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Hey, Good Morning!
Hockey morning, so quick hello.
Got a great hair cut yesterday, and enjoyable visit with Ted. We had an early dinner at RThomas. I enjoyed mashed potato w. portabella mushroom gravy, quinoa with a small amount of some kind of tasty sauce, broccoli steamed with fennel, and a millet casserole. All were very tasty! And I got the 'big bang' drink..fresh apple juice with ginger and lemon, served hot in a hefty oversized cup...14 oz. of YUM!
Ok, ingredients out on counter to make a batch of 'ranch' dressing...cashews have now soaked for an hour, and the date for its 10 minute spa bath! Time to get moving, breakfast, shower, etc.
Rain her all day....and from what I can see all night.
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Howdy y'all. It's sensational Sunday! 62 out there now with an expected high of 67 and 80% chance of rain. I did get to the store yesterday, despite the miserable weather, and picked up everything critical on the list as well as a few non-critical things. We did stop at Taco Bell prior to going to the grocery, thus I was not shopping hungry. I found another 8 inch cast iron skillet at the thrift shop and decided, on a whim, to buy it. This one is Basic Essentials, made in China, and does not quite seem to be quite the quality of the Lodge branded one, but it is another 8 inch to have on hand, in case I need to make two small cornbreads or pies or even cakes. One could make some interestingly shaped layer cakes using cast iron skillets, I think.
The reviews on Amazon for Basic Essentials cast iron are a bit mixed. I don't know whether this one is the "old" Basic Essentials, which I gather, from one of the reviews, was slightly thicker and heavier, or the "new" Basic Essentials. I may take some measurements when it's cooled down and see if I can figure that out. The "old" ones sounded better, at least according to that review. I also understand the same set is available at K-Mart or Wal-Mart for less. Some comments said the cooking surface was more pebbly than the Lodge pans.
The seasoning on the Basic Essentials pan needed some work so I did a partial scrub using a Brillo pad and got one coat on last night, but as it didn't really look well sealed, and the finish still looked rather flat, rather than glossy, it's baking in another seasoning coat right now. If I think it needs yet another, it will get it. It's not going anywhere and I don't plan to go anywhere today myself.
Sink has been cleared. Cats got me up later than usual this morning, which was good, as I was rather late to bed this morning, about 1:00, and was feeling very much like a passing out pumpkin by the time I got to bed. Having no nap yesterday seriously exacerbated my turning into a pumpkin at midnight.
Supper was extremely late, due to having Taco Bell around 4:00 in the afternoon as a snack.
In about 10 minutes I can turn the oven off and take a peek at the "new" pan. It looked glossier, at least on the bottom, through the oven window, but will get a better look and then let it cool thoroughly in the oven, which should take several hours too. Can't see the glossiness of the cooking surface through the window, as the pan is upside down for seasoning.
*UPDATE* The seasoning definitely looks glossier now, but I think I'm going to add one more baked in coat later today, as the cooking surface, while looking fairly glossy, still has some flat looking crannies here and there, so perhaps the surface is, indeed, more pebbly, so it might need more coats of seasoning to be a better non-stick pan. Time will tell. I mostly use the 8 inch ones for corn bread anyway, and I use plenty of oil or butter for that so this shouldn't be a problem for me.
I'll let y'all know, just for the heck of it, what I figure out about whether it's from the "old" or "new" Basic Essentials line. Inquiring minds want to know!
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Update: Based on my measurement, the "new" pan appears to be the older, heavier Basic Essentials. As heavier cast iron seems to heat more evenly, this makes me feel like I got a pretty good deal there.
Hasn't completely cooled yet, but will be baking again sometime this afternoon.
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15,000 eggs. I'm rather astonished that the grocer could even fill that order! That's a lot of eggs.
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I'm back from walking again and no cents. The temperature this morning was 53 on the porch and 56 on the cable news channel. The heavy rain in yesterdays forecast ended by evening. While I was out walking the temperature dropped to 48 degrees and is forecast to be dropping through the day.
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Have a Great Monday
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GardenKatGardens wrote: »Hey, Good Morning!
Hockey morning, so quick hello.
Got a great hair cut yesterday, and enjoyable visit with Ted. We had an early dinner at RThomas. I enjoyed mashed potato w. portabella mushroom gravy, quinoa with a small amount of some kind of tasty sauce, broccoli steamed with fennel, and a millet casserole. All were very tasty! And I got the 'big bang' drink..fresh apple juice with ginger and lemon, served hot in a hefty oversized cup...14 oz. of YUM!
Ok, ingredients out on counter to make a batch of 'ranch' dressing...cashews have now soaked for an hour, and the date for its 10 minute spa bath! Time to get moving, breakfast, shower, etc.
Rain her all day....and from what I can see all night.
Later...
Hi Valerie
Lucky me, the rain ended early enough Sunday that I did not have to detour around any puddles or flooding.
Have a Good Day
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Hi Edparityanimal wrote: »Howdy y'all. It's sensational Sunday! 62 out there now with an expected high of 67 and 80% chance of rain. I did get to the store yesterday, despite the miserable weather, and picked up everything critical on the list as well as a few non-critical things. We did stop at Taco Bell prior to going to the grocery, thus I was not shopping hungry. I found another 8 inch cast iron skillet at the thrift shop and decided, on a whim, to buy it. This one is Basic Essentials, made in China, and does not quite seem to be quite the quality of the Lodge branded one, but it is another 8 inch to have on hand, in case I need to make two small cornbreads or pies or even cakes. One could make some interestingly shaped layer cakes using cast iron skillets, I think.
The reviews on Amazon for Basic Essentials cast iron are a bit mixed. I don't know whether this one is the "old" Basic Essentials, which I gather, from one of the reviews, was slightly thicker and heavier, or the "new" Basic Essentials. I may take some measurements when it's cooled down and see if I can figure that out. The "old" ones sounded better, at least according to that review. I also understand the same set is available at K-Mart or Wal-Mart for less. Some comments said the cooking surface was more pebbly than the Lodge pans.
The seasoning on the Basic Essentials pan needed some work so I did a partial scrub using a Brillo pad and got one coat on last night, but as it didn't really look well sealed, and the finish still looked rather flat, rather than glossy, it's baking in another seasoning coat right now. If I think it needs yet another, it will get it. It's not going anywhere and I don't plan to go anywhere today myself.
I tend to take the glowing reviews on Amazon with a grain of salt until I have checked with another locations reviews. The ones that have a mix of reviews I trust more.
Interesting, I suspect that I would just go for the best quality to start with as IMO Quality pays for itself in the long run.Sink has been cleared. Cats got me up later than usual this morning, which was good, as I was rather late to bed this morning, about 1:00, and was feeling very much like a passing out pumpkin by the time I got to bed. Having no nap yesterday seriously exacerbated my turning into a pumpkin at midnight.
Supper was extremely late, due to having Taco Bell around 4:00 in the afternoon as a snack.
In about 10 minutes I can turn the oven off and take a peek at the "new" pan. It looked glossier, at least on the bottom, through the oven window, but will get a better look and then let it cool thoroughly in the oven, which should take several hours too. Can't see the glossiness of the cooking surface through the window, as the pan is upside down for seasoning.
*UPDATE* The seasoning definitely looks glossier now, but I think I'm going to add one more baked in coat later today, as the cooking surface, while looking fairly glossy, still has some flat looking crannies here and there, so perhaps the surface is, indeed, more pebbly, so it might need more coats of seasoning to be a better non-stick pan. Time will tell. I mostly use the 8 inch ones for corn bread anyway, and I use plenty of oil or butter for that so this shouldn't be a problem for me.
I'll let y'all know, just for the heck of it, what I figure out about whether it's from the "old" or "new" Basic Essentials line. Inquiring minds want to know!
That is something I would not have thought about that heavier = more even heating. What would have occurred to me was that heavier would take longer to heat and would hold the heat longer.parityanimal wrote: »Update: Based on my measurement, the "new" pan appears to be the older, heavier Basic Essentials. As heavier cast iron seems to heat more evenly, this makes me feel like I got a pretty good deal there.
Hasn't completely cooled yet, but will be baking again sometime this afternoon.
I suspect that the foods ordered at the Olympics come from a wholesalerparityanimal wrote: »15,000 eggs. I'm rather astonished that the grocer could even fill that order! That's a lot of eggs.
We did watch a little Curling yesterday.
Have a Nice Day
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Howdy y'all. It's marvelous Monday! 59 out there now with an expected high of 60 and 40% chance of rain, mostly morning showers. I'm more than ready for this rain to quit for a while.
Had baconized mac and cheese for breakast. No clue what else I'm going to do today, but hope a nap is in there somewhere. Should push Eddie to do some housecleaning but really the cool and damp seem to get in my bones.
Do need to clear the sink and feed the cats.
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