Playing with Mixteca unglazed clay bean pot from Rancho Gordo. Materials say do not need to season. Other sources advise seasoning. I did not season, having great luck with beans. But, what are your experiences and collective wisdom?
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I have let my cooks season my pots, I have several. I do soak them and the lids in water for about 1/2 hour before each use. I'm not abnsolutely sure it makes food taste better. But serving it out of a clay pot makes me feel it does. -
Just when you thought there wasnt a whole new category of toys out there to drive MCS…Comment
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I find interesting that one outfit says they use fine clay, which does not to be seasoned. Maybe America's Test Kitchen has weighed in on this. Need to look.Comment
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I have several clay tagines. The supplier recommended seasoning them before first use, saying that it makes the clay stronger. Their seasoning instructions are: soak in cold water then let air dry. Using olive oil brush all exposed surfaces - inside and out. Place in oven and gradually heat up to 300o for two hours.
Last edited by 58limited; June 5, 2023, 05:20 PM.Comment
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I don't have an unglazed clay pot for cooking beans, so I can't really weigh in on whether or not to it needs to be seasoned. Seems like it wouldn't hurt either way to season it, but that's just my guess.
Since you've already used it, yakima , let us know how you like it and whether you would recommend it to us unglazed-potless wonders. I'm always down for a new cooking toy.
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fzxdoc. I really like the pot. It is striking, the process is interesting. Is it better than other methods? I have no idea. Have not done a side by side comparison. We have a gas cooktop on which the pot works well.
Am resisting the temptation to riff re cooking beans on gas.
If you have gas, and space for the pot, go for it.
PhilComment
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And here I felt all rustic using my Lodge cast iron dutch oven to cook beans... dang. Now you got me looking at clay pots!
Whew! I just checked Rancho Gordo and they are all sold out of those clay bean pots, so MCS crisis averted!Comment
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yakima my wife would kill me if I brought a special purpose bean pot into her kitchen for her to have to store... so I will likely keep on using my dutch oven...
It looks to have a pretty small diameter rounded bottom. Does it stand up ok on its own on the kitchen counter?
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I can't get into the instant pot. Too modern. Amazed that a pit barrel cooker queen would confess to such use.
I use a good thermometer, but can't get into bluetooth, wifi, etc. for grills. My time on this deck is more meditative than productive. And I am not answering the other thread re number of grills. Like answering questions about how many cows you have. My father, now gone, answered the cow question: I have enough cows for the grass.
so, how much
grass? Enough for the cows.
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I like the idea of introducing a newcomer to the kitchen inventory by putting roses in it for a while, yakima . To my eye, there's something quite satisfying about the look of Rancho Gordo's Mixteca bean pot.
It looks like a little buddy in this Rancho Gordo photo:
Thanks for the additional information about how you cook with it on the gas cooktop.
Loved your Dad's line about how many cows he had.
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Making MH's red beans and rice today, with Santa Maria Pinquito beans. Throwing in some remains of a suckling pig from last summer, done on a rotisserie over a Breeo smokeless fire pit. (That was a production!)
One positive outcome of this thread, hopefully, is that I will learn how to get a photo from phone to laptop to this forum. Am hopeful that son in law can beat it into my head tonite.
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Tada!Attached FilesComment
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