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I just had a birthday and darling daughter and SIL gifted me with one of those Himalayan salt slab cooking plates. It looks like this:
(Read about it here.)
It is 12"x8"x~1.5" and weighs about 10#. I haven't used it yet, but I've done a bit of reading and plan to try it this weekend with some flank steak strips. I'll probably do this on the electric range in the kitchen the first time. I don't want to have to pull a 10 pound block of salt at 600+ degrees off the grill and I've read that it should not be left over heat after use; so I'm going to be cautious this first time out.
My question has to do with how to handle it. I've looked at Amazon and elsewhere and I find that there are things designed to hold and handle the blocks of salt. I have not found one yet that tickles my fancy. I'd like a correctly sized rectangle of cast iron with handles on the ends, but I haven't come across one yet.
SO . . . if you have ever used one of these things, please share your experience using it and please, please share how you handle it when and after it is heated.
I just had a birthday and darling daughter and SIL gifted me with one of those Himalayan salt slab cooking plates. It looks like this:
It is 12"x8"x~1.5" and weighs about 10#. I haven't used it yet, but I've done a bit of reading and plan to try it this weekend with some flank steak strips. I'll probably do this on the electric range in the kitchen the first time. I don't want to have to pull a 10 pound block of salt at 600+ degrees off the grill and I've read that it should not be left over heat after use; so I'm going to be cautious this first time out.
My question has to do with how to handle it. I've looked at Amazon and elsewhere and I find that there are things designed to hold and handle the blocks of salt. I have not found one yet that tickles my fancy. I'd like a correctly sized rectangle of cast iron with handles on the ends, but I haven't come across one yet.
SO . . . if you have ever used one of these things, please share your experience using it and please, please share how you handle it when and after it is heated.
