5. Cast iron in the kitchen- I could never live without it!

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Cast iron has been my skillet of choice for many years now. There are only two things that get better with age in the kitchen. One is cast iron and the other is homemade sourdough starter!

WHY CAST IRON IS BETTER THAN NONSTICK

Reason #1, of course, is it doesn’t have all the bad stuff. Nonstick pans are coated with a carcinogenic chemical called perfluorooctanoic acid. Not only does it leech into the food when cooked at high temperatures, but also produces toxic fumes in the air. Not to be overly dramatic, but you need to get that stuff out of your house ASAP.

Although the health concerns with nonstick was what drew me to using cast iron in the first place, the ease and beauty with which they cook kept me coming back for more. A perfectly fried egg, potatoes so crispy you can hear the crunch, a carmelized sear on a roast to seal in all those delicious juices…I mean, if you aren’t cooking with cast iron is it even cooking? Give me that 20 pound skillet that gets better with use every. single. time. If I go on vacation, and the condo has a flimsy nonstick and a plastic spatula, I cook like I have one hand. Totally handicap.

Cast iron’s where its at, my friends.

From the blog:

How To Season Cast Iron And Cook With It Too- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/how-to-season-cast-iron-and-cook-with-it-too

How To Make Crispy Potatoes In A Cast Iron Skillet- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/make-crispy-potatoes-cast-iron-skillet

Healthy One Pot Meals- Sourdough Skillet- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/healthy-one-pot-meals-sourdough-skillet

How To Make Sourdough English Muffins- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/how-to-make-sourdough-english-muffins

How To Make Easy Sourdough Pizza Crust- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/how-to-make-easy-sourdough-pizza-crust

Sourdough Pancakes Recipe- https://www.farmhouseonboone.com/our-favorite-sourdough-pancakes-recipe

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0:00.0	You are listening to episode five of the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast.
0:05.7	Yet again, I have a snoring baby snuggled up with me because I have a certain little
0:11.6	almost three month old who does not let me put him down which is actually just fine with me
0:17.1	That's what I've come to expect at least for the first six months
0:20.4	So this is how podcasts are going to be recorded for at least the first three months of the
0:25.4	podcast, maybe even more.
0:27.4	In today's episode, I want to talk about cast iron and using it in your kitchen. I do not know what I would do without
0:35.8	cast iron. I've gone on a few vacations to an Airbnb where all they have is a
0:40.5	couple of little dinky non-stick skillets and I honestly do not know what to do
0:47.0	with myself as a from scratch cook it's just not sufficient it doesn't hold up to how I like to cook. So that's what we're going to talk about today.
0:57.0	My name is Lisa, a mom of six and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farm House on Boone.
1:02.0	Join me as I share with you my love for creation. and YouTube channel Farm House on Boone.
1:02.5	Join me as I share with you my love for creating
1:05.2	a handmade home from scratch cooking
1:07.8	and a little mom and entrepreneur life
1:09.7	along the way.
1:10.8	Now if you haven't yet started using cast iron in your kitchen I'm
1:14.8	really hoping to convince you that you should. I know that people get the false
1:19.8	idea that they're hard to use, they're hard to clean, and that couldn't be further from the truth.
1:25.2	If you're already a cast iron convert, you definitely know what I'm talking about.
1:29.5	If you walked into my kitchen pretty much any day of the week anytime you're going to see no less than
1:35.6	four cast iron skillet sitting on top of it I never have any intention of putting
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