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From: dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1)
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Subject: Re: Smithey Ironware
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 22:29:19 +0000
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On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:40:09 +0000, D wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024, dsi1 wrote:
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>> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:47:25 +0000, D wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 0:10:21 +0000, Ed P wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Saw a commercial for this stuff so thought I'd check it out.
>>>>>
>>>>> They have a line of cast iron, similar in size to Lodge, but instead $20
>>>>> is is $110 or so.  $240 for larger sizes.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://smithey.com/pages/our-story
>>>>>
>>>>> The No. 8 skillet is nice size for two eggs.  I have a Teflon coated pau
>>>>> for at least 10 years that was cheap, just not sure why I'd replace it
>>>>> for a cast iron for $110.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://smithey.com/collections/skillets/products/no-8-cast-iron-chef-skillet
>>>>>
>>>>> Looks like good stuff, but at this stage of my life, I just cannot
>>>>> justify spending the money to replace what is already working.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> That's a lot of money for something that will crush
>>>> your toe if you drop it the same as a $20 cast iron
>>>> skillet would.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's easily fixed! Steel toe boots to the rescue!
>>>
>>> https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/catalog/mens-steel-toe-work-boots
>>
>> The great thing about cast iron pans is that they could last longer than
>> you will. Well, that's about it folks. Cast iron pans served the
>> Americans well when the West was being won but there's really no place
>> for it in modern cookery. I could use it to make a batch of old timey
>> cornbread, but I don't know if I brung me any.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM_UUB6J-Fw
>
> Are you sure? I find them very versatile. Not only for cooking, but also
> as a weapon, as a training device (dumbbells are for nerds!), as
> protection against bullets, among other things.

I'm an old guy with a weak wrist so weight is a problem. Performance is
also a problem. Cooking with cast iron is like driving an old VW with an
air cooled engine. The modern cook demands better performance! OTOH,
protection against bullets is always a good thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9nW4w5tHVM