[Sca-cooks] Replacing a pan...from Isabella

Saint Phlip phlip at 99main.com
Tue Mar 18 04:25:09 PDT 2008


http://www.sportsmansguide.com/search/search.asp?k=cast+iron&a=browse&c=&ipp=48

Likely the best prices you'll find for good, solid products. Good
company to deal with.

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Daniel & Elizabeth Phelps
<dephelps at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Cheap is good! We will look into this. Thank you!
> Cheers,
> Isabella
>
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>
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> administering medicine to the dead.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dragon" <dragon at crimson-dragon.com>
> To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Replacing a pan...from Isabella
>
>
>
> > Daniel & Elizabeth Phelps did speak thusly:
> >>A good cast iron frying pan is on the one of these days list, definitely.
> > ---------------- End original message. ---------------------
> >
> > Why not now?
> >
> > They are comparatively cheap, you can buy a set of three in various
> > sizes for a lot less than one anodized Calphalon pan or any of the
> > other fancy brands.
> >
> > I think I spent $15 on my set a few years ago at Target, I got a 6",
> > an 8" and a 10", I think I spent another $12 on a 12". Yeah, these
> > are no-brand-name pans but there really isn't all that much
> > difference in weight or quality from a Lodge pan.
> >
> > The only drawback is you have to spend time getting it properly
> > seasoned (the pre-seasoned stuff from Lodge is not worth the extra
> > money, the season can flake off easily).
> >
> > The remainder of this e-mail constitutes my opinion, do with it what
> > you will. ;-)
> >
> > As for any other sort of pans, think thick and heavy. A heavy base
> > spreads the heat much more evenly. Aluminum conducts heat faster than
> > stainless but some of the "sandwiched" style pans give a bit of the
> > best of both stainless and aluminum. I think hard-anodized is better
> > than teflon coating if you go aluminum.
> >
> > Dragon
> >
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