Chief Longwind Of The North
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I have accepted a voluntary position helping once a month to teach teens how to cook at a local mentoring center. Yesterday, as I was awating the kids arrival, I was talking to a guy who owned an antique shop, who also helps at the center. We got talking about how gas-prices have hurt the tourist industry around here. Eventually, I turned the subject to cookware, and how I would like to see these kids, many of whom come from poor families, be able to get some good pans, like cast iron, or inexpensive stainless. I could teach them what they need to know, and maybe set up a day to go to garage sales and see if they could find something great. Of course I said that I would love to find a Griswold cast-iron pan or to myself.
Well, this gentleman then proceded to complain to me that he had a Griswold in his shop and that the books said it listed for $30. I said I would buy it. He said that know one else who had seen the pan would offer any more that 5 bucks. I said that they just didn't understand quality cookware. After that, he gave me the pan for free. I said no and offered to pay for it, but he said he was just glad to find someone who could appreciate value.
So I got a number 8 Griswold in virtually perfect condition for free. I'm looking forward to cleaning it up and using it. My youngest daughter states that as I now have two 8 inch cast iron pans, that she is going to liberate me of my lodge pan when she moves out. I should have said "over my dead body!", but I have never been much able to say know to my kids about such things. Now don't get me wrong, they aren't spoiled (that's my wife ), but I want them to start out on their own with something they can use for cooking. Besides, I have my Griswold.
Seeeeya; Goodweed of the North
Well, this gentleman then proceded to complain to me that he had a Griswold in his shop and that the books said it listed for $30. I said I would buy it. He said that know one else who had seen the pan would offer any more that 5 bucks. I said that they just didn't understand quality cookware. After that, he gave me the pan for free. I said no and offered to pay for it, but he said he was just glad to find someone who could appreciate value.
So I got a number 8 Griswold in virtually perfect condition for free. I'm looking forward to cleaning it up and using it. My youngest daughter states that as I now have two 8 inch cast iron pans, that she is going to liberate me of my lodge pan when she moves out. I should have said "over my dead body!", but I have never been much able to say know to my kids about such things. Now don't get me wrong, they aren't spoiled (that's my wife ), but I want them to start out on their own with something they can use for cooking. Besides, I have my Griswold.
Seeeeya; Goodweed of the North