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by bardo 🍁
2021-03-14
mini (lodge 6 inch), pan (lodge 12 inch), pie

This is Pi Day

Any excuse to bake something, my pie skills are not top game but with the assistance of my daughter we managed to bake a pair of non-standard cast iron pies to celebrate the dad-jokiest of days. We doubled the recipe below to make a six inch mini (or as the…

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2021-03-13
pan (lodge 12 inch), pie

Pi Day, Eve

We spent the evening making pies. Tomorrow is March 14th. It’s one of those “we celebrate the day because it’s funny“ kinda days. The third month. The fourteenth day. 3-14 3.14 Pi. π Pi day. Last year I bought a pie on my way back to my office after lunch.…

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about

It’s about more than just food.

It’s about a mindset and a perspective on living a full, active and interesting life.

The Cast Iron Guy blog heated up in January 2021 as a journal of uncomplicated things, life lived, and a mindset that reflects the philosophical practicality of well-seasoned cast iron frying pan: enduring, simple, down-to-earth & extremely useful.

I write regularly from here in the Canadian Prairies about things that interest me, including the artistic inspiration I get outdoors, travel, gear, growing and cooking food, fire craft, suburban and nature trails, running, and (of course) the clever and curious ways I find to use my many pieces of cast iron cookware.

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