making cornbread.

[Saviolo]

16. Cast iron always seems worth saving!

You can see the grill pan he rescued in this video:

[csziggy]

17. Ooh! Nice pan

Ansd the chicken looks delicious - as with everything you guys make!

[Saviolo]

18. It's delicious!

That's one of the standard dinners we have when hubby's feeling uninspired. He works from home, so does most of the cooking for us (and also has the culinary training). So if he's bored it's just chicken thighs in a bowl with seasoning and rice and probably kale salad with some homemade radish pickles.

[csziggy]

19. I just watched the video and I'd have to make a change

But otherwise it sounds good. I couldn't watch earlier because of stuff.

The change in the recipe - I'd have to leave out the chili pepper. Can't eat the stuff at all. Usually I throw in some smoked sweet paprika to make up the difference. And probably half the chicken would be breasts for my husband.

Thanks!

[catbyte]

11. It's amazing how simple tools carry such strong memories.

I inherited my grandparent's potato masher that went to my parents after they passed then to me when my folks passed. I wouldn't think of using anything else, and think of them every time I use it and I smile.

My granddad was a real meat and potatoes guy, and it was his job to mash the potatoes. We lived just a long driveway from my grandparents, so we ate dinner there often when I was a kid. Like most kids, I claimed that I hated black pepper. My granddad always put pepper in the mashed potatoes. Once I complained and he said, "Heck, that's not pepper, that's black salt!"

I gobbled them up happily.

Memories.

Enjoy your skillet and the memories that go along with it!

[ploppy]

14. What a tremendous gift!

You will think of her when ever you use it!

[Vinca]

20. As an antique dealer, I have to ask. Is it a Griswold??

It could be worth a good chunk of change along with the memories.

[Texasgal]

21. I don't know!

I'll have to look.