Article: Heavy metal: Cast iron brings history home.

Byline: Karma Metzler Fitzgerald

Jan. 17--FILER -- There's nothing like an egg fried in a cast-iron skillet. Crispy around the edges. A soft white. Flavored with just a hint of bacon. Prepared just the way Grandma used to make them in the heavy, black frying pan that sat perpetually on the stove. That old skillet is probably around somewhere. Maybe tucked out in the garage, filled with rusty nails. Cast iron cooks would tell you to dig that thing out and get ready to enjoy food prepared the old-fashioned way. "Live a little healthier," said Colleen Sloan, a Dutch oven and cast-iron cooking expert based in Sandy, Utah. "I'm 67 years old and take no ...

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