{"podcast":{"title":"Family Tree Food Stories","slug":"family-tree-food-stories-7049295","podcast_index_feed_id":7049295,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/family-tree-food-stories/","website_url":"https://podcast.familytreefoodstories.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/9372cab4-056f-402d-a829-faa310a8d9c1/FTFS-LOGO-Podcast-8-25-26-compressed.png","author":"Nancy May & Sylvia France","episode_count":103,"summary":"Family Tree, Food & Stories podcast will take you on a mouthwatering journey through generations of flavor! We're digging up and sharing the juiciest family secrets, hilarious dinner table disasters, and the heartwarming moments that make your favorite foods, meals, and relationships unforgettable. From Great-Grandma's legendary cheese crust apple pie to that questionable casserole your Uncle Bob swears by. With Family Tree, Food, and Stories, we're serving a feast of laughter, tears, and everything in between. So, are you ready to uncover and share those unforgettable stories behind every bite and create some new memories along the way? Join our growing family of food enthusiasts and storytellers as we Eat, laugh, relive the past, and learn how to create new memories together because. . . every recipe has a story, and every story is a feast.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T16:18:38.349730+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-tree-food-stories-7049295"},"episode":{"title":"What's Grandma's Cast Iron Pan Really Worth?","slug":"what-s-grandma-s-cast-iron-pan-really-worth","published_at":"2026-09-10T08:39:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-tree-food-stories-7049295/what-s-grandma-s-cast-iron-pan-really-worth","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-tree-food-stories-7049295","url":"https://family-tree-food-stories.captivate.fm/episode/cast-iron-value","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ea43bb17-207f-4efe-a35a-56ee3bf9ed3e.mp3","summary":"Decode your skillet’s markings, discover its history, and explore what makes it valuable. Hidden markings, cooking myths, and the family stories your favorite pan carries. That old cast iron skillet might hold more than tonight’s dinner. But does the date on the bottom tell you its age, or has some convincing marketing fooled you? Nancy May and Sylvia France investigate vintage cast iron, skillet markings, and the stories behind the pans we inherit, rescue, and cook in for decades in this episode of Family Tree Food Stories . First, Nancy’s husband Bob serves up a breakfast confession: four perfect pancakes, followed by a platter of wreckage. Friendship apparently means eating the evidence. From Sylvia’s great-grandmother’s skillet to a little square egg pan that brings Nancy’s mom’s voice back into the kitchen, this episode blends kitchen detective work with family memories and practical cast iron care. We question familiar cooking rules, explore clues to a pan’s identity, and ask why some cookware becomes something we could never sell. Five things you’ll take away about your cast iron pans: Where to look for cast iron maker’s marks and identification clues. Why a date on your skillet may describe the company’s history. How preheating affects sticking, searing, and browning. Which familiar cleaning and seasoning rules deserve a second look. Why saving a pan’s family story matters as much as saving the pan. Grab that pan in your kitchen, listen in, then turn over your favorite skillet. It's got a story? Who cooked in it before you? Share a photo and your memories with us, send this episode to someone who treasures their family cookware, and follow Family Food Stories for the next kitchen mystery. Subscribe to Family Tree Food Stories , share this episode with your fami…","meta_description":"Decode your skillet’s markings, discover its history, and explore what makes it valuable. Hidden markings, cooking myths, and the family stories your favo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2151,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/family-tree-food-stories-7049295/episodes/what-s-grandma-s-cast-iron-pan-really-worth/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-tree-food-stories-7049295/what-s-grandma-s-cast-iron-pan-really-worth.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}