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From: Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Smithey Ironware
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:11:20 -0500
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dsi1 wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:40:09 +0000, D wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:47:25 +0000, D wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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

We don't care about dat, Uncle.  What brand of cast iron do da Hawaiians 
use, uncle.

Da hawaiians that are not so fucked up like yoose, Tojo.