Cast Iron Beckerheads, Sound Off!

protourist said:
I didn't take many pics, I was too busy enjoying home. That said, didn't anyone use their cast iron for Thanksgiving?
By the way, those portobellos were better than most meat I've eaten. I could live on grilled portobellos.
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My lady hates mushrooms, but she will eat those. And that picture looks especially delicious.
 
protourist said:
I didn't take many pics, I was too busy enjoying home. That said, didn't anyone use their cast iron for Thanksgiving?
By the way, those portobellos were better than most meat I've eaten. I could live on grilled portobellos.
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Spent Thanksgiving with my wife's family up in Denver, so I needed to cook some turkey, etc, so we'd have leftovers here at home. I used one of my cast iron skillets that I've had since forever ('70's or 80's, I don't exactly remember) to make some of the biscuits from the Duck Dynasty cookbook by Miss Kay. Everyone loved them! Second Thanksgiving is a great idea...



If you don't have the cookbook, a link to a story with the recipe is here:
http://www.parade.com/57017/parade/duck-dynasty-matriarch-miss-kays-famous-biscuits/

Who would have thought to use sour cream and 7-Up as the liquid for making biscuits?
(BK5 next to the skillet)
 
GSO1962 said:
Spent Thanksgiving with my wife's family up in Denver, so I needed to cook some turkey, etc, so we'd have leftovers here at home. I used one of my cast iron skillets that I've had since forever ('70's or 80's, I don't exactly remember) to make some of the biscuits from the Duck Dynasty cookbook by Miss Kay. Everyone loved them! Second Thanksgiving is a great idea...



If you don't have the cookbook, a link to a story with the recipe is here:
http://www.parade.com/57017/parade/duck-dynasty-matriarch-miss-kays-famous-biscuits/

Who would have thought to use sour cream and 7-Up as the liquid for making biscuits?
(BK5 next to the skillet)
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orange juice and/or ginger ale works well for waffles.
 
1066vik said:
orange juice and/or ginger ale works well for waffles.
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Reminds me of a recipe I found for "mini-orange maple french toast breakfast casseroles". Basically 1" bread cubes soaked in a mixture of mascarpone, milk, eggs, orange juice and pancake syrup. I use real maple syrup (I didn't know you needed to refrigerate it after you open the bottle....doh!) and add a little (or a lot) crumbled bacon or pork sausage to give a little savory to go with the sweet. I have always done them in ramekins and dusted with powdered sugar, but since this is the cast iron thread, I'm now thinking I need to try to make a jumbo version in a dutch oven.

http://www.incredibleegg.org/recipes/recipe/mini-orange-maple-french-toast-breakfast-casseroles
 
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GSO1962 said:
Reminds me of a recipe I found for "mini-orange maple french toast breakfast casseroles". Basically 1" bread cubes soaked in a mixture of mascarpone, milk, eggs, orange juice and pancake syrup. I use real maple syrup (I didn't know you needed to refrigerate it after you open the bottle....doh!) and add a little (or a lot) crumbled bacon or port sausage to give a little savory to go with the sweet. I have always done them in ramekins and dusted with powdered sugar, but since this is the cast iron thread, I'm now thinking I need to try to make a jumbo version in a dutch oven.

http://www.incredibleegg.org/recipes/recipe/mini-orange-maple-french-toast-breakfast-casseroles
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Um.......YUMMY!!!
 
protourist said:
I didn't take many pics, I was too busy enjoying home. That said, didn't anyone use their cast iron for Thanksgiving?
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I did the yams in my mother-in-law's ancient Lodge skillet. A little butter (okay 1/4C) and some cinnamon, nutmeg and "poultry seasoning" since she didn't have any sage in the house. Browned 'em up nice. They were fantastic. I'm sorry I can't stand by those abominations with all the sugar, marshmallows, candied nuts, etc. Not that they aren't tasty, but they taste like dessert to me, and ruin the savory flavor of a good bird.

I too was too busy enjoying family and food (and wine) to take any pics.
 
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Finishing up the steak and beans for what turned out to be some of the most awesome tacos ever!! I was too busy making a pig out of myself to get pics of the finished product.
 
I am in NW San Antonio.. used to drive to Boerne lake a couple times a week to swim, but haven't been out in a few years now.
 
GSO,

Nice job on the Biscuits,

Duck Dynasty Cook Book, i have to get out more.

I guess it beats Honey Boo Boo the movie,
 
Any one ever wish for a Becker Cast Iron skillet made from 440C stainless, S30V, A2, ATS34, D2, or CPM3V? ;)

Sorry, I just had to go there. :)
 
Well, after Thanksgiving I had some leftovers that I needed to do something with, so I attempted a turkey pot pie in the dutch oven.

Leftover bits of turkey, gravy, and chunks of mashed potatoes went in the 10 inch dutch oven along with a can of corn and a can of peas. Also, some fresh ground black pepper on the top of course.

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I put it on the coals to heat while the wife made up some biscuit dough. I don't waste time with cutting out round biscuits and rerolling the dough. I just cut the dough into squares with a knife. Onto the top went the biscuits.

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Add some fresh coals to the lid.

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And let it cook

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until the biscuits are done.

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I think I have to say the Thanksgiving leftovers were better than the Thanksgiving meal itself.
 
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