tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24863457.post7776424701822946062..comments2024-03-23T14:17:37.033-04:00Comments on Hammered Out Bits: Medieval Cast Iron?the Wareham Forgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584324650436543045noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24863457.post-63452733687098647692018-09-18T00:17:47.542-04:002018-09-18T00:17:47.542-04:00I agree with most of the facts on this article but...I agree with most of the facts on this article but to make a blanket statement that is accepted as fact cannot be done there are to many things that cause me to question. There were different levels of skill and different ways of pouring the metal at different times from the 1500s to the 1700s even into the 1800s. I have a cast iron griddle that weighs 33 lbs and is 16" in diameter with 5 inch legs that could have been poured in the late 1500s to the early 1600s we will never really know because they did not put a date on it. Where it was found indicates that it is very old, and the quality indicates a crude way of pouring cast iron. It is smooth and usable but primitiveAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12865027182059152872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24863457.post-28659272110470364002016-07-27T19:58:55.836-04:002016-07-27T19:58:55.836-04:00Great info! I've been trying hard to find ref...Great info! I've been trying hard to find references to medieval cast iron pots and pans and just can't do it. I've been told by some folks "in the know" that of course they had cast iron pots 'n' pans. Still, I can't find any reference to it. I've poured through old inventories, old cook books, old kitchen manuals, and can find no reference to cast iron cookware. I did find one reference to an early attempt at a cast iron cauldron in mid 1400s. Because of the brittle nature of the cast iron of the day, the cauldron walls had to be so thick that the project was considered unsuccessful.Brian Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02635722637957168813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24863457.post-19986904479088487952008-10-24T11:06:00.000-04:002008-10-24T11:06:00.000-04:00Wonder if I should be pounding out medieval dutch ...Wonder if I should be pounding out medieval dutch ovens........STAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198646624631167489noreply@blogger.com