Denise~* wrote:
> Katra wrote:
>
>> I would not buy one on a bet... They weigh a damned TON and are rough
>> as sandpaper,
>
>
> Actually, when I did purchase some Lodge years ago, I amazingly got them
> to a state of where they worked quite nicely. I just kept on forgetting
> them on the stove when I would dry & reseason. I kept burning the nice
> seasoning off & filling the house with smoke. After one too many times
> of doing this, DH got mad at me & threw them out.


Jumping in, all my Lodge are smooth. Of course, they are about 50 years
old. The exterior is not as smooth, but certainly is not rough in terms
of sandpaper.

BTW, I can relate to the burning and smoking. I had to unlearn a lot of
stuff and re-learn to use cast iron instead of the light weight stuff I
had when I inherited these.

I'll stay with them until I cannot handle the weight, but that may be
quite a few more years.


jim