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The Cast-Iron Skillet

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A few of the words

PATINA
That dark, almost mirror-like surface isn't paint — it's layer upon layer of polymerized oil baked into the iron, built up meal by meal over years of cooking.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
LODGE
Lodge Cast Iron, founded in South Pittsburg, Tennessee in 1896, is the oldest surviving cast-iron cookware manufacturer in the United States.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
FOND
The browned, caramelized bits left stuck to the pan after a sear are called the fond — and deglazing them is the secret start of a great pan gravy.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CORNBREAD
Cast-iron is the traditional vessel for Southern cornbread: the preheated, greased pan gives the bottom that signature dark, crackling crust no baking dish can match.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Cast-iron skillet word search — free and large-print. Find the sizzle, the seasoning, the cornbread, and the deep, dark patina of a pan loved for generations.

About Food & Home

A well-seasoned cast-iron skillet is one of the few kitchen tools that genuinely improves with age — every strip of bacon, every pan of cornbread, every sear builds up the dark, slick patina that no new pan can replicate. On a wood stove or a gas burner, it holds heat with a steadiness that makes biscuits rise evenly and crusts turn a perfect, crackling gold. Passed down through families and pulled from barn sales, a good cast-iron skillet carries the quiet history of every meal ever made in it.

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    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
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    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
  3. 3
    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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