Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 6 months agoWhat are "buy it for life" items made in the USA?message-squaremessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat are "buy it for life" items made in the USA?Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squarelemmy_outta_here@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoLodge cast iron cookware. my pan is 20+ years old and literally better than new.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoLodge is pretty good, but the best cast iron is the old stuff. Most of mine has come from thrift shops.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months 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-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months 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-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI sanded mine down to 600. It’s pretty good now.
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.