Random thoughts on cooking and cooking utensils

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

Sprintcyclist wrote:

Calypso Jones wrote:Thyme is not me favorite herb.    It tastes like ....mold.  to me.  

hahahah, thyme is my favourite scent in the world.
Have started to grow some.

Rosemary is the ticket. It's the scent of the gods.
I planted a small one from walmart 4 years ago right outside my front door  when I moved here.  With Little to no care , it's huge. Falls over and continues to spread.

I use both thyme and rosemary a lot in cooking, I make fresh baked beans with a good sprig of fresh thyme. onions , bacon, garlic, tomato puree and a can of cannellini beans. and a cup of good chicken stock, It is very good

Cajuns have been cooking with wooden utensils since the beginning of time!

The reasoning behind it is because cast iron pots were the preferred method of cooking.


Cast iron pots are the best in the world for cooking if they are seasoned right and maintain the seasoning . The first true non-stick, cookware!

Seasoning is done with several layers of baked on oil or just a lot of frying. Lol.

Any kind of oil or fat or lard can be used as long as it doesn't contain salt. Bacon grease is not good.

Wooden utensils or plastic today are a must. Just like non stick pots. Except, if you scratch the oil off of a cast pot you can always reseason it and don't eat Teflon.

Here's one I cleaned up about 2 years back . It wasn't very rusty, but it took a lot of work to get it like you see it here.

It's a 2 burner, Lodge Duck pot with a dual purpose lid that doubles as a grill.
I'm not even sure if I have pics anymore.

vege57 wrote:

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

Sprintcyclist wrote:

Calypso Jones wrote:Thyme is not me favorite herb.    It tastes like ....mold.  to me.  

hahahah, thyme is my favourite scent in the world.
Have started to grow some.

Rosemary is the ticket. It's the scent of the gods.
I planted a small one from walmart 4 years ago right outside my front door  when I moved here.  With Little to no care , it's huge. Falls over and continues to spread.

I use both thyme and rosemary a lot in cooking, I make fresh baked beans with a good sprig of fresh thyme. onions , bacon, garlic, tomato puree and a can of cannellini beans. and a cup of good chicken stock, It is very good

I'm holding back on my cannellini beans( navy) till 10pm . Then I'm going to eat and sleep .
The amount of both garlic and onion I use could kill a non Cajun!

I kinda lost my direction and I'm really not in the mood to type long posts. Lol
I'm tired and hungry!

But getting back to using wooden utinsils.

I've been pretty satisfied with most of the bamboo products I've purchased over the years.

From spoons to cutting boards.

But... I bought a really thick and well designed board from wally. It was $25! Tri-layered and reinforced on all corners.
It was worth it. But ill prolly never use it cause I have a couple more.

But I bought a 5 set of bamboo spoons also and I thought was ridiculously priced at $6.
Used to buy dat fa $1.97

The first wooden spoon was a stick Lol.

Red Lily wrote:The first wooden spoon was a stick Lol.

A fat, flat stick. Lol

I'm going to make a special effort to 1. Never by spatulas that are put together as opposed to being in ONE solid piece and 2. get rid of any that are made with 'parts' regularly.

Calypso Jones wrote:I'm going to make a special effort to 1.  Never by spatulas that are put together as opposed to being in ONE solid piece and 2.  get rid of any that are made with 'parts' regularly.

And never buy a plastic spatula. I have one of those.

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

Calypso Jones wrote:I'm going to make a special effort to 1.  Never by spatulas that are put together as opposed to being in ONE solid piece and 2.  get rid of any that are made with 'parts' regularly.

And never buy a plastic spatula. I have one of those.

Plastic spatulas are inflexible and absolute garbage.

Show me what y'all use. Brand or style. Whatever.