A cast iron skillet tip...

[Golddollar]

Someone mentioned handing down cast iron to the next generation. I have several cast iron skillets and dutch ovens. My oldest granddaughter has already inventoried them and laid claim to them "when I'm ready to let go of them".

I've always said that if a missile hit my house when they sifted through the ashes they would find the Griswold skillets and Pfaltzgraff dishes. That stuff is indestructible.

 

[Golddollar]

I suggest you haunt the 2nd hand stores and garage sales; maybe Ebay and score a Griswold or Wagner. Not all of 'em are collectors items and the cost can be reasonable. It's not a lot of work to clean them up and re-season them. Skillets of old were very smooth. Mine are slippery as teflon.

That's me using my #14 Griswold skillet in a chili cookoff. I found it in an antique store in Carlisle, PA. The crowd always got a charge out of watching me brown my meat, peppers and onions in it.