Re: Smithey Ironware

On 10/31/2024 3:40 PM, 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.

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No place at all unless one has a stove that produces an inadequate amount of heat, because they do store a lot of energy.  Still, I'd want it ceramic lined so it could be cleaned.

 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.
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I agree with everything other than the cooking part.  For protection against a high powered rifle, I'd definitely prefer cast iron over my Italian stainless steel pans.