Cast Iron Chaos

Cast Iron Chaos The art of culimancy (cooking magic), with an emphasis on using cast iron for making eye-opening and

A place of Chaos, magic, delightful delicacies and dishes, and sniping directed at idiots. Welcome to Cast Iron Chaos, a personal exploration of the fringes of belief and order. This is my personal page, where I indulge in pasttimes that capture my fancy, and hopefully encourage others to open their eyes, take chances, and see the world from a somewhat different perspective. This site will NOT be

repeating the tired mantra, "Open your eyes, wake up sheeple, you are being lied to." Those words are bleated again and again by idiot conspiracy theorists. What's more, you see this nonsense in every forum in existence, regardless of what your interests are. How can there be conspiracy theorists in a hobby that should be as innocent and fun as cooking? That's easy, as there are closed-minded fools around you regardless what subject you are researching. I subscribe to the school of anti-censorship, of which the argument is follows: Expose it and laugh at it. By doing so, you demonstrate you are a better person than they are.

06/23/2026

Looks like the clogged sink has escalated into a major situation, namely a plumbing leak in the basement. This might be the cause of the sink clog, but possibly not. However, this makes it an emergency. I'm now scheduled for a plumbing service visit tomorrow (earliest opening available), and I can't use the water until then.

06/22/2026

And my kitchen sink is clogged. I'm not sure if the residue from the aluminum pot caused it or if something else did. In the past day and a half I've poured three bottles of drain un-clogger into it, and it hasn't worked. The last time was yesterday evening, when I poured a bottle of "Zep Kitchen Sink gel" from Lowes into the drain, and let it sit there overnight. In each instance, the drain backed up within about 30 seconds after I ran the water.

Because the drain is backing up so fast, this must mean the clog is very near the beginning of the drain. I'll have to try taking off the drain pipe and manually cleaning the inside with a brush. My kitchen sink pipes are PVC and appear to be easily removed, and there hasn't been any sign of a leak. I'll just have to remember to use plumber tape when putting those parts back on.

Looks like I'll be going to Hell because of those cookies baked a week ago.
06/22/2026

Looks like I'll be going to Hell because of those cookies baked a week ago.

06/22/2026

Cleaning an antique aluminum pot, part three. Progress is being made, though not as well as I hoped.

06/20/2026

Cleaning a Wagner aluminum pot, part two. 

06/20/2026

Part one of cleaning a 120 year-old aluminium pot.

My cameo is at the 22:00 mark. I'm glad to have elicited exactly the reaction that I was hoping for.
06/20/2026

My cameo is at the 22:00 mark. I'm glad to have elicited exactly the reaction that I was hoping for.

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Looks like the tahdig was not a complete failure. 
06/18/2026

Looks like the tahdig was not a complete failure. 

No, there won't be any politics in tonight's YouTube Live session (unless trolls pop up and attempt to cause trouble). ...
06/17/2026

No, there won't be any politics in tonight's YouTube Live session (unless trolls pop up and attempt to cause trouble). The real reason for this is because tonight on Cast Iron Wednesday, I'll be making a dish I've wanted to make for a long time: tahdig, also known as Persian crispy rice. Ever since I started making rice in cast iron, I've loved the crunchy rice crust that forms on the sides and bottom of a cast iron pot when making a rice dish. In Latin American lands this is known as pegao, but in the Middle East and Asia, there's a special recipe for making this crunchy rice dish known as tahdig. And that brings us to ghormeh sabzi, which is the original name for Persian beef stew with herbs. This dish is so popular it's known as the national dish of Iran...and the best and most proper way to serve this Persian beef stew is to serve it on a tahdig, crunchy rice. That's what we'll be making tonight on Cast Iron Wednesday: tahdig, which we'll be serving with Persian beef stew. I hope it works, and most of all I hope you enjoy this! Come and join us tonight on YouTube Live, at 8:00 PM Eastern time.

No, there won't be any politics in tonight's YouTube Live session (...

Finally, this recipe has been restored to my Web site after far too long:
06/15/2026

Finally, this recipe has been restored to my Web site after far too long:

Steamed molasses bread – a New England specialty, meant to be served with Boston Baked Beans.

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