On Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 4:41:41 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-10-16 5:27 PM, Je�us wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:23:17 -0400, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>> Yep, it happens to all of us at some point. I really should get a
> >>> decent pair of oven mitts, I often have close calls just using a tea
> >>> towel.
> >>
> >> I hate oven mitts and will never use them. I find them too awkward and
> >> lacking in protection.
> >
> > I also find them awkward, which is why I haven't got a pair yet... but
> > I do need to get some mitts or *something*. I've been pushing my luck
> > a lot by using a tea towel (and often a damp one at that).
>
> Yeah. Tea towels don't really cut it. They may be okay for a cookie
> sheet coming out of a 350 F oven, but when you throw a hot cast iron
> frying pan into a 450 oven to finish a steak, a flimsy fabric cloth is
> not going to work. Using a wet on is insanity.
>
> I still have not forgiven the student who gave my wife a hand knitted
> hot bad made of Phentex. I made the mistake of using a decorative "hot
> pad" as a hot pad. The damned thing melted on contact and I don't know
> if my burn was from the hot pan or the melted Phentex.
>
> >
> >> I prefer to use hot pads and before those that
> >> are long enough that they cane be doubled over for added protection.
> >
> > They might be what I need here.
>
> Good hot pads are hard to find. Most of them are decorative and too small.

And most Made in China!!

I'd love to get a good Made In USA pair of high quality oven mitts! Anyone know of any? Thanks.

John Kuthe...