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From: jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Cast Iron pans
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Date: Fri, 7-Mar-86 17:27:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  7 17:27:08 1986
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> I have my eye on a set of cast iron utensils (3 sauce pans,
> 2 fry pans and a dutch oven).  I've never used cast iron
> pots before, so can someone in net.land tell me
> 
> 1) do they rust?
> 2) do they retain/distribute heat well?
> 3) do they tend to stick even if they're well seasoned?
> Henry Chai ( guest on suran@utcsri )

1 Not much, and not at all if frequently used.
2 Yes. Very.
3 Again, not much, certainly less than most other pans.

BUT cast iron is very heavy. I question whether you really want
so much of it even if it's on sale. You may find that it's 
such a nuisance hauling it