All About Pocket Knives

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 8:34 pm I am justly humbled Ike. I thought that I alone enjoyed bleak, wintery countrysides. While I enjoy all the permutations of nature, I doubted few would be attracted to today's iteration of winter, e.g. no sun to spangle the snow, no star-filled night sky, etc. So I have learned a lesson today, one of the great things about our AAPK. The lesson? The human personality is complex, not to be taken for granted nor easily estimated.

Paladin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:58 pm Very nice looking animals, Cudgee.

Montanaman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:19 pm My wife and I trailered 7 of our finest hogs to the Grasshopper valley for processing. Weather was good, but a headwind going over Badger pass. Road up to the processor was icy and had to really feather the throttle in 4 high and not spin the tires. They weighed between 250 and 290 skinned and halved, at 20 months old. Customers are excited, most are return customers. Our pork meat is red like beef, and tastes nothing like store bought pork.

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Waukonda wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:07 am I walked down to the mailbox a little while ago, 3 pieces of junk mail, but also this great view!

Waukonda wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:07 am I walked down to the mailbox a little while ago, 3 pieces of junk mail, but also this great view!

Waukonda wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:07 am I walked down to the mailbox a little while ago, 3 pieces of junk mail, but also this great view!

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:22 am

Waukonda wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:07 am I walked down to the mailbox a little while ago, 3 pieces of junk mail, but also this great view!

Niiiiiiiice!

Stanwade wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:01 am Doing a little maintenance work on my cast iron this weekend....I re-seasoned a skillet and a dutch oven for a friend so I figured I'd touch mine up while I was at it..5 layers total.. they'll be good to go for a long time now...

Stanwade wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:01 am Doing a little maintenance work on my cast iron this weekend....I re-seasoned a skillet and a dutch oven for a friend so I figured I'd touch mine up while I was at it..5 layers total.. they'll be good to go for a long time now...

cudgee wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 10:26 pm The generations that went before us knew, except they did not know at the time, cast iron, the best way to cook.

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Burgers in a Lodge Cast Iron Pan. And if seasoned properly, non-stick, without layers of chemically infused who knows what.
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I agree %, buddy! I was fortunate enough to have had my father teach me how to take care of , reseason and refurbish cast iron cookware.. I have several Griswolds that we're my dad's.. also, after my dad passed away my mom met a gentleman that is part of our family now that also is into collecting etc.. cast iron cookware... He is really into it! He has dozens of all sizes, shapes ect.. that he uses, refurbishes and gifts etc... I can fry an egg in any of mine with just a tiny amount of oil... I use them daily ..

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 4:56 pm

Stanwade wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:01 am Doing a little maintenance work on my cast iron this weekend....I re-seasoned a skillet and a dutch oven for a friend so I figured I'd touch mine up while I was at it..5 layers total.. they'll be good to go for a long time now...

Niiiiiiiice!
I've always thought it would be cool to use cast iron. I know many who do and they say the results are great. The problem in that Becky does most of the cooking, and the dang stuff is too heavy for her to lift without it hurting her hands (arthritis).

Unk wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:35 pm We like cooking with cast iron. I think it is illegal to cook cornbread in Texas unless you do it in cast iron.

Over the years, my mom gave my wife pieces of Le Creuset cookware for every Christmas and birthday, until we have amassed quiet a nice set. We love cooking with it, but as we age, the weight is getting more difficult to handle. My mom - at 83 - really struggles to use hers any more. The 7.25 quart Dutch oven (which we use a lot) weighs over 13 lbs empty. When filled with food it is well over 20 lbs.

cudgee wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 10:26 pm The generations that went before us knew, except they did not know at the time, cast iron, the best way to cook.

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Burgers in a Lodge Cast Iron Pan. And if seasoned properly, non-stick, without layers of chemically infused who knows what.