I love my cast iron, too! I have several (most were hand me downs from my MIL, who has several pieces still. You have to remember, her parents came to New Mexico in a covered wagon and homesteaded. MIL is just 61, but used an outhouse til she went off to college. She says the Sears Roebuck catalog made the best toilet paper. LOL!), but my favorites are my 7 qt dutch oven (I saw Paula Deen always using one and I HAD to have it), and the ones I have for cornbread and makes it into 6 little "ears" of corn. So cool!

And since we are talking about it, my two favorite recipes for my dutch oven are these:

Botchulism--a combo of potatoes, onions, cheese and many eggs. Depends on the size of group as to the amounts. You can add whatever you want in it, too. Some sausage, green chili, beans, bacon, whatever. Really good served in a tortilla, my hubby likes to just pour salsa over it.

Trash--start with potatoes and onions, add some polish sausage all cut up into bite sized bits, some squash, okra. Again, add whatever you want to make you happy. Yummy!!

We are going camping this weekend, I'll be fixing both at least once.