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this is the answer. right here. just don't pay retail. cast iron is for hipsters

• cossatot 12y ago
  >cast iron is for hipsters Yes, and it would be foolish to use cooking utensils preferred by a group of people who likes simple, time-tested tools and methods to cook tasty, balanced meals using high-quality ingredients.
  • 001sky 12y ago
    Hipsters don't have any priority claims on cooking with good methods or ingredients, simple or not, healthy or not. The type of pan you use has no bearing on this. Its foolish to use something that performs worse than something that also cheap and readily available. Thats just called ignorance. Try a de buyer or a mafter and then come back and update your post.
    • cossatot 12y ago
      I'm simply objecting to the use of 'hipster' as a pejorative here, which I find tiresome (and I assume many others on a forum used largely by young technologists do as well). In this instance it's a strange term to use negatively, as hipsters the hipster stereotype includes some foodie-ism. It's also an imprecise way to characterize cast iron cookware, unless you can demonstrate that hipsters do have priority claims on it over less hip groups like the elderly or midwestern housewives or NRA members or whatever. My apologies for trying to fight snark with snark, I'll keep my whining non-sarcastic from here on out. In any case, although I have no current plans to replace my cookware, what should I expect in improvement upon switching to said less ironic brands? Less food sticking? Better heat distribution or other characteristics?
      • 001sky 12y ago
        Its all about the design, shape and weight. 1) long handle, low sidewalls, medium volume 2) medium weight, low center of gravity 3) smooth machined surface