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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Citizen Winston Smith <sss@example.de> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Smithey Ironware Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 10:26:56 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 95 Message-ID: <vg2vgf$3ai7n$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> <d10099cd-b131-8c4c-41c6-bcea1ac0bfc6@example.net> <6e3252a439a67cc68fca62dd5dbf7190@www.novabbs.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 17:26:56 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9a21b838bb3d611d8dc00cffcc796b39"; logging-data="3492087"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+o8oi5/C5pafz2uo7UaLNPJQwMmWF5eTY=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:JAI9XO30EXIxfH4N2wPPYhXIcCg= In-Reply-To: <6e3252a439a67cc68fca62dd5dbf7190@www.novabbs.org> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4707 On 11/1/2024 9:52 AM, dsi1 wrote: > On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 9:53:29 +0000, D wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024, 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 >>> >> >> Amen! > > A pan that takes a long time to reach temperature and remains hot after > you turn off the heat source makes no sense at all to me. I suppose it > could work if you have an unreliable heat source like a wood fire or hot > coals. They're not for a smaller kitchen typically, but they do produce a super even bark. But carbon steel will do it great too, and with a lot less weight. > Cast iron would make a lot of sense if you're camping or in the > aftermath of WWIII which, according to the Donald, is imminent. I better > start looking for my CI pan. I ain't dumb! > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO9PtW-wMBM When Trump wins - no WW3 - case closed on Xiden's Jinn. :-)