Family photo 2013

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Thursday, September 09, 2010

Skillet cakes

My food photography leaves much to be desired, I know. I'll blame it on my cheap camera. And, my cheap camera would probably blame it on me. But still, I want to share this secret with you. Shhh.
We have a large teflon griddle that I've always made pancakes on. Until recently. When I discovered the joy of cast iron skillet cooking and seasoning. (I found my skillet at a thrift store, brand new, for $9 and have been using it almost daily ever since for all sorts of different foods.) The edges of pancakes cooked this way are crispy heavenly scrumptious. Place a little butter in the skillet before you drop the batter, and my oh my, mouths in your house will be mega pleased with the results. Which will cause them to be (eerily) quiet as they satisfy their hunger by savoring your fine culinary skills, raving (on the inside, because they would not dare talk with mouths full of deliciousness!) about the extraordinary mother they get to call their very own. And you just can not put a price tag on those few moments of exquisite peace.
**Happiness is found in cast iron** I'm sure of it.
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3 comments:

Cassie said...

oh the joy of cast iron!
we replaced all our skillets with cast iron about 2 years ago.
i love cooking with them more and more each day.
they clean up sooo easy! i have 2 from my grandpa (who is 95!) and they are a dream. i'll never cook with anything else again!

Anonymous said...

There is nothing like corn bread in cast iron skillets yum yum
Aunt Linda

Jodie said...

I'll have to send you my Granny's "Hot Cornbread" recipe, cooked in a cast iron skillet. Oooh, dinner tomorrow!!!

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