Sorry your roommates are having so many visitors, seems really unfair especially since they didn't ask or tell you ahead of time.More on the cast iron collection, I still have my Granny's big outdoor cast iron kettle and her dutch oven. Also skillets that belonged to an old BF's father. All these pieces are well over a 100 years old. My Granny grew up cooking with cast iron in a fireplace & later on a wood cook stove. I don't use the dutch oven any longer as it is just too heavy. My favorite piece is a small skillet that has a lid and it fits in my toaster oven. It is just right for cooking small meals and corn bread.
When we were little my grandparents would take us to a cave that was partially open at the top, at Giant City Park. She would cook fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy over a fire from wood we gathered yummm!!! PaPa would hear a bird and would imitate its call so perfectly the bird would come closer. I so wanted to learn to whistle the way he did and practiced for weeks unsuccessfully.
