Enamel Cast Iron
Lodge Color Enamel Cast-Iron 6-Quart Dutch Oven, Caribbean Blue
Heuck 33062 Porcelain Enamel Cast Iron 3 Piece Skillet Set, Red
This material, enamel cast iron, has been used for cookware and large pots for around 200 years. Currently, it is still sold in this market, but it slowly being taken over by modern alloys, but I still think that this type of material is the best one for cooking a really tasty meal. But what is enamel cast iron?
Well, it is obviously a cast iron pot or other type of cookware that is coated with a fine layer of vitreous enamel. This enamel ensures that your pot will stay clean all the time and that your food will not stick to it. This coating also prevents rusting, which the cast iron pots without this coating are famous for. I’m sure that you wouldn’t eat out of a rusted bowl, so it is a way to keep you healthy and to make sure that your mashed potatoes really taste like potatoes. Other than that, I can tell you that the first enamel cast iron was used in France, around 350 years ago. Today, this material is used for Dutch ovens mostly, but as I said earlier, you can still find new enamel cast iron cookware.
One aspect of the enamel cast iron material is that you can really get some nice, vibrant colors, if you use pigments in the mix. This is why it is still being used today, because you can really get some nice artwork on the side of these items. This is something that you can’t achieve with alloy cookware, which is currently flooding the market.
In the end, enamel cast iron will slowly be lost as a material for our cookware, but the traditional restaurants will probably keep using it, because of the classic feel these items provide with. In any case, if you find enamel cast iron you need to know that it is better to use it for cooking.
Lodge Color Enamel Cast-Iron 6-Quart Dutch Oven, Caribbean Blue
Heuck 33062 Porcelain Enamel Cast Iron 3 Piece Skillet Set, Red