Mercola's Cast Iron Cookware 
nspeth
17 y
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Has anyone ordered the enameled cast iron cookware that Dr. Mercola recommends? I've been considering it for a while and they just got another shipment but wanted to ask first. I sort of feel like well this eventually is going to turn out to be toxic too just like everything else. What do you all think? Thanks!!
Nicole
Here is the link:
http://products2.mercola.com/cookware/special/cookware-special-3.htm
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- Re: Mercola's Cast Iron Cookware Zoebess
17 y
5,862
MoreThis is a reply to # 987,821Cast Iron has been around for a long time
and the only squeaks I hear is that you may
get too much iron from it but the enamel stuff
which has a glass coating should not be an
issue. I use cast iron a lot. Here is a good
company where you can compare prices.
http://www.katom.com/SMWCZI.html
You might also check ebay for enamel cast iron.
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=enamel+...
best wishes,
Zoe
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- Re: Mercola's Cast Iron Cookware hanna
17 y
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This is a reply to # 1,003,051It is not easy anymore even to buy cookware. I use waterless cookware 9 layer stainless steel. I think I got it at
http://www.100cookwares.com
Andreas Moritz suggested that and he uses it.
About a year ago I looked into Mercola's cookware, though I only needed a frying pan, but at that time it was at least $30 cheaper. Then I checked all the catelogs for the brands he uses as comparison and it was such a big difference that I did not know what to do.
So never bought it and now take my pans from home to our winterhome in Florida.
Zoebess thanks for the links I might still just buy a frying pan, since I need a small for my home and a 2nd one for my other place.
My husband bought a frying pan with teflon :), so I have been frying instead in my waterless pans.Advertisement
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- Re: Mercola's Cast Iron Cookware Zoebess
17 y
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This is a reply to # 1,004,588Hi Hanna,
Maybe with a nice seasoned cast iron pan, your husband
could ditch the teflon one??
http://www.ecomall.com/greenshopping/teflon4.htm
blessings,
Zoe
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- Re: Mercola's Cast Iron Cookware Zoebess
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- Zoebess hanna
17 y
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This is a reply to # 1,003,051I noticed some cookware is pre-seasoned. What does that mean, my intuition is just to get the other kind.
The other problem is where are they made, Mercola said originally he had to send a batch back because there were some wrong chemicals in it and he had to find another company to make it.
It is a jungle out there....- Cooking surfaces hanna
17 y
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This is a reply to # 1,004,596I have been looking for a small 9ply stainless steel frying pan, could not find it.
Even some of the waterless stuff sometimes now is cheaper because not made of the surgical stainless steel.
I did find an article about cooking surfaces, decided just to link it here in case anyone is interested..
http://www.school-for-champions.com/health/cooking_surfaces.htm
- Hanna :).. Ladylove
17 y
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Hi Hanna :),
I like Lodge cast iron. Here's their link:
http://www.lodgemfg.com/
My favorite pan is a cast-iron wok (Not lodge, though)
Heavy but wonderful stuff.
I have bought pre-seasoned pieces; Doesn't matter- I still scrub 'em out with steel wool, soap and water, then coat 'em with oil (I use my Extra-Virgin Olive-Oil , same as I use for cooking), and place them upside down in a flat pan in the middle of the oven on 225-250F for 2.5 hours to season.
Whatever size pan you get if its over 6" or so in diameter, take my advice:
Make sure it has a 'Helper Handle' on the opposite side of the pan from the long grip handle.
A cast iron pan is heavy enough empty, without having to one-handle it off of the stove while full :).
Baked-on enamel covering cast iron is also great, one brand name is 'Le Creuset' :). IMO each is equally easy to use and keep clean. I don't know anything about Mercola's brand. Lodge is an old traditional cast iron standby in the US.
I find cast iron easy to use and take care of and I prefer it to my Revere Stainless Steel, except for the Revere stock pot :).
The Cracker Barrel chain of restaurants also has a line of cast iron cookware which one of my sisters loves, and which they sell in the stores appended to their restaurants.. Theirs are pricier though, and I personally don't care whether all my pans say "Cracker Barrel" on the bottom :).
Good Health to All of Us,
Ladylove :)- cast iron coating? AHarleyGyrl
17 y
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This is a reply to # 1,004,754
i was in wal*mart last night and i saw lodge cast iron. so, i looked at it. on one of the pans, there was a bubble in the surface. so, i scraped it off and saw metal pan underneath. it looked like a black plastic coating of some sort. it coated the whole pan. is this normal? is it necessary? is it on all cast iron pans. my friend used to have some and although it's been years ago, i don't remember that coating.
- Re: Hanna :).. Thank you. hanna
17 y
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This is a reply to # 1,004,754That is a big help. As you may be can tell I am not a cook, the only thing I fry most lunch time is a hamburger or the other day I had some liver. I ususally cook with coconutoil.
All your information was helpful. - Re: Hanna :).. Zoebess
17 y
5,687
This is a reply to # 1,004,754Lodge has put out a pro-Logic line which has two
handles on the bigger frying pans which does
help if you have to move them. It is their
updated version of their older, wonderful,
frying pans and are pre-seasoned at the factory
which bakes on an oil patina. They do not
recommend washing in soap as it will take off
the pre-seasoning, I will boil hot water in
mine to loosen any cooked on food and scrub
it up under steaming water.
I also bought their wok and got it at a great
price from this company~~
http://www.katom.com/SMWCZ2.html
Somewhere in my research, it was also recommended
to use coconut oil for seasoning. I used to always
use olive and now, I will always use coconut since
it does make a difference, and the coconut oil
does not go rancid.
I love the sound of a pre-heated frying pan or
wok when you toss some food in and its sizzles...ggg.
blessings,
Zoe
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- Re: Zoebess Zoebess
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This is a reply to # 1,004,596The pre-seasoned are soaked in oil and
baked in the factory just as you would
season and bake an un-seasoned one at
home, but at temperatures which make a
good seal on it.
I always clean my cast iron with a
designated scrub brush, hot water (only)
or ground salt, and then re-oil it
with coconut oil as it does not get
sticky like other oils. So, over time
the pans have become even MORE seasoned.
Blessings,
Zoe
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