It's true, properly seasoned the food slides right out of them, like on an infomercial. I'm in love with my cast iron pans and I got them for a song. Two of them I got for a dollar each at a rummage sale. The other one I got for about a buck fifty at my local thrift store. It was brand-new, never been used. It had a wooden goose hot glued to it--it had been not very expertly crafted into a tacky piece of kitchen decor (the Philistines!). After prying off the goose, a good scrubbing, and a proper seasoning, it's perfect. I love how well they cook and how well they clean up and how inexspensive they were. I need a Dutch oven and a griddle for the stove and I'll be set.
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Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing "Embraceable You" in spats.

-- Woody Allen