Goomba38 wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> David Scheidt wrote:
>>> jmcquown > wrote:
>>>
>>>> The plates, cups, etc. are the same you'd see in movies featuring
>>>> guys out on the range eating beans and drinking coffee. I think it
>>>> would be great for picnics, camping, etc. And it comes in lots of
>>>> colours now, too
>>> If your idea of "camping" involves a car, sure. If you have to
>>> carry the stuff, no way you want to haul the stuff. It's heavy:
>>> it's steel covered in rock!
>>
>> WTF are you talking about? What's heavy steel covered in what rock?!
>>
>>
> Whoa! calm down girlfriend... He is right. The enamel ware, while
> pretty and always shown as the ideal cowbow-on-the-range-cookware is
> a lot heavier than folks might want to hand carry in that cute lil'
> picnic basket. If you're using your car as your "picnic carry
> basket" and driving up to the picnic table or meadow where you're
> going to drop your blanket then it doesn't matter?

Sorry, but my enameled granite ware isn't heavy (to carry). Maybe if I were
hauling a whole chicken with gravy and dressing in the speckled roasting pan
to a picnic... yeah It's not cast iron.

I have a number of these sauce pans (which I highly recommend for ease of
cleaning and the ability to go from stovetop to oven if needed). I can't
see having a problem carrying the plates and cups to serve up a picnic
lunch. I can definitely see how "cowboys" on the range in the late 1800's
would have carried something like this for serving up supper.

Jill