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From: jmcquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Smithey Ironware
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2024 18:18:23 -0400
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On 11/2/2024 6:09 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2024-11-02 5:28 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 11/2/2024 5:15 PM, Carol wrote:
> 
>>> Umm, Jill I've posted so many times on my cast iron pans including
>>> cooking for fun in the fireplace here.  Mine gets used 3-4 times a week
>>> though less for the cast iron ovens due to being hard for me to lift
>>> now.
>>
>> Umm, Carol, I was reacting to your reply to David (dsi1) and his 
>> comments about cast iron.  He sounds about as ill educated about heat 
>> conduction and multi-faceted uses of cast iron as Sheldon.
>>
> 
> I had not bothered to engage him on that. There are things I like about 
> cast iron. Among them are being able to get them smoking hot that they 
> retain heat. They don't suddenly cool off when you through a slab of 
> meat in. The cast iron is my pan of choice for pancakes.
> 
Sometimes you need cookware that will retain the heat after you move it 
off the burner.  Or something that can go from stovetop into the oven. 
There's a reason cast iron has been around for so long.

Jill