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A Love Affair with the Cast Iron Skillet
“Each time a Southern cook hefts a skillet to the stovetop, he or she is not alone,” writes John T. Edge in A Gracious Plenty. “Trapped within the iron confines of these skillets and stewpots are the scents and secrets of a family’s culinary history.” So where did our love affair with the cast iron skillet begin?
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min read“Each time a Southern cook hefts a skillet to the stovetop, he or she is not alone,” writes John T. Edge in A Gracious Plenty. “Trapped within the iron confines of these skillets and stewpots are the scents and secrets of a family’s culinary history.” So where did our love affair with the cast iron skillet begin? Chuck Reece, the founder and editor-in-chief of The Bitter Southerner went to South Pittsburg, Tennessee, to the Lodge Manufacturing Company, to find out.
Music: "Fire & Brimstone" by Trombone Shorty
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The full episode
5 of 7Cast iron skillets, corn, slaughterhouses, Azerbaijani food- 0:30Escargot, My Car Go...to Spring in Downtown LA
- 8:01Pomegranates and Saffron
- 18:05We Love the Funk
- 25:07Corn and Tomatillo Salad with Crispy Pig Ears
- 32:16A Love Affair with the Cast Iron SkilletYou’re reading this
- 42:22Dangerous Jobs, Cheap Meat
- 53:25All Hail to the Neon Catfish God