On 2/26/2010 3:43 PM, pltrgyst wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:13:39 -0500, "J. > wrote:
>
>> The only failure I've ever had with a cast iron pan was with a griddle
>> that caught fire and I tossed it in the snowbank outside--it cracked.
>>
>> If you don't rust it or crack it the stuff's pretty much indestructible.
>
> I've had two broken in shipping from NYC to Washington DC. They can be more
> fragile than you think, particularly at the junction of handle and body.

Well, that comes under the heading of "crack it". Cast iron is
brittle--it doesn't bend, it breaks.