Blaze (he/him) to [email protected]English • 1 month agoWhat are "buy it for life" items made in the USA?message-square55fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down12
arrow-up149arrow-down1message-squareWhat are "buy it for life" items made in the USA?Blaze (he/him) to [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-square@lemmy_outta_herelinkEnglish26•1 month agoLodge cast iron cookware. my pan is 20+ years old and literally better than new.
minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink14•1 month agoLodge is pretty good, but the best cast iron is the old stuff. Most of mine has come from thrift shops.
minus-square@Blue_MorpholinkEnglish7•1 month agoYes. I had a pan for almost 20 years and it was never great. In desperation I sanded it smooth. Turns out that was the problem. New pans aren’t sanded as part of their manufacturing.
minus-squaresnooggumslinkEnglish5•1 month agoI fucked up the seasoning on a newer lodge and just sanded it down with 80 then 120 sandpaper then seasoned from scratch. It is now as smooth as any older pan I’ve found.
minus-squareProdigalFroglinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-21 month agoI’ve seen some available that are polished smooth from the factory, but I think they’re made in China. Quality seems good though.
Lodge cast iron cookware. my pan is 20+ years old and literally better than new.
Lodge is pretty good, but the best cast iron is the old stuff. Most of mine has come from thrift shops.
Yes. I had a pan for almost 20 years and it was never great. In desperation I sanded it smooth.
Turns out that was the problem. New pans aren’t sanded as part of their manufacturing.
I fucked up the seasoning on a newer lodge and just sanded it down with 80 then 120 sandpaper then seasoned from scratch. It is now as smooth as any older pan I’ve found.
I sanded mine down to 600. It’s pretty good now.
I’ve seen some available that are polished smooth from the factory, but I think they’re made in China. Quality seems good though.