September 2019 30 Day Rule/Focus Pix & Discussion

That sounds fantastic.
These are the times I really miss them all.
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Cast iron skillets are great, i don't own any but i have used a few of them.
I'm just too lazy with maintenance, so i'll stick with stainless at home.

 

Thank you Andrew. This month has been rough. Almost like a month of only Mondays.


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I love the tone of your photos. They have almost a vintage print vibe


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Thank you Blair.


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I have one size down and it takes a little over 4 cups as marked on our carafe.


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Great looking shave and photo Rick.


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Ditto. Antiquated? Nah....
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Thanks Clint! I just removed the color and added a little bit of contrast.

 

It's Piacenza enabling day.... Great report and shave Rick.

Looks like a great plan. Safe travels as well!

There are so many like minded 30Dc'rs. We have 4x the number of iron skillets/pots/dutch ovens (even a wok) in our house than teflon coated throw away junk. 3 are passed down from my Mom and also my Grandmother.

 

Wow Daniel, I like them because of the easy maintenance.

1. Never use soap on them.
2. Never cook acidity foods like tomatoes in them.
To clean them just rince it under hot water when they're still hot wash with a rag. Dry them, put it on the stove to heat them up, coat with oil.
done
If it's cured right it's non stick, so never any scrubbing.
To crue them, this is the only time you use soap on them. Wash em up dry them coat lightly with a high heat oil like peanut oil. Turn on your outside grill to high, cook them upside down in it for about an hour, cool, done.
If you take care of them you only cure them once in a lifetime.
That's how I was taught to do it anyway.
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@clint64 This is an actual film photo from a few years ago. And as i wanted to try something weird, i threw the undeveloped film in the dishwasher. The heat and the detergent damaged the film, and this is the result.

 

I like the fountain pen as well!

 

I had a Lodge skillet and didn't use soap, avoided acidic foods as well. I just don't have access to a grill and didn't like to use the oven, so i gave it away to a family member. Stainless is a better match for me, but by no means i'm saying that there is anything wrong with cast iron. Or carbon steel.

 

As with shaving...
It's your meal, cook it the way you want.

I have way to much cooking stuff, according to my wife. But she uses it all, hmmmm.
I have lots a cast iron, a few steel pans, stainless pots, I even have titanium pots and pans for when I go hiking.
There is a time and place for all of them.
I don't have any nonstick ceramic or teflon. Never was impressed with the way they cooked things up.
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Thought you might!

Looks like some fun in a traditional darkroom. Neat. Haven't done that since the late 90s.

 

Exactly. I have something a bit less modern for camping.. Czechoslovakian mess kit from 1957

I have one ceramic pan which is completely useless and one teflon. Doesn't beat the stainless one in anything, and i have to be more careful with it. Well, it was cheaper but that's it really.

 

It can be a lot of fun. Right now i don't have access to one, but i've been thinking about taking some pictures with my old Ansco B2 Cadet (6x9 negative size) and doing contact prints at home. Not sure if i have the chance to do it really, but it could be fun.

 

The mess kit is great. I started out with stainless for trekking, well, it was adding to much weight as I got older. So I went aluminum, it was light but hard to keep clean and does funky things to some foods. I bought a titanium pot, well ok now we're cooking, no funk, easy cleaning, then I bought more.
Well....
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Yes!!!