[Sca-cooks] Cast Iron pots??

[Lisa]

My Dear Duriel,

I'm not sure I understand your concern, as I stated that the entire hanger
is metal, there is no wood involved anywhere.  It is basically a
freestanding metal hanger.  It is not attached to any wood, and the only
chance of it being damaged is if my dad forgets to paint it regularly and
doesn't check for rust.  Phlip also stated that the 32 inch cast iron pot
she uses is hung from an all metal hanger.  I am curious as to where you are
seeing that wood is involved anywhere in any of our discussions?

Elizabeta of Rundel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Vincent" <Tom.Vincent at yahoo.com>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Cast Iron pots??


> No reason? Well, one very good reason would be deterioration of the beam
> it's hanging from.  Termites, for example, wood rot for another...stress
> for another.  Guess it depends what's underneath it, but I wouldn't risk
it.
>
> Duriel
>
> Saint Phlip wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 5/31/06, *Lisa* <silvina at allegiance.tv
> > <mailto:silvina at allegiance.tv>> wrote:
> >
> >     The hanger is all metal, and it's been hanging there since I was a
> >     teen...
> >     over 20 years, without giving away my exact age hehehe. There's
> >     not even a
> >     sway in any of the parts of the hanger... it's well built. :)
> >
> >     Elizabeta of Rundel
> >
> >
> >
> > No reason a cast iron pot shouldn't hang safely for a long time on a
> > metal hanger, as long as the hanger itself was designed to hold the
> > weight, and it's either made of wrought iron or stainless, or else
> > painted regularly to prevent rust and consequent metal weakening. I
> > hang my 32 inch cast iron pot over my fire at Pennsic on a relatively
> > light, hand made wrought iron chain on a tripod, and, once it's set
> > properly, never have a problem, other than needing two elephants and a
> > baby gorilla to lift the bloody thing when it's full and I need to
> > adjust the chain. Anything can be safely positioned anywhere, as long
> > as it's done intelligently, by people who understand the stresses and
> > the workings of the objects involved ;-)
> >
> >
> >     --
> >     Saint Phlip
> >
> >     Don't like getting old? Beats the Hel out of the alternative.
> >
> >     The purpose of life is not to arrive at the grave, a beautiful
> >     corpse, pretty and well-preserved, but to slide in sideways,
> >     thoroughly used up, totally worn out, proclaiming, "Wow! What a
> >     ride!"
> >
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