You get what you pay for... I wouldn't get it. It looks cheap. Kind of odd.
Yeah....but......it's only 8 bucks!!!
I'm torn right now. I'll ponder it.......
You get what you pay for... I wouldn't get it. It looks cheap. Kind of odd.
yeah, but 8 bucks wasted, is 8 bucks wasted. spend more and get something decent. Like this:
http://www.amazon.com/SCI-Scandicrafts-7-Cup-Cast-Aebleskiver/dp/B001D6Y2E0
Keltin, please answer me this.
Why do most of them look different than they did, say 20-30 yrs ago?
Swear to God, I have done everything to care for mine and it doesn't look like Gram's did.
Her surface was always smooth. I think she washed it in hot soapy water with a brillo pad.
After she'd clean it, she'd rub the insides with oil and stick it back in the gas oven to store.
I have done the same basic thing with mine, but it's got rough insides and doesn't have that smoothness at all.
Think I'll toss it and buy a new one, and pay big bucks if I have to.
I'll probably end up scouring thrift shops and garage sales now to find one that's been properly cared for, and then I'll bring it home and keep it that way.I have one cast iron skillet that was my great-grandmothers, then my grandmothers, then my mothers and now it's mine and it is my absolute favorite thing to use in the kitchen. I have never had to re-season it - but Sass, I know what you mean. I have only bought one other CI skillet and it NEVER seasoned up the way this one is. It's sitting in a cupboard somewhere I think.
The old cast iron was machined smooth at the factory. Most of the new cast iron is a rough casting, and Lodge has done a credible job of convincing the buyers that it doesn't matter. You are far better off finding the old Griswold, Wagner, or other brandsKeltin, please answer me this.
Why do most of them look different than they did, say 20-30 yrs ago?
Swear to God, I have done everything to care for mine and it doesn't look like Gram's did.
Her surface was always smooth. I think she washed it in hot soapy water with a brillo pad.
After she'd clean it, she'd rub the insides with oil and stick it back in the gas oven to store.
I have done the same basic thing with mine, but it's got rough insides and doesn't have that smoothness at all.
Think I'll toss it and buy a new one, and pay big bucks if I have to.
Thank you Jim.The old cast iron was machined smooth at the factory. Most of the new cast iron is a rough casting, and Lodge has done a credible job of convincing the buyers that it doesn't matter.