[DelaWhere]

>>>Anyway, a cast iron skillet can last a lifetime<<<

They sure can - have one from my Great Grandmother - still use it today. At first my wife questioned the practicality considering their heavy weight, but after a few years of using them, she doesn’t want anything else.

From 16” deep frying pan to the cast iron griddle, from the water kettle to the Dutch Oven... All get used very very regularly. They are so easily cleaned - so uniformly heated, wouldn’t want to use anything else.

Thanks for your recap... I am sure others will find it as reassuring as I did.

[hennie pennie]

Who is your favorite Freeper?

"First off, nw_arizona_granny for years of fascinating posts and interesting links. Secondly, many thanks to velveeta for keeping the Threat Matrix Messagethread alive. Thirdly, I'd select the threesome of blam, muawiyah, & sunkenciv for all the history, genealogy, archeology and science they have discussed in so many interesting threads in so many interesting ways."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406676/posts

[Eagle50AE]

After another soaking early last week, the wind decided to play blow the trees down , and we spent an evening by lamp, with a generator only running the freezers /refrigerators .

besides having to replace a spark plug , it was a good test of emergency methods,

I don't remember who posted that it was a good idea to plan and pull the main electric plug for an evening and see how your plans work, but I highly recommend it,

it was 21F and the wind howling but the backup logs kept us all cozy and warm..

and if you use a generator and decide to feed it into your wiring Please remember to disconnect from the grid.

Well, I'm back with electric and the Internet runs for an hour or so at a time ,(still phone line noise) but at least I had time to do some decorating outside.

/s

Merry Christmas