How To Use Cast-iron In A Sentence

Nowadays she heats her place with a cast-iron stove perched on firebricks in the living room, cooks with propane, and does her beadwork at night by the light of a kerosene lamp while listening to a battery-operated radio.
The door opens onto a stunning, high ceilinged, light-filled apartment, its 17-foot-tall Austrian windows framed by the aforementioned black cast-iron arches, its finishes bespeaking a level of sumptuousness uncommon in the more cookie-cutter condos of the moderately rich. Opulently Hidden, In Plain Sight
This recipe uses the Night Hawk seasonings, but unlike the restaurant, which deep-fries its CFS, Mr. Alexander fries it in a cast-iron skillet as his mother did. One Big Table
It was such a perfect scene of raw unpackaged travel that I half expected to find Jan Morris or Colin Thubron lurking behind a cast-iron column.
A cast-iron open fireplace with a pale grey marble mantel provides a focal point.

This week my wife gave me a present with an ulterior motive - a cast-iron wok with a book about stir-fry cooking.
The 1869 New York City Register listed Fiske as a manufacturer of ornamental ironwork; fountains, vases, statuary, settees and chairs, and cast-iron and wire railings, iron stable fixtures, copper weathervanes.
Bryan Derballa for The Wall Street Journal The centerpiece of the duplex is a cast-iron and mahogany staircase that was welded together inside the home. Hand-Crafted in Tribeca
She caught the creatures in a trap, skinned and disembowelled them and suspended them by their tails in a ‘strong sugar syrup in a cast-iron saucepan over a slow heat‘.
They usually consisted of cast-iron swings, slides, seesaws, Junglegyms, giant-strides, and merry-go-rounds and sandboxes for young children.
It has a cast-iron veranda, white stucco and sash windows. Times, Sunday Times
Can you give me a cast-iron guarantee that the work will be completed on time?
Many of the cast-iron firedogs are reproduced from the original 16th to 18th Century patterns.
You'll be delighted to know she has a cast-iron stomach. Times, Sunday Times
In many places, the cast-iron pipes which carry our potable water are so thick with rust that the flow is a mere trickle.
Here wide varnished floorboards are set against rich yellow walls, more ornate plasterwork and a large cast-iron fireplace.
Lodge cast-iron is made from ‘pig-iron ingot and scrap steel converted back into iron.’
Reputable companies supplying vintage spectacles from the fifties will be able to give an indication on how robust the frames are likely to be but it is likely that they too will be able to offer any cast-iron guarantees, for the same reason. Framed Vintage | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
Cast-iron plows, as well as the steel plows of that date, were very heavy, wore out rapidly -- the metal being soft -- and didn't "scour," except in the purer sands and gravels. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen
For root vegetables, he dices them and cooks them in oven-proof glass or cast-iron baking dishes at 375 degrees, tossing and stirring after 20 minutes and cooking for a total of 40 minutes. What to do with your garden haul
I have a cast-iron stomach that can cope admirably with wound exudate conversations whilst eating brie and cranberry sandwiches, but if that's just made you grimace and you are of a delicate and refined disposition you may want to stop reading this blog post right this minute because I know it's not my usual fare. 52 entries from October 2006
Bullets started whizzing past him, pinging off the cast-iron crenellations. THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS
The cutlers of Solingen destroyed foundries that made cheap, cast-iron implements, the Rhine bargemen attacked the steamships that were stealing their trade, and Rhineland peasants surged into the forests to cut wood.
Using a flameproof 2-quart soufflé dish or deep, enameled cast-iron pan, assemble the panade in layers.
•Kathy Eaton of Booneville, Miss., recalls a cast-iron-skillet-style potato dish called "slumgullion," or so she thinks, after watching an old episode of Gunsmoke, which she learned from her father, "who would be 103 this year. Father's Day contest brims with memories, recipes
Behind this is the family room which has rich red walls, a moulded timber ceiling and a cast-iron open fireplace with slate hearth.
Will you give a cast-iron guarantee that there will be no cuts in their benefits? Times, Sunday Times
Hardwood flooring lies underfoot and an unusual sandstone fireplace with cast-iron inset forms a focal point.
The cast-iron grate can hold 18 burgers, and one-touch ignition makes lighting the fire a cinch.
The fact is that in real life there are no such cast-iron guarantees. Times, Sunday Times
A big seller was stove black, used to cover up scrapes and rust on cast-iron furnaces.
The club has no idea where it will be playing Second Division football come August but at least they'll still be around - not always a cast-iron certainty in the last nine months.
I have a cast-iron stomach, I can eat anything.
The unsightly cast-iron gasometer that gave its name to a hairpin bend is long gone, the train station whose ticket office overlooked another 180-degree corner has been replaced by a luxury hotel, and the famous Tabac is buried during race week under the latticed scaffolding of a temporary grandstand. Monaco grand prix: The race where heroes are made
The cast-iron disc brakes work with four-pot calipers and it rides on 10ins rims at the front and 14ins at the rear.
A stylish Philadelphia parlor is conceptually incomplete if the fireplace is not fitted with wrought-iron andirons and a cast-iron fireback.
Handles and cranks, architectural facades, and pump housings were cast-iron.
Versatile and durable, the range includes eight burners, four cast-iron full-surface grates, and a griddle accessory.
Experts consider his finest achievement to be the West Pier, with its elegant cast-iron kiosks, railings, and windscreens.
A stylish Philadelphia parlor is conceptually incomplete if the fireplace is not fitted with wrought-iron andirons and a cast-iron fireback.
Experts consider his finest achievement to be the West Pier, with its elegant cast-iron kiosks, railings, and windscreens.
Can you give me a cast-iron guarantee that the work will be completed on time?
That's a cast-iron guarantee that any stolen moments of leisure time for me and my wife will be tarnished by a creeping sense of guilt. Times, Sunday Times
Inside there are oak beams and deep, cast-iron baths. Times, Sunday Times
Beside this, the living room is the width of the house and has a cast-iron fireplace with a raised hearth, and sash windows.
In a medium-hot cast-iron skillet, in canola oil with a pat of butter added, until golden on both sides. MORE FROM GINNY BATES: SO LOVELY, WOMEN TOGETHER
At the dock's entrance is a cast-iron swing bridge.
The room is furnished with a cast-iron fireplace with tiled inset and mahogany surround and has both a dado rail and coved ceiling.
Here wide varnished floorboards are set against rich yellow walls, more ornate plasterwork and a large cast-iron fireplace.
Over the fire hung a black cast-iron pot, in which a stew was simmering.
Get either a ceramic or cast-iron ovenproof dish for roasting chicken or baking a lasagne. Times, Sunday Times
They would have to offer cast-iron guarantees to invest in long-term projects.
It is lit by recessed downlighters and fitted with polished wooden floorboards and another cast-iron fireplace.
But in all honesty I'm just glad for the fact that the movie is not the cast-iron clunker it could've been.
Can you give me a cast-iron guarantee that the work will be completed on time?
Which it is anyway – and for those who don't like it, you're free to remove the electrical service to your house, go back to candle-light, cooking at a hearth, and heating your bathwater by the bucketful on your coal - or wood-fired cast-iron stove. Obama admin. approves controversial Cape Cod wind farm
The living room is immediately to the left inside the hall and it has parquet flooring and a cast-iron fireplace.
The original kitchen fireplace remains, retaining its cast-iron cauldron and andirons, but it was refaced during the 1896 renovation with blue tiles purchased from Traitel Brothers, tile suppliers in New York City.
It is a cast-iron guarantee. Times, Sunday Times
Behind the thick cast-iron grillwork you'll find an ordinary metal mailbox.
The engine block is produced with 319 - T5 aluminum and the deep-skirted casting has cast-iron cylinder liners.
But his Bill shows that this time his cast-iron referendum guarantee is what it says on the tin. The Sun
Beside this, the single room includes a cast-iron open fireplace with tiled surround.
The unit is made in stainless steel and has cast-iron pan supports with removable drip trays underneath.
It's well worth a look for bathroom inspo — and 40% off cast-iron tubs. Times, Sunday Times
Stuffed Parathas" are basically nothing but "Stuffed Flatbreads", filled with your choice of boiled and mashed veggies, rolled into a disc and cooked on a "tava" cast-iron pan, greased with oil or ghee on both sides. Archive 2008-03-01
If I ever get it finished it will be a short account of the use of horse-powered geartrain systems in agriculture, with particular reference to the cast-iron horse-gear set recently restored by our local museum, where I happen to know the curator, who put me up to it. Libertarian Blog Place
A permanent installation by a Polish artist features 112 larger than life-size, headless cast-iron figures.
We felt so grown up to be given this task, we bought shoe polish and other items when I saw a small red cast-iron train.
In the family bathroom, there is a Victorian cast-iron bath with telephone shower attachment, a handbasin, toilet and heated towel rail.
We want a cast-iron guarantee that our plane will stay in the air. Times, Sunday Times
The knowledge of it compressed her thoughts like a cast-iron circlet. 365 tomorrows » Sam Clough : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
Internally, the building is divided into a nave, transepts and side aisles composed of ornamental cast-iron columns and girders and a gallery 12 feet wide runs all round the Hall.
A 12-block strand of 19th-century buildings with cast-iron storefronts in Galveston, Texas, is struggling to survive after Hurricane Ike caused extensive damage in September 2001.
Heat a large cast-iron skillet over high heat until a drop of water sizzles on it.
A sturdy cast-iron hand juicer that extracts juices from wheat grass, leafy vegetables, soft fruits and berries.
The food comes in cast-iron pans in which it has apparently been cooked - a sort of upscale, Francophone balti.
Those of you who enjoy whittling green sticks into skewers can make damper bread, a traditional Australian bush bread that is either baked in a cast-iron lidded camp pot buried in the embers, or on sticks over the fire.
They come down hard on unpunctuality, unless you've a cast-iron excuse. FORESTS OF THE NIGHT
The Chinese fired off yellow flares and red flares, and they hollered and sprayed pistol bullets with their burp guns and threw those wooden potato-masher grenades with the cast-iron heads. I Don't Talk Service No More
The all-aluminum 5.6 liter engine features cast-iron cylinder liners, graphite-coated pistons, a microfinished forged-steel crankshaft, chain-driven dual overhead cams, and a structural aluminum oil pan.
It is a cast-iron guarantee. Times, Sunday Times
The house overlooks a tiny village green with a cast-iron finger signpost. Times, Sunday Times
It was a great size and had a massive bathroom with a cast-iron bath. The Sun
The master bedroom is decorated in neutral tones of beige and cream and features built-in wardrobes and an original cast-iron fireplace.
It has two reception rooms including a living room has with an original shuttered sash window, cast-iron fireplace with tiled inset and black slate surround, timber floorboards and ceiling plasterwork.
Fred was carrying Sky's overnight bag and an old cast-iron apple corer, evidently intended as a present to Mrs Tilkey. SOMETHING IN THE WATER
The townhouses are well equipped, with painted white wood kitchens, mosaic tiling in the bathroom, wood and cast-iron fireplaces and fitted wardrobes in both bedrooms.
Other cast-iron-contract-clad songbirds must be thinking: damn, I wish I had her lawyer.
Beyond the kitchen is the family room, which has a cast-iron fireplace and quarry slate floor.
I never did get a big cast-iron cooking range for this house but I have my larder stocked with good food and that's a large part of my comfort blanket mentality taken care of.
In the front bedroom, an ornate fireplace with a cast-iron inset and slate hearth forms the focal point.
A cast-iron fireplace in the living room, smothered by decades of paint jobs, was sandblasted to reveal beautiful old tiles, most of them smashed.
A successful patternmaker and, eventually, a patent-earning designer of cast-iron stoves, Rohlfs changed his Brooklyn City Directory listing from "patternmaker" to "actor" in 1881 and married the novelist Anna Katharine Green in 1884. Undefined
The trenchermen who judged the competition were called on to possess cast-iron stomachs and 'no vegetarian tendencies'. Times, Sunday Times
A crushhing headache kicked in: felt like I had a C-clamp over my ears into the ears, a set of cast-iron headphones crushing my skull, a band of pain across my eyes, and bad pain at the base of the skull. Ooowww....
Victorian architecture made much use of cast-iron ornament, and great variety is to be found all over the country, from manhole covers to weathervanes, fountains and bridges.
A double bedroom to the back of the house retains the original mahogany surround cast-iron fireplace and an en suite bathroom with a bath.
They would have to offer cast-iron guarantees to invest in long-term projects.
Heat the dried chiles (anchos, pasillas, costenos, guajillos and chiles de arbol) in a dry, cast-iron skillet on medium for a couple of minutes on each side. A more precise Texas chili recipe | Homesick Texan
Will you give a cast-iron guarantee that there will be no cuts in their benefits? Times, Sunday Times
Cast-iron columns and a curved rib framework support the conical roof which has a diameter of 180 feet.
The Shearer brothers produced cast-iron ploughshares and from 1888 onwards wrought steel ploughshares.
Nevertheless, what a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. Mary's Meadow; and Letters From a Little Garden
At present the bath crock on the market is mixed with Yakeli, armor plate cast-iron for mainstream material.
Heat a little olive oil in a large cast-iron casserole over a medium heat. Times, Sunday Times
Can you give me a cast-iron guarantee that the work will be completed on time?
It is lit by recessed downlighters and fitted with polished wooden floorboards and another cast-iron fireplace.
The fact is that in real life there are no such cast-iron guarantees. Times, Sunday Times
And yet when a forecast gives the same odds for rain, we seem to expect it to be a cast-iron guarantee. Times, Sunday Times
His budget is a cast-iron commitment.
Sprung upholstery, plywood, and bentwood appeared, metal was used structurally for bed-frames (eliminating bed-bugs) and cast-iron outdoor chairs, and arrangements became more informal.
My favorite pan for cornbread is a cast-iron skillet. Chipotle Cornbread | Baking Bites
The French iron industry, together with the Italian, came to excel in engineering rather than in the manufacture of pig and cast-iron.
The pedestal of this almucantar is an ordinary cast-iron gaspipe, about 9 in. in diameter externally, and 6 ft. long, sunk 3 ft. in the ground.
Then, after a quick visit to the neighboring hooghan, a cast-iron skillet showed up on the gas stove, the daughter was patting a round ball of dough, and in short order a basket of warm frybread was ready. Yellow Dirt
The door opens onto a stunning, high ceilinged, light-filled apartment, its 17-foot-tall Austrian windows framed by the aforementioned black cast-iron arches, its finishes bespeaking a level of sumptuousness uncommon in the more cookie-cutter condos of the moderately rich. Opulently Hidden, In Plain Sight
Basically, any thick-bottomed, enamelled, cast-iron pan (eg Le Creuset) will do the trick, or a thick-bottomed stainless steel one (be that a £45 John Lewis pan or a £120 All-Clad pan). Food for Fort: Cooking with herbs, tough asparagus and a pan for porridge
An anchorage consists of a cast-iron bearing plate and special wedges to secure the strand inside the anchor housing.
The cast-iron disc brakes work with four-pot calipers and it rides on 10ins rims at the front and 14ins at the rear.
Period features include a brick fireplace with a cast-iron gas stove, exposed floorboards and beams. Times, Sunday Times
Her prow, a cast-iron projection weighing 1, 500 pounds, was intended for use as a ram.
Replace old cast-iron guttering with a modern alternative, while weather-resistant paints can be used to improve the look.
My mother remembers the cast-iron pot on the range filled with warming rabbit stew.
That's a cast-iron guarantee that any stolen moments of leisure time for me and my wife will be tarnished by a creeping sense of guilt. Times, Sunday Times
The interconnecting dining room is also floored in wood and retains its original cast-iron fireplace with tiled inset.
It is painted in yellow and period features include decorative coving, a centre rose and a cast-iron fireplace.
Alternatively, if you are using a lidded cast-iron casserole dish, you can cook the dish in the oven set to 150 C.
And yet when a forecast gives the same odds for rain, we seem to expect it to be a cast-iron guarantee. Times, Sunday Times
They also hope to renovate an old, cast-iron elevator at a cost of $ 300, 000.
A spacious hall with original granite floor leads to a large dining room, with original granite inglenook fireplace complete with cast-iron stove.
Place the cast-iron skillet in the oven and set the temperature to 425 F.
The girya or kettlebell is a traditional Russian cast-iron weight that looks like a cannonball with a handle. Fore, right!
Beside this, the single room includes a cast-iron open fireplace with tiled surround.
Heat a little olive oil in a large cast-iron casserole over a medium heat. Times, Sunday Times
An open fireplace with an ornate cast-iron surround and slate hearth takes centre stage.
We want a cast-iron guarantee that our plane will stay in the air. Times, Sunday Times
The house overlooks a tiny village green with a cast-iron finger signpost. Times, Sunday Times
The main floor was littered with machinery and workbenches, the bulk and arches of cast-iron lathes, presses, moulds and mini furnaces.
But his Bill shows that this time his cast-iron referendum guarantee is what it says on the tin. The Sun
Decorated in deep green, it features a large cast-iron fireplace with tiled inset and carved mahogany surround.
Place a large cast-iron skillet or nonstick ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Striped Bass with Grapefruit and Pickled Radish
Those of you who enjoy whittling green sticks into skewers can make damper bread, a traditional Australian bush bread that is either baked in a cast-iron lidded camp pot buried in the embers, or on sticks over the fire.
Had they taken the leash off, or rather the muzzle, two weeks ago, maybe the opinion polls might not consequently have been so cast-iron.
Use a nylon-bristle brush for porcelain-coated cast-iron grates, and steel — not brass — brushes to clean uncoated cast-iron grates. Putting away your grill? Here's the drill
From the amazing All-Clad pots and pans to the ludicrously expensive cast-iron Le Creuset ovenware, his kitchen accouterments are all top drawer. Weapons of massdistraction › Easy As Pie
Maithris looked up at the question, then back to trailing a finger along the slender cast-iron columns fronting the cloister as we walked.
A heavy little cast-iron pan with one of the hessian napkins folded around the handle contained a fistful of gorgeous, buoyant prawns that had been cooked off in arrack to leave a heady aniseed whisper in the flesh.
The Shearer brothers produced cast-iron ploughshares and from 1888 onwards wrought steel ploughshares.
Painted in pink, with black and white drawings of Zulu shields and assegais and cast-iron three-legged pots on the walls, the conference building can hold up to 500 people.
The four-cylinder engine, which produces 155 hp at 5,600 rpm and 163 ft-lb. of torque at 4,000 rpm, has a cast-aluminum block with cast-iron cylinder liners.
He dropped them into a cast-iron skillet with olive oil and garlic, doused them with sherry and butter, and gussied them up with vermicelli.
It has a cast-iron veranda, white stucco and sash windows. Times, Sunday Times
Cooking these meals in cast-iron cookware provides an additional iron boost.
What she implies is that its dominance depended on female potters "coming [to trade]," and that women began buying cast-iron pots not because they were cheaper or better but because key categories of traditional clayware were becoming more and more difficult to find. Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique
They also provide cast-iron protection from inflation only if you hold them to maturity. Times, Sunday Times
It was a great size and had a massive bathroom with a cast-iron bath. The Sun
Divide the 4 Tbs butter between two 6-inch cast-iron skillets, and melt it over low heat.
All the rooms (each named after a flower) are prettily decorated in pastel colours, and the painted cast-iron bedheads are delightful.
A room currently used as a study, but which could also make a third bedroom, also has a cast-iron fireplace as well as built-in presses and limed tongue-and-groove floorboards.
Towards the close of the eighteenth century, short cast-iron guns called "carronades" were introduced by Gascoigne of the Cannon Iron Marvels of Modern Science
There are also more models featuring grills, griddles and, my favorite, the French top: a large, flat cast-iron surface whose heat radiates from the center. Dreams of a high-end kitchen range go on the front burner
Visitors spiral up a walled and plushly carpeted ramp and enter the wanly illuminated exhibition spaces in the former Reading Room beneath Sydney Smirke's 1857 glass-and-cast-iron dome. Sublime Sketches Rarely Seen
If you don’t have a cast-iron skillet, look in kitchen supply shops for an oval griddle with a handle sometimes called a fajita pan. More of America’s Most Wanted Recipes
The whole family party and any chance visitors will not be too many for the work, and, if each labourer is provided with a cast-iron back with a hinge in it, so much the better. Mary's Meadow; and Letters From a Little Garden
Ideally, yakitori would be grilled over live coals, but life is rarely ideal, so we must make do with what we have - a ribbed cast-iron grill, barbecue or overhead grill.
The main floor was littered with machinery and workbenches, the bulk and arches of cast-iron lathes, presses, moulds and mini furnaces.
Visitors can take rubbings from cast-iron machine plates, write their own memory of a journey on a luggage label, play a magnetic pack-a-suitcase game or dress up in a range of clothes.
My friend the Garbageman is one of those daring, exhibitionist diners who prides himself on his cast-iron stomach.
Heat a shallow, flameproof cast-iron casserole or deep sauté pan (with lid) until you feel a strong heat rising.
The structure of the open warehouse floors consisted of cast-iron columns supporting steel, iron or heavy timber beams.
Period features include a brick fireplace with a cast-iron gas stove, exposed floorboards and beams. Times, Sunday Times
The finishing on pipes and joints was of a much higher quality than the prototype I'd last seen; polished brass fittings, varnished wood, a cast-iron boilerplate moulded around the door.
Each is well appointed, with freestanding roll-top cast-iron baths, step-in shower cubicles and Staffordshire porcelain ceramic ware.
You'll be delighted to know she has a cast-iron stomach. Times, Sunday Times
There is no cast-iron guarantee that his sound will be one degree more pellucid than anyone else's for the past murky half century, or that the site will be less of a concrete jungle.
The living room has a large double-glazed sash window overlooking Macken Street as well as a cast-iron fireplace.
Two of the bedrooms have original cast-iron fireplaces while the bathroom has original wainscoting and offers access to the attic.
The original kitchen fireplace remains, retaining its cast-iron cauldron and andirons, but it was refaced during the 1896 renovation with blue tiles purchased from Traitel Brothers, tile suppliers in New York City.
The family bathroom, which has wooden floorboards and part-panelled walls, includes a freestanding cast-iron bath along with a pedestal wash hand basin.
The sponge is pulverized in an attrition mill employing titanium plates to minimize contamination which would result from conventional cast-iron plates.
He dropped them into a cast-iron skillet with olive oil and garlic, doused them with sherry and butter, and gussied them up with vermicelli.
At the centerpiece of the duplex is a cast-iron and mahogany staircase that was welded together inside the home. Home Is Where the Art Is
Inside there are oak beams and deep, cast-iron baths. Times, Sunday Times
Leicestershire, and there introduced the cast-iron edge-rail, with flanches cast upon the tire of the waggon-wheels to keep them on the track, instead of having the margin or flanch cast upon the rail itself; and this plan was shortly after adopted in other places. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson
While the mill office pays homage to the Temple of Horus at Edfu, the factory floor is set under a vaulted and top-lit roof supported by a forest of cast-iron columns doubling up as drainpipes. In praise of … Temple Mill | Editorial
Internally, the building is divided into a nave, transepts and side aisles composed of ornamental cast-iron columns and girders.
Internally, the building is divided into a nave, transepts and side aisles composed of ornamental cast-iron columns and girders and a gallery 12 feet wide runs all round the Hall.
Each spreader is made of heavy-gauged steel with rugged cast-iron axle bearings that are guaranteed to last.
Experts consider his finest achievement to be the West Pier, with its elegant cast-iron kiosks, railings, and windscreens.
Drop them into a stainless steel or enamelled cast-iron pan and add the sugar and water.
Many reclaimed cast-iron radiators come without valves, therefore the correct ones have to be sourced, which can prove problematic.

How To Use Cast-iron In A Sentence

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