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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Smithey Ironware Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:11:20 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 70 Message-ID: <vg12qt$2t1ep$1@dont-email.me> References: <vfuhtd$2c53k$2@dont-email.me> <8088741aca231165599d00a1cca4b9d7@www.novabbs.com> <cb414b8e-4e8e-8f62-ae57-5921b1fa2ea4@example.net> <c7e811c48392f8664f0cf746d0885fcc@www.novabbs.org> <2643d9b6-d482-f543-d345-14d8e0cbb36c@example.net> <0652d1a74b3f52e94455a2999a2c53b9@www.novabbs.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:11:26 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c8d2c2611b33e48f465ff4810636a9e4"; logging-data="3048921"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+pKOe2cVC9bjqRvJkbAnUggZme34cL7sk=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.19 Cancel-Lock: sha1:T+Bg4UnXq+3Hen2LZS4yCn8slOI= In-Reply-To: <0652d1a74b3f52e94455a2999a2c53b9@www.novabbs.org> Bytes: 3765 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.