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Subject: Re: Smithey Ironware
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:26:17 +0000
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On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:47:25 +0000, D wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
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>> 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