Cast Iron Rant!!!

[norgeway]

Can anyone make anything even usable these days!!! Just for kicks I looked at some new cast iron the other day....I wouldnt carry it home for it, it is rougher than sandpaper inside, i grew up with Griswold , what on earth has happened, there is no way you could ever season that new stuff, the old cookware i have is as slick as glass inside!!And my Grandmother got some of it when she married in 1926!!!

 

[58limited]

Yeah, I've bought some in the past few years. The manufacturer's websites and instructions say that the rough surface is fine and even better since it is not slick and the cure will not flake off and the rough grooves will eventually fill in with use. I call BS - the older stuff I have is smooth and doesn't take much of a cure to be non-stick (yes, I've accidentally burned the cure off and done other neglectful things with the old stuff).

 

I now look for older cast iron at estate sales, won't buy any new cast iron.

 

[danemodsandy]

This Is the Problem....

....With overseas manufacturing. Some of the more recently industrialized nations now churning out products for America have a peculiar limitation:

They're very good at making things that look like our stuff, but what they miss is the fine points that would make it work like our stuff.

One big example is nail clippers. You'd be hard-pressed to find a pair of Chinese-made clippers that will actually clip. Their hand-held can openers are the same thing - they look fine, but don't actually work, at least not for long.

At least you know the difference between good and bad and you know where to find the good stuff. What other folks do is a mystery.

 

[norgeway]

The only..

Cast iron I have other than one pan my Mother got when she was married in 1950,is Griswold, Wagner and Erie!, and its all ancient!