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Post by ronruble on Dec 21, 2018 16:04:47 GMT -5
Question – Cast Iron Skillet Storage I am going to be placing my Griswold cast iron skillets and lids in an unheated storage area for the next 6 months. I am going to coat them with cooking oil. Any suggestions on how I should wrap them? I was told that cast iron piece touching another will cause rust. Paper wrap, plastic wrap or ??
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Post by mach12 on Dec 22, 2018 1:44:14 GMT -5
For storage, don't use cooking oil since it'll turn rancid. My wife was the resident camp director for a local scout council and their method is tried and true. At the end of the summer camping season they clean them up real well and then rub them down with food grade mineral oil. They buy the stuff in the pharmacy labeled "Lubricant/Laxative". It's even better if you can season the CI in the oven after applying the oil.
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Post by nana on Dec 22, 2018 8:36:00 GMT -5
I would do what Mach12 said, and instead of wrapping them, I would stack them with a piece of cardboard between each one so air can circulate. Maybe you can get some of those silica gel packets to absorb moisture and throw a couple in the box too. Don't stress too much--even if they get rusty, you just go back to the drawing board with fine grade steel wool and re-season them.
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Post by vaporvac on Dec 22, 2018 12:43:44 GMT -5
Great suggestions. If can't find the FG mineral oil any hydrogenated fat such as Crisco should work. You just don't want an oil that oxidizes too easily. Coconut oil might work if you don't have another solid fat, but I have no personal experience with it.
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Post by karitx on Dec 22, 2018 20:29:50 GMT -5
Those are all good suggestions, but I think the best method would be for you to send them to me for safekeeping. Sincerely, A Cast Iron Junkie
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Post by mach12 on Dec 25, 2018 0:43:51 GMT -5
Those are all good suggestions, but I think the best method would be for you to send them to me for safekeeping. Sincerely, A Cast Iron Junkie Sheesh - I wish I'd have thought of that!
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Post by ronruble on Dec 25, 2018 16:23:47 GMT -5
Those are all good suggestions, but I think the best method would be for you to send them to me for safekeeping. Sincerely, A Cast Iron Junkie Sorry, you are not the first one to suggest this. Currently they are all covered with virgin olive oil. I am not sure how that does in cold / unheated condition of storage. Probably will use food grade mineral oil - and stack with cardboard between them. Next week I will be moving all my "spare' / "extra" Chambers Pre-A parts (enough to make 2 stoves or more?) and then I get to move both of my Chambers 4541 stoves. The green one (have not got a name for her yet) will be easy because she is in pieces but the extra parts stove 4541 is still in two heavy sections - I'll need help to move that one. The corner area of my attached storage building is set up just for stove restoration and storage of all the parts and pieces. I will only need to move the Chambers stuff once and it will be in the location where I can work on restoring the stoves. I'll post photos AFTER the move...
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Post by nana on Jan 2, 2019 18:25:04 GMT -5
For some unknown reason when I looked at her picture, "Rosalind" popped into my mind. One of Shakespeare's more appealing heroines, known for her wisdom, wit and strength of character. She certainly has had to wait patiently for her hero to come along! Whaddaya think?
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Post by ronruble on Jan 7, 2019 23:11:52 GMT -5
Posted by nana That name brings up something about an old girl friend many years ago.... not good things The tall lean green cooking machine (Tlgcm)... no, but still trying to include green. - letters of the name could be short for words. When the name fits, I will know it. She will have a name when I cook the first meal...
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Post by mach12 on Jan 8, 2019 0:47:15 GMT -5
Posted by nana That name brings up something about an old girl friend many years ago.... not good things The tall lean green cooking machine (Tlgcm)... no, but still trying to include green. - letters of the name could be short for words. When the name fits, I will know it. She will have a name when I cook the first meal... I was kicking around different names for our BZ and was narrowing it down to a couple of names that were shades of red until my wife looked at the stove and said her name was Pepper. Just like that. I said "like a hot pepper?" and she so no, like a red haired doll named Pepper that I had as a girl. I'd probably do the same thing with a green stove and name it something like Kelly for Kelly Green or Myrtle for Myrtle green. Until my wife walked in a said "GI Joe" or something.
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Post by nana on Jan 8, 2019 19:36:51 GMT -5
When the name fits, I will know it. She will have a name when I cook the first meal... Sometimes it is a characteristic or trait that is the inspiration for a name, and sometimes it just reveals itself as the proper one. I have no doubt that you will learn your stove's name in due time!
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Post by ronruble on Jan 14, 2019 16:26:20 GMT -5
I am thinking about naming my Chambers 4541 green stove “Miss Jade”
(or just "Jade")
In China, a pierced jade disk is a symbol of heaven.
“Jade is desired for its rich heritage as much as by its beauty, durability, and rarity.”
JADE MEANING (crystals) Channel Jade crystal healing properties and feel its intense and magnetic light filling your spirit with courage, your trusted companion on any spiritual adventure. Its deep and striking variations of green resonate with the heart chakra, the energy center that helps ward off a case of the ‘blahs’ or what intellectuals call the existential crisis. Use Jade healing properties to open up your heart to unconditional love and feel the power of the universe and its life-giving combination of water mixed with the earth. A miracle that evolved out of the primordial ooze, the Jade crystal is the magical link to our vast universe and the very essence of life.
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Post by nana on Jan 14, 2019 18:26:33 GMT -5
"Jade is desired for its rich heritage as much as by its beauty, durability and rarity."
If that doesn't suit her I don't know what would!
Your trusted companion on any culinary adventure!
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Post by vaporvac on Jan 15, 2019 1:07:15 GMT -5
And of course, pale jade is the rarest and most valuable! ; )
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Post by chipperhiker on Jan 15, 2019 22:36:35 GMT -5
Jade sounds just right for such a beautiful and rare stove. Congratulations, ronruble. Long may Miss Jade be the queen of your kitchen .
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Post by mach12 on Jan 18, 2019 23:04:29 GMT -5
Yup - Miss Jade would nail it for me!
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Post by ronruble on Jan 19, 2019 19:33:26 GMT -5
It is official: My Green Chambers 4541 stove is now named "Miss Jade", queen of the kitchen!
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