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Post by karitx on Aug 17, 2015 20:27:37 GMT -5
I have trouble with scrambled eggs in my cast iron, but they do fine on the Chambers griddle. In general, I still use the cast iron, but I leave the room before the cleanup crew can curse me. I made butter beans in the well tonight cause I had ANOTHER hambone, and Monkey say NO MORE in the freezer!!! Anyhow, used the midsized pan to cook cornbread--came out GREAT--bottom a wee bit brown for Moi @ 400 degrees for 20 minutes. NO STICK however!!! Came RIGHT outta the pan! These things just get better & better seasoned!!! REALLY pleased w/these pans--as if you couldn't TELL!! CHEERS! Chuckie Mmmmmm - that's some good lookin' cornbread! As soon as it cools off here, I am going to make a batch of beans and cornbread. That should be sometime in October, if we're lucky. I still have the de Buyer crepe pan in my wishlist. Rumor has it that Sporko is an excellent crepe maker... maybe the crepe pan should be his birthday present!
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Post by Chuckie on Oct 24, 2020 8:58:49 GMT -5
This JUST came in the mail today--seasoned it, but haven't used it--but MAN, am I IMPRESSED!!!!
Monkey & I several years ago Christmas spent A LOT of $$ on a set of Cooks cookware from JC Penney. They had a LIFETIME warranty on ALL pieces.
Well the 8" & 10" frying pans were pretty much worn the hell OUT. Monkey LOVES to heat the HELL out of things, so dunno if that did it, or what! Anyhow, took BACK to Penney's they said yes, they were 100% replaceable, go get an 8" & 10" off the shelf. Their "new" Cooks ware was DEPLORABLE--like HALF the weight of our pans, just maybe 8-10 years older! The woman was a long-time JCP employee, and even SHE was shocked that "our BRAND NAME STUFF has gotten so bad!" Monkey & I opted to take ours home rather than replace w/cheaper. After further use, all they were doing was (of course!) getting WORSE!
I contacted Monkey's bro in Pensacola who is a former pro chef & also asked a coupla the local BIG restaurants about these. A local restaurant owner RAVED about a pan of this breed she had. Monkey's bro said he wasn't too familiar w/them PERSONALLY, but asked a coupla his chef friends who are STILL chefs, & they sang the praises too. So I ordered it--like $59.99 for a 10" pan, BUT free S/H. We got tax $$ back, so said "hey, let's live a little!"
I researched further online, a you tube video www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgC-yTxz8K4 said to put POTATO PEELS in the pan, cover w/H20, bring to boil, then cook for 15 minutes. Discard spuds/H20, then rinse w/VERY hot H20, and "scrub with green pad if necessary" (the pans are coated from the factory in France w/beeswax). I did that, then they said to "pat dry, and add enough cooking oil to cover bottom of pan, and heat till smoking". Well, that I did, and then followed their NEXT instruction to "discard oil into a pan, & wipe inside of de Buyer pan with a clean paper towel to totally coat". Well, that pan was SO FRIGGIN' HOT, that when I poured the oil into an empty tin of mushrooms, it MELTED that whitish interior in the tin, and the can SCREAMED LIKE A BANSHEE!! Pretty impressive! And the pan was STILL hot like 20 minutes later--so much so I couldn't hang from pot rack w/o using potholder!! Again, it is prolly TWICE as heavy as our 'good OLD Cooks' pans--nearly the weight of cast iron.
Can't WAIT to actually USE the durned thing!! Just HAD to share this to see if anyone had any experience w/them!! I can foresee us ditching ALL our Cooks pots & replacing with these a few pieces @ a time...
Here's a link to the website I bought them from: www.chefscatalog.com/product/25200-De-Buyer-Mineral-Fry-Pan.aspx?utm_campaign=De%20Buyer&utm_medium=shopping&gdftrk=gdfV23800_a_7c2214_a_7c9818_a_7c28868&utm_source=tellapart&utm_content=25200-SET3&sourcecode=GW1EM4214
Guess TIME will tell, as we were pretty happy w/our Cooks ware--initially--but these have ZERO coatings inside to contend with.
CHEERS! Chuckie Mach12 posted about pans yesterday, and I brought up the subject of de Buyer, and how well they're holding up. Thought it better if I posted this HERE, then "linked" it to his post, to kinda keep things "relative". Here's our pans after 5 years. Note the well-seasoned bottoms, they're used A LOT:
Here they are front side; I just re-seasoned the large one the other day, note how well used the small one is!!:
Again, we're STILL very happy with them, and they do indeed "wear like IRON"!! CHEERS! Chuckie
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