Gardening Gloves

Now you may wonder how this relates to my cooking blog...and I am going to try to justify posting this here...
Gardening gloves are essential to my cooking blog because I use them to garden, I garden so that I have fresh veggies to cook with, when I cook with those fresh veggies this summer and fall I will be blogging about my experiences. Ha! I was able to justify. So without further ado, my gardening glove info for you:

I was preparing to order some gardening gloves online and I was not sure how to determine what size glove I should order. So I emailed the company that I was debating ordering from and they sent me some information. And since gardening season is upon us I thought I would share this information for anyone else who is having trouble figuring out what size garden glove they would need to order:

How to find out what glove size you are:

All you need to do is measure the circumference of the palm part of your hand and the length of the middle finger to the bottom of the palm.  You will want to use the dominant hand, dominant meaning the hand that you write with.  Pick the one that is the largest, if they are different, and that is the glove size that you will need.

Women Glove Sizes

XS       6 inches
S          6 ½ inches
M         7 inches
L          7 ½ inches
XL       8 inches

Unisex Glove Sizes

XXS                6 ½ inches
XS                   7 inches
S                      7 ½ inches
M                     8 ½ inches
L                      9 inches
XL                   9 ½ inches
XXL                10 inches
XXXL             11 inches

Men Glove Sizes

XS       7 inches
S          7 ½ to 8 inches
M         8 ½ to 9 inches
L          9 ½ to 10 inches
XL       10 ½ to 11 inches
XXL    11 ½ to 12 inches

Cast Iron Seasoning

Believe it or not, but seasoning your cast iron pots and pans before using them is a very important step to take in caring for cast iron cookware.

For a new piece of cast iron cookware you will need to season it prior to using it, this will not only protect your pans in years to come but it will make the food taste much better and keep your cast iron from becoming damaged.

Seasoning is the process of applying a thin coat of cooking oil to the entire surface of your cookware, then baking it to create a non-stick finish.

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

• Wash the cookware inside and out with a mild detergent and stiff brush.

• Rinse and dry the cookware thoroughly.

• Spread or spray a thin coat of your choice of oil, ranging from vegetable oil to pork fat, over the entire surface inside and out including the handles.

• Lower both of your oven racks to the two positions.
• Line the lower rack with foil will help to catch the drippings.

• Place the cookware upside down and bake for one hour. Turn off the oven and leave the cookware in the oven until cool.

• Repeating the process will darken the cookware even more.

• Use will also result in the iron darkening to a smooth black finish this is what you want your cookware to eventually look like.

• Never use harsh detergents on your cookware it will cause the seasoning to be removed use a brush or salt to remove stuck on items.

If you do not cook meat on this item, you may have to re-spray cooking oil after washing to help pan darken.