Comments on: How To Toast Pecans http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/ A Guide to Cooking with Real Food the Way Your Grandma Used to Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:13:00 -0400 hourly 1 By: Tavie Allan http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/comment-page-1/#comment-26688 Tavie Allan Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:08:35 +0000 http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/#comment-26688 This was an amazingly helpful, thorough, and easy to follow article. I just needed to know something simple - how to toast pecans for my spinach salad tonight - and you did it perfectly! Thanks! This was an amazingly helpful, thorough, and easy to follow article. I just needed to know something simple – how to toast pecans for my spinach salad tonight – and you did it perfectly! Thanks!

]]> By: Drew http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/comment-page-1/#comment-26050 Drew Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:00:26 +0000 http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/#comment-26050 You're absolutely right about warping the pan. Though my father-in-law did it on a 1960s vintage electric coil top. So that's not unique to glass flat tops, it's about cheap, thin pans. You're absolutely right about warping the pan. Though my father-in-law did it on a 1960s vintage electric coil top. So that's not unique to glass flat tops, it's about cheap, thin pans.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/comment-page-1/#comment-26049 Anonymous Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:37:49 +0000 http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/#comment-26049 Regarding the non-stick pan, don't heat with nothing in it and never overheat even with food. The main concern for me (not old-time toxic fume issue) is that with a glass-flat cooktop, overheating warps the bottoms of the pan and then they will not lie flat on the glass. Completely ruins the pot's or pan's cooking ability and then they need to be replaced. Regarding the non-stick pan, don't heat with nothing in it and never overheat even with food. The main concern for me (not old-time toxic fume issue) is that with a glass-flat cooktop, overheating warps the bottoms of the pan and then they will not lie flat on the glass. Completely ruins the pot's or pan's cooking ability and then they need to be replaced.

]]> By: Topaz http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/comment-page-1/#comment-25983 Topaz Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:23:36 +0000 http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/#comment-25983 Hey Drew - the cast iron pan I use is small, just barely covers the small burner on my electric stove top. It still is heavy, so I don't pick it up and actually toss the pecans, just stir them well. LOL Hey Drew – the cast iron pan I use is small, just barely covers the small burner on my electric stove top. It still is heavy, so I don't pick it up and actually toss the pecans, just stir them well. LOL

]]> By: Drew http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/comment-page-1/#comment-25980 Drew Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:55:34 +0000 http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/#comment-25980 Topaz and arthurina, you either have smaller pans than I do, or stronger wrists. Trying to toss nuts with any kind of control in my 10-inch cast iron would be a real workout. Topaz and arthurina, you either have smaller pans than I do, or stronger wrists. Trying to toss nuts with any kind of control in my 10-inch cast iron would be a real workout.

]]> By: arthurina http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/comment-page-1/#comment-25976 arthurina Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:42:59 +0000 http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/#comment-25976 I use an iron skillet for 90% of my cooking. I started doing this when Imoved into my turn of the century home..seemed appropriate. the pecans were the toastiest for my struedal topping. Thank you! I use an iron skillet for 90% of my cooking. I started doing this when Imoved into my turn of the century home..seemed appropriate. the pecans were the toastiest for my struedal topping. Thank you!

]]> By: Topaz http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/comment-page-1/#comment-25057 Topaz Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:59:58 +0000 http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/#comment-25057 Best way is to use a small, seasoned cast iron skillet, a tiny bit of oil/butter and a wooden spatula and keep the nuts moving. When the smell hits your nose, you're done! Best way is to use a small, seasoned cast iron skillet, a tiny bit of oil/butter and a wooden spatula and keep the nuts moving. When the smell hits your nose, you're done!

]]> By: Christian R. Conrad http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/comment-page-1/#comment-24638 Christian R. Conrad Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:18:44 +0000 http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/#comment-24638 Toasted nuts?<br /><br />Naah. OK, the weather is getting a bit warmer -- but a pair of good airy trousers will help. Toasted nuts?

Naah. OK, the weather is getting a bit warmer — but a pair of good airy trousers will help.

]]> By: Bob http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/comment-page-1/#comment-24306 Bob Mon, 11 May 2009 22:51:00 +0000 http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/#comment-24306 Mmmm, toasted nuts. Gotta love em. I usually do the pan method too, mostly because I like stirring/flipping. Heh. Mmmm, toasted nuts. Gotta love em. I usually do the pan method too, mostly because I like stirring/flipping. Heh.

]]> By: Drew http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/comment-page-1/#comment-24305 Drew Mon, 11 May 2009 22:49:00 +0000 http://cooklikeyourgrandmother.com/2009/05/how-to-toast-pecans/#comment-24305 It's myyy prerogative!<br /><br />Great, now I've got that song stuck in my head. Thanks. It’s myyy prerogative!

Great, now I’ve got that song stuck in my head. Thanks.

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