On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:38:05 -0500, pltrgyst > wrote:

> On 1/9/14, 10:19 PM, Steve Freides wrote:
>
> > Just did a quick Google - looks to be vintage cast iron, but also looks
> > a lot like any other cast iron skillet. We have exactly one of those,
> > 12", I think - I don't know the brand but I'm sure it will outlast us.
> >....
> > Does it cook better, or is it a vintage kind of thing, or some of both?
>
> As the OP said, it's a Griswold, and Griswold went out of business in
> 1957. Griswold is pretty universally acknowledged to have produced the
> finest cast iron pans ever made.
>
I'm with Steve. I have cast iron that came to me via my mother who
got it from my grandmother and I wouldn't be surprised if it came from
great-grandma. There's no name on it, but it's easily 75-100 years
old. Cast iron pans don't need to have a brand name stamped on them
to cook well and to last.

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