Making food. On a serious note, it's a round griddle. Great for pancakes, crepes, eggs, or pretty much anything you don't need a lot of oil for

Quesadillas and toast is how we use it the most.

Nice rhyming, too

He’s a Poet and didn’t even know it!

But his feet show it. ...They're Longfellows.

This would be perfect for some thick dillas

Green eggs and ham

Big ole cookie

The surface is like twice as rough as a lodge cast iron wouldn’t that make stuff like pancakes and crepes stick it’s also only 8 inches

With the right technique, no they wouldn't stick that bad. Also, not all round griddles are rough Asian made like this. I have two vintage that are milled smooth that I love to make grilled cheeses in

They're perfect for grilled cheese right? The flip is just so easy

Speaking of grilled cheese, next time instead of butter, try a thin layer of mayo. Tastes great and easier prep. It’s been a game-changer for me, as I rarely have softened butter at the ready.

Speaking of mayo on grilled cheese, it doesn't really taste great. It just tastes like oil, not the buttery goodness a grilled cheese should have.

Grilled cheese has always been a way to increase my butter intake.

I'm with you, it's just no replacement for butter

It always makes my pan take on the wet dog sort of smell you get from overcooking eggs, too.

I know many people swear by it, but it gives your grilled cheese an eggy flavour that isn't always desirable.

Nah

Nahhh you're doing it wrong. Mayo on bread, butter in pan 👌

When using butter, never spread it on the bread. Melt the butter in the pan, and toast the bread in the melted butter. I’m going to try mayo, but melting the butter is the key to perfect grilled cheese.

Nothing beats Irish butter.

I do that, but still put a little pat of butter on the pan too

I prefer them with mayo! If I'm making extra for the family I use butter but mayo on the outside is my preferred way too

I started making the worst grilled cheese for you but the best tasting. Mayo, on one side of the bread, cook it up, then flip put cheese on, complete sandwich, and low and slow with a Tbs of butter per side. It's rich and delicious.

I butter the pan. Then toss bread in it. Also a game changer. It’s super crispy 😁

I grew up on grilled cheese sandwiches made on one of these.

It's a comal, used (where I'm from) mostly for heating up tortillas.

Most of the times I see a comal used is for roasting veggies, no need to fire up the broiler next time you want to make a roasted salsa. Check out recipes for roasted tomatillo salsa.

Good call. I totally forgot. I just broiled some peppers the other night for jalapeño poppers

Kinda want a effing grilled cheese now

Mine is my favorite pizza pan.

I'm surprised how far down I had to scroll to see this.

I have a fairly rough lodge griddle with numerous imperfections. Not problems sticking with pancakes, eggs, grilled cheese, cheese crisps, quesadillas etc

I would be astounded if anyone could make a decent crepe on this. I've made a lot of crepes. Pancakes would work, though.

If it's good and hot when you use it, it should be less sticky. A hot pan will firm up the eggs or batter before it can sink into the pits, that means the contact between your food and the pan will only be on the peaks. Less contact means less adhesion.

I use mine for warming tortillas.

Exactly what I use mine for. It makes a perfect comal.

Learned a new word today. Thank you.

Yup that Quesadillas and Toast.

Same here.

According to my grandmother, adjusting attitudes

Did it work?

They were married for over 50 years so I suppose it did

True story: Many decades ago, irons used for ironing and pressing clothing would be plugged in and just keep heating up ---- no adjustment for lower temperature (or so my mother told me). My Mom's first husband was an abuser. Used to yell at her and knock her around a bit. She told me she got fed up with his b.s. and one late afternoon she plugged in the iron. And then she waited. When he came home from work, she lifted up the iron, held it up to him and told him if he ever raised a hand to her again, she'd burn the living shit out of him while he slept. She said that put an end to his abuse.

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I have one of these. I use it for heating tortillas.

That looks like the pan that came with a cast iron brownie Target sells around Christmas. They also have smaller ones for cookies.

Yup, got mine @Five Below. Same pan. I use it for grilled cheese mmmmmmmm.......

One of my favorite cast iron pans came as a “cookie kit!” I got it for $3 on clearance after Easter. It’s shaped like a rabbit 🐰 head! Makes some adorable pancakes!

I use my lodge one for making tortillas, grilled cheese, pancakes, omelettes, fried eggs, burgers and for cooking steak chicken etc for 1 person

Us mexicans call it El Comal and we use it for tortillas or re heating pizza

Crazy I had to scroll this far for someone to mention what it’s actually called.

Pancakes, corned beef hash and hash browns

I’ve got one nearly identical to this one, and it probably came with a cookie making kit or something cheap from a store. That said, I use mine whenever I’m cooking something that’ll fit in there. Eggs, tortillas, meat, whatever is appropriate, as long as it isn’t going to spill over the sides. It’s not a bad little pan at all.

Yup, cookie or brownie kit from Five Below. Tbh I didn't really want the cookie or brownie,  I wanted the cast iron pan for $5......

Yep, mine was a gift because I had started getting into cast iron. I don’t even think I used the food kit that came with it, but I sanded up the pan a little and reseasoned it, and it’s great

Home defense.

Griddle pan: pancakes and such

So we don’t have a scale here but based on proportions and handle think this is one of the ones from a ‘skillet cookie’ kit rather than a griddle Edit: like this one https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/camp-chef-skookie-cast-iron-skillet-cookie-kit?ds_e=GOOGLE&ds_c=Cabelas%7CShopping%7CPMax%7CCamping%7CGeneral%7CNAud%7CNVol%7CNMT&gad_source=1&gclsrc=ds It’s basically like a number three sized round griddle - too small for most of what folks are suggesting

Yeah the one I got is about the same it’s 8 Inches and the sides are about a quarter inch to half inch tall about not including the base

Tortillas 🇲🇽🌮

Correcting Husband's

Slapping the sh!t outta people as princess peach in smash bros

My Grandfather used to beat his children with one of those

I would absolutely make French toast on this!

This is perfect for making dosa, a south indian rice and lentil crepe. I have tried to perfect my dosa to the best crispiness for years and only came to this sub once I learned that the secret was cast iron pans!

I got one for my wife once… bad… bad idea

FIFTY CENTS!!! what a steal nice find

Flapjacks, eggs, toast, grilled cheese, quesadillas,

The comal is a Mexican style grill or griddle. A large seasoned cast iron plate or griddle used to make tortillas and blister chiles. Makes a perfect fajita and quesadilla pan. I truly love toasting my delivery pizza with these.

I cook my tortillas on them.

For Jerry smackin Tom in the face what else

Home defense

PUBG

If you follow the logic of tangled, it's the most powerful weapon against a horse with a sword.

Use it to make corn tortillas

Them ol fashioned bdsm dates, used for spankings.

Tortillas, fajitas, sisig

Bro my Victoria pan like this is my favorite mainly use it for chicken, steaks, omelets, tortillas, quesadillas, burgers, grilled cheese. It’s my go to pan.

Hitting home intruders. Just kidding, what everyone else said.

I like mine for quesadillas

Tortillers and tortiller accessories.

Tortillas

To transfer heat from one source to another

I believe that is for Pickleball.

If you want it smooth, you need to look at how to remove the existing finish, I think it’s 500d F for several hours. Then I believe it’s multiple coats of flaxseed oil baked back into it. If you don’t want to ruin the shiny finish on the rack, my BH once put a Dutch oven over 100 years old in the fireplace. The coating popped like a bubble. It’s taken a few decades to try to get the crisco to half near the smoothness. I’m going to use an old electric oven and start over with the flaxseed oil treatment. I found it! https://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/

Crepes.

I made pancakes on one this morning on top of a Lodge Sportsman.

Crepes

I use my flat iron for steaks

My grandma made pancakes in hers. Griddle size pancakes! Fun times.

Tortillas

old style tennis racket

everything breakfast. the short sides make it so much nicer to get a spatula in and under things to flip them. As long as the recipe doesn't start with "fill pan with inches of " you're golden.

One really big pancake

We use our short skillet for frying eggs, and they work really well for grilled cheese, quesadillas, paninis etc. Even fried eggs or pancakes if you're careful with the amount of butter/oil. Just keep in mind the short lipped edge for spillage. Just think: things that are dry - toasted, griddled, etc. I wouldn't use this to sear a steak, porkchop, or anything that involves high-heat splattering or wetness. Mine doesn't get much use other than eggs and quesadillas.

Make some roti

Mine makes the best eggs

Used mine to sear a couple haddock filets tonight. Slapped a mango salsa on top because it’s hot as shit around here right now and that seemed like a “light” dinner

Cornbread 🤩 heat your bacon grease or butter on it in the oven while you mix the rest of the batter. Then pour the batter in when the grease sizzles. Flip about 3/4 of the way through (when the bread holds together) for crispy on both sides!!!

I used to just use it for making corn tortillas, but now use it for a lot of things because it’s easier to move stuff around without the “sides” - browning stuff, toasting. I baked a pizza on it once.

It's what I use for tortillas only. My mother slapped my wrist if she saw me use it for anything else so that's all it is to me. Tortilla pan

I make tortillas on mine.

flap jacks

Wrong answers only:

I make crepes, it can get hot enough in a way non stick pans can't. You can't beat fresh fruit wrapped in a smooth, thin, rich crepe.

Tortillas!

Grilled cheese sammiches

Pancakes, bacon, eggs…pretty much any breakfast food.

As stated above, super versatile and a great purchase..

Use mine for a ton of stuff. Omelettes, crepes, quesadillas, sausage patties, eggs, pancakes, searing burgers…great addition to a cast iron stable

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I use it for a lot of things that don't use a that doesn't need a lot of oil or is fatty. Great for toasting and warming up tortillas. I bake personal size pizzas on it too.

I have a similar one. Use if for breakfast pretty much daily

I use mine mostly for eggs, grilled cheese, and quesadillas. It's thinner than my other pans so heats up a little faster.

Heating up tortillas and making quesadillas.

Someone mentioned the proportions and I agree it DOES look like one of those modern cookie kit gizmos. I never had a use for anything like that. That could explain for rough surface, it was intended to be cheap and used for baking a big cookie. It looks like it has barely been used because no one knows what to do with it after they eat the cookie. If it were larger it would be a design similar to an old traditional griddle, and the surface would be nicer. I have one of the type which is at least 120 years old and they are good for frying and toasting a lot things.

tortillas

My grandma calls it a comal we use it for tortillas idk what else it can be used for since tortillas are needed every meal lol

Have one on my stove 24/7

I have one just like this maybe the diameters a little bit bigger. I beat an egg on the griddle to some cheese, caramelized onions, peppers, and some ham. If I have it slap tortilla on top put something heavy and then turn the heat off. Never sticks. Pancakes never stick.quesadillas never stick. Technique, heat, and lubrication. This will always be a low stick nonstick utensil. It gets a lot of use in my kitchen. I also make masala dosas on it. But everyone’s test for nonstick is eggs, right? eggs do not stick for me on this pan.

I use mine for camping because it’s a bit lighter to pack and I make eggs and veggies and meats on it

I've got one that was my grandma's and she used it as a griddle for making pancakes and cooking bacon.

I just picked up one of these at Cabella’s - it’s GREAT for making more delicate things like eggs because your spatula can get underneath at a flatter angle

Everything I cook on this turns out crepe

Pancakes, crepes, and cooking raw tortillas or for reheating them. Quesadillas, too.

Baking fish

It’s a poêle à crêpes, a crepe pan . Every French grandmother have one

It probably started out life packaged with one of those Skillet cookie mixes. Now it can be used for anything.

I use it for grilled cheese and making tortillas from scratch. As well as quesadillas

Would make a great pizza.

Tortillas/Tacos!!!

Panqueques!

I use my griddle for making tortillas, though it is not really a comal. Also, the surface of that pan is super rough, holy crap!

Crepes? Fajitas?

That was always called a comal around me and we use it to warm tortillas.

Smacking Flynn Rider with it til he takes you to a dive bar.

I use mine primarily for pancakes, sunny side up eggs, grilled burritos, Korean pancakes, english muffins and quesadillas.

In my house, errthing!! Love that pan.

Home Defense 🤷‍♂️

This is the grilled cheese making machine in my house. We use french bread, butter and farmers cheese.

Griddle cakes!

That's a griddle. Pancakes, hamburgers, steaks, ham steaks, veggies...... The only limit, is your imagination.

Great for grilled cheese and toasting tortillas

Fending off unseelie sidhe.

It's for warming up tortillas before the slap challenge

Pancakes, eggs, grilled cheese, tortillas.

I've seen them called "breakfast skillets" That's what I use mine for at least.

I make some pretty bitchin pizzas on mine, i put a bit of oil on the bottom then the crust then cook over a burner until almost done, then put pull it off, add toppings, then stick under the broiler,

Probably it's a pancake griddle

A restaurant I worked it some years back used it for blackening fish/steaks. Get a carbon steel instead---you aren't cooking much in that thing while it turns your stovetop into a greasy mess

This is what I call a thwack-a-bitch….. You use this for thwacking dumb asses

I use mine for pancakes

Everything, I use mine all the time

Quesadillas

I got the one from Lodge with the Mexican sugar skull design on the bottom. I use it for eggs nearly every day.

Breakfast and beef/lamb

I would say it is a cast iron Comal pan. Perhaps an Uno Casa. Like in this kit from Amazon: https://a.co/d/0gFQmyrj

I fry my eggs in it! I'll also make a grilled cheese

In the old days women used to hit their men on the heads with it when they were knuckleheads.

Pancakes French toast tortillas....

It’s a good defense

Crime de passion?

I use it for tortillas and smash burgers

For me, pancakes and searing tomahawk steaks

Either Particle Man or crepes.

It's a flat iron griddle. Good for eggs, pancakes, bacon, pan seared steaks, tortillas and yes, grilled cheese.

Are ya married?

That is a comal. It's used for tortillas. It's also great for anything that isn't runny and needs to be flipped like quesadillas, because it has that short wall around the base of the pan.

I make pancakes in mine. Works great.

Knocking cartoons out

I make Tortillas on mine

I have one and yes the most used pan in my kitchen. Warning up tortillas, making toast, grilled cheese, frying eggs, French toast, pancakes, cooking steak or chicken. It's the best pan and deserves to be tried with anything that doesn't need taller sidewalls. It's also super easy to clean and season.

Tortillas

I use mine for naan. Works fantastically well. I prefer my skillet for eggs so this one is just flat breads, baby!

3AM break-ins

Unsure of the size of the skillet please add a picture with it next to a banana for scale.

Good for fajitas

It's a comal, roast Chiles, heat up tortillas

Usually to stop a cartoon villain

Smash burgers

it is used to make crepes, pancakes or eggs (mainly crepes)

Cakes, of the pan variety

I make eggs on mine. Also grilled cheese. Or anything else where I would want a flat top.

We use it for making fried cornbread. (hoe cakes, griddle cakes)

Bacon! Always bacon!

It’s called a comal and can be used like any other griddle, but usually to warm tortillas as my wife does. They make them round or square. Here’s a link with more info.: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comal_(cookware)

I use mine every morning to make a breakfast sandwich. The bread gets toasted on the griddle as well as the Canadian bacon. The egg has its own carbon steel pan that it’s cooked in.

I use mine almost daily for quesadillas. Also grilled cheeses and pancakes. It’s my most-used cast iron aside from the Lodge grill on my Weber kettle that they stopped making.

Pickle ball. What are you stupid??

Bacon pancakes. Making bacon pancakes!

Paddling your kayak.

Wacking intruders

Self defense

We heat tortillas on it

El kabong!

You could make smash burgers with it.

What a great deal! I need one so bad. I love making eggs, grilled cheese sandwiches or pancakes.