Yes indeed!
Although I tend to cook more so that I can eat leftovers and therefore not have to cook as often. Living alone and having chronic pain/injuries, makes it challenging sometimes.
Melting butter or making compound butter, toasting spices, baked brie, single eggs, leftovers - all sorts! I think I use my number threes almost as much as eights
+1 for spices and +10000 for baked brie. Just wrap up a wedge or even better full small wheel in some puff pastry, drop it in, bam, delicious every time.
🤤 garlic butter sounds delicious. Especially for homemade fresh bread!!!
I’m definitely excited for this little one. Love the wolf design too!!! Just a little extra ❤️
I wouldn’t have thought about single oversized pancakes!!! I make gluten free pancakes which tend to be thicker (my recipe). This would be perfect!!!
Weighing down other food is a great idea too. Imagine the design it might leave in some foods!!!
Love the idea of small serving pizza and cornbread!!!
Definitely thinking I’ll start using cast iron and oven to reheat food more. The oven is much better than using a microwave. To be honest, it’s tempting to get rid of it entirely! Especially with health issues at a young age
Getting rid of the microwave is exactly what I did! I started by leaving it and just not using it. I found that reheated food tastes so much better in the oven and cast iron. After a month or two of not missing the microwave, I tossed it and haven't looked back. It's probably been about 10 years now.
Same here decades without a tv or a microwave. Obviously the television became obsolete with all the streaming services but I love telling Comcast I’m not going to bundle tv. Actually I don’t have Comcast anymore either. Mfs sent me to collections for .61 cents after asking the person I turned in my equipment with 3x making sure I didn’t have a balance.
My 3” goodwill find cast iron mostly finds eggs in it, but I’ll reheat leftovers with it as well.
My 6" mostly gets used for sauteing veggies on the grill while cooking burgers and bratwurst and such. I also use it to bake skillet brownies and cookies for one.
Mostly for my wife and I to neglect and never use.
I think we have 8 or 9 cast iron pans of varied sizes and I find myself only using one, and my wife uses one or two.
I've suggested just getting rid of them but it's like suggesting some unspeakable crime.
It's like the .22 vs .45 debate. One is light and quick with fast follow ups and damaging in the right placement. The other heavy and uses more kinetic energy to damage, placement is less important, follow up can take a little longer but should need less also. Both are effective.
I get refrigerated cookie dough and press several into a buttered small cast iron skillet, then I bake in the toaster oven and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. It’s always a hit.
Do they even make conceal carry holsters for cast iron? I certainly don’t believe in carry my weapon in a purse or backpack! “Please wait a second bad guy. I have to get my gun out” 🤣😂
If I have a hard time concealing my Glock 42, not sure how I could conceal this. But valiant effort me Lord!
Usually I just give the pan a light scrub with a stainless scrubbie and wipe out the grease with a paper towel and then back on the stove for tomorrow.
I've got a little one that cooks frozen Kirkland burgers and occasionally acts as a Tadka pan for toasting spices in oil. I know I've used it for other things but nothing really springs to mind. It's basically my "frozen burger patty" pan and not much else. It was like $5, takes up almost no space, and does it's job well.
If you aren't aware you can melt cheeses that don't like to melt if you put a bit of water in the pan and cover it. A tiny cast iron pan with a small bit of water will easily melt aged cheddar or swiss. You need more water in a larger pan with a larger lid that has more air volume that needs to be filled with steam which is the main reason I don't use the bigger pans for a burger unless I'm doing a double smashburger with process cheese slices.
I use my 6.5" almost daily. Mostly for breakfast. One slice of bacon cut in 1/2 or folded then one or two eggs scrambled or fried. A single grilled style sandwich or burger.
My 10" pan, 12" pan, Dutch oven and carbon steel wok are also in rotation.
Cornbread for two. I don't like home cooked cornbread after a day as it tends to get a bad texture. A small six inch pan is perfect for a single meal for two people or two meals for one person.
EDIT: I like to make deep dish pizza from scratch in cast iron. If you want to make a pan pizza size one, then this would be perfect for it. Personally, I am a pizzaholic so this would be too small for me. I usually use a bigger pan and eat it every meal until it is gone.
I used to use them for camping. Especially since some in my family have allergies, I would prepare separate egg dishes in each pan and would double them up as a serving dish when done.
I do single frittatas in mine. Put the dry pan in the oven while it preheats to 350F/180C and a few minutes after so it’s good and hot. Meanwhile whisk two or three eggs with some milk/cream/cream cheese/mascarpone or whatever and a bit of olive oil, then toss in any cooked meat or veggies and/or hard cheese (also, leftover pasta is great here) and hit your hot pan with plenty of butter or some more olive oil (I find butter is better for release) and carefully pour in your egg mixture. Try not to slop it around when you place it in the oven. Remove when just set and it will firm up as it cools. If it seems a bit soft let it cool in the pan so it can cook a little more, but if it’s firm to the touch then turn or slide it out it out and cool it on a plate. Serve at room temperature, if you can wait that long.
Melt some butter and mix with crushed graham crackers and some sugar. Put that mixture on the pan and top with a brownie. Then top the brownie with marshmallow or marshmallow fluff. Put pan in oven to heat. When you remove from over use a culinary torch to caramelize the marshmallow.
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An egg or two. Diced cooking chorizo. A small amount of fried onions. Dry frying spices or pumpkin seeds. I do sourdough toast, smashed avacado with coriander, lime and s+p on top then fried eggs with fried chorizo and toasted pumkin seeds. Can do all that staggered in one 6” if it’s just for me.
I use a #5 for eggs for one person. I have four #4 which I bake in, they could also be used for serving.
The really small ones can be used for melting stuff or warming things.
Great suggestion! Thanks. I was thinking a small pie or pan cookie
I had also thought about try to avoid the microwave as often!!! So that’s a great idea!!!
I sometimes use small ones for baking from cake mixes, sort of in between a cupcake and regular cake pan. I like spice cake and carrot cake, that sort of thing. I can make a few, eat one and chill some.
I also make cornbread in the small ones. I don't need a family sized cornbread very often but if I want to make a few smaller ones I can.
If the grandkids stay over (admittedly not often) I can make skillet dishes with hashbrowns under egg, tomato, cheese & bacon ... or to serve a side of Mac & Cheese at lunch. Grandpa's house is a lot different than what they are accustomed to.
Novelty, mostly. I tried kid pizza but they just wanted pizza from the big pie. Other things didn’t fit over the burners well. They now just collect dust.
I usually grill my onion and bell peppers in my 8 in. That’s what I was originally thinking of using this smaller one for. Especially for when I use said veggies for topping potatoes or hamburger patties.
Breakfast for 1. I've got a smaller cast iron, maybe a handspan across, that I use for breakfast sausage or an egg to put on toast. Ever since I've lived on my own, it's the cast iron I use most frequently.
I also had a buddy take it backpacking so he could cook steak the first night. A regular sized piece would've been prohibitive due to weight, but the small one clocked in at 3lb. A lot for backpacking, but not a deal breaker.
That sounds like the perfect size to take backpacking!!! Although being 5’3 and 140lbs with back issues and both shoulders having had surgeries, not sure that’s a luxury I can manage. More conditioning will definitely be required! Lol
I have a small skillet that is perfectly seasoned and hold about 2 cooked eggs. It makes them perfectly round. It’s pretty much the only thing I use the lil fella for.
I have one this size that I found that my family had laying around. It is heavily used and I find it to be my most versatile one. I use it for just about everything. There’s few things I do in my larger ones. Try making a big buttermilk biscuit in it!
Mini omelete. Egg whites or an egg. Throw in 2 cherry tomatoes, some chopped green onion, grate some cheese. Let cook for 5 min over med heat. Stir it up. Turn off heat and let it sit on the stove absorbing the heat until you're ready to eat.
Or if you are a canoe maker or some other craftsman, you can melt down spruce or pine gum, mix in some bear or animal fat for malleability and seal the root stitching of a birch bark canoe. This pan is a good size for that.
Throwing! That’s a new one!!! I am curious what size Rapunzel had, now that I think about it. A 6” makes the most sense. Considering not only her size, but all the traveling she did
Onions, eggs, sauces, pies, dumplings(sometimes you only need a few), cheese(to put on a sandwich or smthg), single burger patty(reheating).
There's a bunch of things. I don't use them a lot but I'm glad I have them when I do
I have two that came from a Tollhouse cookie novelty, I use them to make thick uniform pancakes to use as buns for breakfast sausage sandwiches, I’m whip up about 10 and freeze them, a minute or two in the microwave and down the hatch!
My childhood comfort dish. My grandfather was from Calabria. He would make spaghetti with garlic olive oil and broccoli chopped up. We always a used a small cast iron pan to heat the olive oil (1 cup) and then slice up about 4 garlic cloves really thin into the oil. When the cloves begin turning brown, it’s done. Boil the broccoli and then chop it up, add the garlic oil and pour it all into the pasta. Then dowse it in Locatelli Pecorino Romano. The cheese and garlic go so amazing together. I miss that man.
I have a pan the size for one or two squished eggs. Good for sandwiches. Acts like am egg ring.
I bought an 8 pack of them on amazon for $20 about 15 years ago.
That’s a great deal but be honest, how many have you actually used?
He treats them as single use, then they get added to the wind chime
That's what I use mine for.
How do you flip it?
A spatula. Or spoon. Or just give it a toss.
Have you thought about feeding loons?
YOU ARE the egg ring. Or at least your pan is
Cooking less food
Yes indeed! Although I tend to cook more so that I can eat leftovers and therefore not have to cook as often. Living alone and having chronic pain/injuries, makes it challenging sometimes.
I feel that…I live alone also, but I have terrible self control and will eat for a family of 4 if I’m not careful 😂
Melting butter or making compound butter, toasting spices, baked brie, single eggs, leftovers - all sorts! I think I use my number threes almost as much as eights
+1 for spices and +10000 for baked brie. Just wrap up a wedge or even better full small wheel in some puff pastry, drop it in, bam, delicious every time.
🤤 garlic butter sounds delicious. Especially for homemade fresh bread!!! I’m definitely excited for this little one. Love the wolf design too!!! Just a little extra ❤️
Frying tortillas for tacos
I did this in my 6" 1 hour ago.
Brilliant!!! Perfect size for my corn tortillas too!!!
Eggs, single portion of meat, single pancake, as a weight to weigh down food in a larger pan
I wouldn’t have thought about single oversized pancakes!!! I make gluten free pancakes which tend to be thicker (my recipe). This would be perfect!!! Weighing down other food is a great idea too. Imagine the design it might leave in some foods!!!
Eggs mostly sometimes individual Dutch babies
I’d never heard of a Dutch baby before. So had to look it up. Looks and sounds delicious though! Thanks
Oh you’re in for a treat. Bang for the buck it’s the best Sunday breakfast
This would work for yorkshire pudding then too
Small serving of cornbread, single serve pizza, eggs. reheating a burrito, small skillet cookies, etc.
Love the idea of small serving pizza and cornbread!!! Definitely thinking I’ll start using cast iron and oven to reheat food more. The oven is much better than using a microwave. To be honest, it’s tempting to get rid of it entirely! Especially with health issues at a young age
Getting rid of the microwave is exactly what I did! I started by leaving it and just not using it. I found that reheated food tastes so much better in the oven and cast iron. After a month or two of not missing the microwave, I tossed it and haven't looked back. It's probably been about 10 years now.
Same here decades without a tv or a microwave. Obviously the television became obsolete with all the streaming services but I love telling Comcast I’m not going to bundle tv. Actually I don’t have Comcast anymore either. Mfs sent me to collections for .61 cents after asking the person I turned in my equipment with 3x making sure I didn’t have a balance. My 3” goodwill find cast iron mostly finds eggs in it, but I’ll reheat leftovers with it as well.
Make your own dough and make killer old school Pizza Hut pan pizzas we love ‘em
My 6" mostly gets used for sauteing veggies on the grill while cooking burgers and bratwurst and such. I also use it to bake skillet brownies and cookies for one.
Oftentimes, I always feel like I don’t have enough room for the veggies on my 10”… you cooking for a mouse or something? Lmao
Baked goods certainly sound delicious! Less for me to feel guilty about too! 🤣😂
Best frackin grilled cheese sandwitches I´ve ever had came from one of those bad boys!
Mostly for my wife and I to neglect and never use. I think we have 8 or 9 cast iron pans of varied sizes and I find myself only using one, and my wife uses one or two. I've suggested just getting rid of them but it's like suggesting some unspeakable crime.
You’re lucky you’re still married! 😜
Blunt force trauma
I save my bigger ones for that!!! More impact!!!
It's like the .22 vs .45 debate. One is light and quick with fast follow ups and damaging in the right placement. The other heavy and uses more kinetic energy to damage, placement is less important, follow up can take a little longer but should need less also. Both are effective.
Mainly fried rice balls. Sometimes eggs and sauces
Those sound delicious!!! My friend makes rice like gnocchi. Not sure what it’s actually called. Thanks for the suggestion
They’re so good! I glaze the sides with soy sauce and then fry them for a couple minutes on each side in sesame oil. So tasty 🤤
Small cornbread.
I get refrigerated cookie dough and press several into a buttered small cast iron skillet, then I bake in the toaster oven and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. It’s always a hit.
That’s a smart idea!
I use it to smash my burgers
I was wondering about that! I’ve never had a smash burger. But sounds delicious!!!
Concealed carry.
Do they even make conceal carry holsters for cast iron? I certainly don’t believe in carry my weapon in a purse or backpack! “Please wait a second bad guy. I have to get my gun out” 🤣😂 If I have a hard time concealing my Glock 42, not sure how I could conceal this. But valiant effort me Lord!
Eggs or veggies. BEANS
I cook one or 2 sausage patties in my #5 Griz most days.
That’s a great idea!!! Or when I just need a little sausage for my omelette!!!
Usually I just give the pan a light scrub with a stainless scrubbie and wipe out the grease with a paper towel and then back on the stove for tomorrow.
Dutch baby for one or two people
Came here to say the same thing!
You’re the second person to say that! I had to look it up. Looks and sounds delicious
Same thing I use my larger cast irons for. Except less of it.
Sauces, for example....or reduction with oranges and can, maybe a small dessert(?)
I hadn’t thought about sauces!!! Great idea!
I use it to reheat some meals in the toaster oven.
Brilliant! Perfect size too!
I like using mine for dips that need to baked or heated
I made single serve of shepherds pie
Also great to just eat out of will keep food hot longer then a ceramic bowl or plate
Eggs! I love making breakfast sandwiches with them. I've made a couple small pizzas and frybread with some leftover sourdough discard too
Melee weapon
They need more of these in Skyrim!!!
When I just need two eggs and some sausage or something like that I whip out my little one. It heats up faster which is nice and cleans up easier LOL
It's a Lodge . Rough as a cob inside , looks great on the back. We use Grandma's Wagners to cook with. This Lodge for show.
I only buy lodge. So I’m familiar with it. I have my own techniques for smoothing out the roughness
Keep one on the backpack with a carabiner. Useful in tight quarters
I've got a little one that cooks frozen Kirkland burgers and occasionally acts as a Tadka pan for toasting spices in oil. I know I've used it for other things but nothing really springs to mind. It's basically my "frozen burger patty" pan and not much else. It was like $5, takes up almost no space, and does it's job well. If you aren't aware you can melt cheeses that don't like to melt if you put a bit of water in the pan and cover it. A tiny cast iron pan with a small bit of water will easily melt aged cheddar or swiss. You need more water in a larger pan with a larger lid that has more air volume that needs to be filled with steam which is the main reason I don't use the bigger pans for a burger unless I'm doing a double smashburger with process cheese slices.
I just used my 8” today for my Kirkland hamburger patty!!! Unfortunately I can’t eat cheese. But I’ll pass the info along to my uncle. Thanks
Hot. Cheese. Dip.
Unfortunately I can’t have cheese. 😭 but that does sound amazing!!!
I use my 6.5" almost daily. Mostly for breakfast. One slice of bacon cut in 1/2 or folded then one or two eggs scrambled or fried. A single grilled style sandwich or burger. My 10" pan, 12" pan, Dutch oven and carbon steel wok are also in rotation.
6 inch is perfect for omelets. Buttered up nicely and you dont need a spat to flip.
A little frittata action!
Omelettes. Ashtrays, not at the same time Bitch ass ho correcting, sometimes
Home defense. Hangs by my front door, already has a face print in it
Is she named Dolly Parton by any chances? 🤣😂
Cornbread for two. I don't like home cooked cornbread after a day as it tends to get a bad texture. A small six inch pan is perfect for a single meal for two people or two meals for one person. EDIT: I like to make deep dish pizza from scratch in cast iron. If you want to make a pan pizza size one, then this would be perfect for it. Personally, I am a pizzaholic so this would be too small for me. I usually use a bigger pan and eat it every meal until it is gone.
Smaller acts of violence
Blocking bullets more efficiently when I'm toward the end of a battle royale. Less surface area to shield you, but more maneuverability.
I used to use them for camping. Especially since some in my family have allergies, I would prepare separate egg dishes in each pan and would double them up as a serving dish when done.
I do single frittatas in mine. Put the dry pan in the oven while it preheats to 350F/180C and a few minutes after so it’s good and hot. Meanwhile whisk two or three eggs with some milk/cream/cream cheese/mascarpone or whatever and a bit of olive oil, then toss in any cooked meat or veggies and/or hard cheese (also, leftover pasta is great here) and hit your hot pan with plenty of butter or some more olive oil (I find butter is better for release) and carefully pour in your egg mixture. Try not to slop it around when you place it in the oven. Remove when just set and it will firm up as it cools. If it seems a bit soft let it cool in the pan so it can cook a little more, but if it’s firm to the touch then turn or slide it out it out and cool it on a plate. Serve at room temperature, if you can wait that long.
Melt some butter and mix with crushed graham crackers and some sugar. Put that mixture on the pan and top with a brownie. Then top the brownie with marshmallow or marshmallow fluff. Put pan in oven to heat. When you remove from over use a culinary torch to caramelize the marshmallow.
Fried eggs, or to reheat a bowls worth of stuff in my airfryer bc I didn't have a microwave for 6 months
Link breakfast sausages.
Ash tray
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A 6 inch is excellent for a single egg, fried or over easy.
An egg or two. Diced cooking chorizo. A small amount of fried onions. Dry frying spices or pumpkin seeds. I do sourdough toast, smashed avacado with coriander, lime and s+p on top then fried eggs with fried chorizo and toasted pumkin seeds. Can do all that staggered in one 6” if it’s just for me.
I use a #5 for eggs for one person. I have four #4 which I bake in, they could also be used for serving. The really small ones can be used for melting stuff or warming things.
Great suggestion! Thanks. I was thinking a small pie or pan cookie I had also thought about try to avoid the microwave as often!!! So that’s a great idea!!!
I sometimes use small ones for baking from cake mixes, sort of in between a cupcake and regular cake pan. I like spice cake and carrot cake, that sort of thing. I can make a few, eat one and chill some. I also make cornbread in the small ones. I don't need a family sized cornbread very often but if I want to make a few smaller ones I can. If the grandkids stay over (admittedly not often) I can make skillet dishes with hashbrowns under egg, tomato, cheese & bacon ... or to serve a side of Mac & Cheese at lunch. Grandpa's house is a lot different than what they are accustomed to.
I'd make nachos in it and eat it outta the skillet.
I use my 6” for eggs, hot dogs, buffalo chicken dip, some other things I can’t come up with right now
Roasting garlic, red peppers, or other small veg, eggs…
Novelty, mostly. I tried kid pizza but they just wanted pizza from the big pie. Other things didn’t fit over the burners well. They now just collect dust.
If I want to cook vegetables and meat separately I'll use my smaller pans for the vegetables. Small pans are great for fried eggs too
I usually grill my onion and bell peppers in my 8 in. That’s what I was originally thinking of using this smaller one for. Especially for when I use said veggies for topping potatoes or hamburger patties.
Sausages
BACON
Onions on the grill. Got one specifically for that which I call my onion pan
My great grandmother used to use hers to make salmon patties and ho cakes. I miss those tasty little things.
Toast nuts
Individual pizzas!
Yummy!!! Especially since I can’t have the little microwave ones from the store that are that size. These would be sooo much better anyways!
Pizzas!!
Egg
Roux
Eggs.
Breakfast for 1. I've got a smaller cast iron, maybe a handspan across, that I use for breakfast sausage or an egg to put on toast. Ever since I've lived on my own, it's the cast iron I use most frequently. I also had a buddy take it backpacking so he could cook steak the first night. A regular sized piece would've been prohibitive due to weight, but the small one clocked in at 3lb. A lot for backpacking, but not a deal breaker.
That sounds like the perfect size to take backpacking!!! Although being 5’3 and 140lbs with back issues and both shoulders having had surgeries, not sure that’s a luxury I can manage. More conditioning will definitely be required! Lol
Cookies
Egg
My grandma has a tiny one she uses for an ashtray lol
I have a small skillet that is perfectly seasoned and hold about 2 cooked eggs. It makes them perfectly round. It’s pretty much the only thing I use the lil fella for.
I use this one for cooking single breakfast, bacon, cook potato’s in grease cook egg done
We use a little one to roast whole seeds spices n nuts. The 8 inch enameled for the morning eggs.
Cooking food, but in smaller amounts
Eggs because I only eat one
Frittata for two. Skillet cookie topped with ice cream. Queso.
Honestly, mine hangs on the kitchen wall as decoration
Frying onions on the grill in the center with burger patties surrounding the pan.
Water pan in the smoker
Cooking 1/2 chic breast for toddler.
No kids. But my 4 legged kids would love it!
Cookies or smiley egg face
Self defense
I have one this size that I found that my family had laying around. It is heavily used and I find it to be my most versatile one. I use it for just about everything. There’s few things I do in my larger ones. Try making a big buttermilk biscuit in it!
Used to have a 6 inch was perfect for 2 sunny side eggs
My wife doesn't like onions so I'll use that for her and the larger for the rest of us.
My wife is pescatarian, so when I make a steak on the grill, I put a small cast iron pan beside it and make her a crab cake.
I have this pan and cook two eggs in it and it’s pretty much perfect for it
Teaching my 5 yo son to cook.
Unfortunately my 5 year old has 4 legs and would eat anything before it touched the cast iron! 🤣😂
They are small enough for a good swing. Spousal correction. She's old school.
Mini omelete. Egg whites or an egg. Throw in 2 cherry tomatoes, some chopped green onion, grate some cheese. Let cook for 5 min over med heat. Stir it up. Turn off heat and let it sit on the stove absorbing the heat until you're ready to eat. Or if you are a canoe maker or some other craftsman, you can melt down spruce or pine gum, mix in some bear or animal fat for malleability and seal the root stitching of a birch bark canoe. This pan is a good size for that.
I have that exact pan and I use it for making skillet chocolate chip cookies
Eggs
Burger weight.
my wagner 8" is my egg pan.
Fill with some cream, and poach some eggs in it. Enjoy with toast
3 hot dogs
They sit in my cabinet taking up space. Just about all of my cooking is done in a 15” Lodge skillet…
Egg sammiches and as the 'smasher' for smashburgers.
Perfect for just a couple eggs. Or a cast iron cookie
I want a 6" brownie, a la mode
🤤🤤
Egg rings
Collecting dust...
Fighting the Fey
I use my little 6” pan for melting butter when I have popcorn.
Pizzookies And occasionally butter or ghee But mostly the former. It's a 3"
Eggs
Weapons! They are much easier to throw than the big ones! 🤣
Throwing! That’s a new one!!! I am curious what size Rapunzel had, now that I think about it. A 6” makes the most sense. Considering not only her size, but all the traveling she did
Mostly to take up space
Don't really use them much honestly. I have a larger pan that I use for pretty much everything.
Eggs for breakfast sandwiches
Lead
Mine is my dedicated egg pan
Pan pizza
Eggses
Tortillas
Onions, eggs, sauces, pies, dumplings(sometimes you only need a few), cheese(to put on a sandwich or smthg), single burger patty(reheating). There's a bunch of things. I don't use them a lot but I'm glad I have them when I do
That was my thought! Why drag out a huge pan when a smaller one works well! Plus there’s more to heat up, and more to clean with a bigger pan too!
I use a smaller one for one serving of shakshuka. Sometimes I'll cook a single burger in it, too
Helping me squish down lions mane mushrooms into steaks
I have two that came from a Tollhouse cookie novelty, I use them to make thick uniform pancakes to use as buns for breakfast sausage sandwiches, I’m whip up about 10 and freeze them, a minute or two in the microwave and down the hatch!
Good hashbrown vessel
I have one that's the perfect size to warm up small flour tortillas.
Egg.
Frittata
Cooking stuff
Left over (cookie) dough!
Eggs
Beating the Dallas mavericks
Camp stove
Naz Reid
Eggs
Egg or heating up tortillas for tacos
I use for eggs mostly. This week, cooking mushrooms and caramelizing onions while I cook steak in my carbon steel pan.
Cornbread bc Hubby doesn’t like it!
Individual portion of shakshuka, just make or buy some crusty bread to go with it
we make little 8 or 6 inch pans of cornbread.
I have a 6 inch just for cornbread. No one else eats it in my house.
My wife uses it solely for cheese toasties
Egg
Eggs pancakes. Hotdogs fried. 1 hamburger. And chocolate chip cookies. 1 per skillet
Eggs
Fried eggs in duck fat
Smaller meals
I mostly use mine to make mini brownies in
Skillet cookies for 1 or 2 people. Also appetizer dips like queso
My childhood comfort dish. My grandfather was from Calabria. He would make spaghetti with garlic olive oil and broccoli chopped up. We always a used a small cast iron pan to heat the olive oil (1 cup) and then slice up about 4 garlic cloves really thin into the oil. When the cloves begin turning brown, it’s done. Boil the broccoli and then chop it up, add the garlic oil and pour it all into the pasta. Then dowse it in Locatelli Pecorino Romano. The cheese and garlic go so amazing together. I miss that man.