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Examples of Cast Iron Kitchenware (Besides Frying Pans)

Scandinavian foundry Skeppshult is into heavy metal

By Rain Noe - November 3, 2020

in Food | Object Culture

To a person with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To Scandinavian foundry Skeppshult, everything in the kitchen--not just frying pans--looks like something they can make out of their cast iron.

For instance, look at this spice mill with a walnut handle.

There is a lot of iron in this thing; it's probably so heavy you could use it as a self-defense weapon.

Salt & pepper shakers:

Salt cellar and pepper grinder:

Mortar and pestle:

Meat tenderizer:

Nutcracker, and it's all cast iron except the leather cord--the body is actually cast iron colored to look like walnut. I confess that I have no idea how you're meant to use this:

They also make, of course, at least a dozen varieties of cast iron pans. You can check out their selection here.

Fun fact: Skeppshult has been in business since 1906, and while they use old-school casting methods, all of the electricity they use in production comes from wind power and hydropower.

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Anders H

4 years ago

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Another fun fact is that Skeppshult is probably the most common bicycle brand in their home country Sweden. No frills, solid bikes https://www.skeppshult.se/sv/

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Christian Almér

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The nutcracker body is actual walnut, you put a nut into it and drop the cast iron weight onto it to crack it.

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  It's strange that the website linked in the article seems to say it is walnut coloured cast iron... I can't find anything else about it...
  But awesome way to crack the nut, just drop a big weight on it. And they also say to shake it for a while to get the result you want. :)
  It kind of reminds me of birds droping the nuts from heights in order to crack them. :)
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