Out of the Blue

[Aug 24, 2012, 11:03 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

I'm very pleased with the results of a little restoration project I just completed on a frying pan I found amid some of my dad's junk. It is a beautiful older Le Creuset omelet pan from the days before they coated the cast iron with enamel. It had a nasty burned-on mess in it that defied all my efforts at scrubbing, in spite of the pride I take in my ability to solve such problems with elbow grease. Knowing there are people out there who have restored cast iron in far rougher shape than this, I took to the Google, and learned spray on oven cleaner can help in such situations, and sure enough, a couple of applications got me down to basically bare metal. It was then a simple matter to unscrew the wooden handle, which I worked on cleaning up while the cast iron re-seasoned in the oven. I now have an as good as new omelet pan for my effort, or arguably better than new, since the non-stick properties of cast iron cookware improve with the addition of a little patina, and this pan seems to fall into the category of "they don't make them like that anymore."

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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 24, 2012, 14:44

Stanly Manly

nin wrote on Aug 24, 2012, 11:14: LL Cool J leaves intruder with broken bones. Was reading about this last night, and "Momma Said Knock You Out" instantly popped into my head... Hah. However, apparently the intruder was 56 years old,unarmed, and entered through an unlocked door. Don't get me wrong, here. Anyone breaking into my house will find themselves at the business end of a shotgun, but this seems like it will come back and bite LL. This doesn't seem like subduing an intruder, as much as violently beating the holy shit out of a near senior citizen who probably has a drug problem, mental health problem, or both. The intruder is a convicted petty thief, and certainly deserves to be punished for his crime, but I just get the feeling that the intruder is the victim of aggravated assault in this case. I sincerely doubt he tried to do anything other than give up or run away once confronted.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 24, 2012, 14:35

Verno

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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 24, 2012, 14:02

Cutter

Bucky wrote on Aug 24, 2012, 13:40:
My GW2 client is up to date. I'm just spending my day staring at the countdown timer, enjoying the fact that it finally says 0 days.

It's The Final Countdown! Europe's greatest hit...so far!




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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 24, 2012, 13:40

Bucky

Cutter wrote on Aug 24, 2012, 13:10: And boo on Lance Armstrong. Always knew he was cheating. P.S. Don't forget to update you GW2 clients for tonight, woot! People always give me funny looks when they find out I'm a cyclist that doesn't watch the Tour de France or follow the sport in any way. Professional cycling makes the NFL and MLB look like saints. It's also incredibly boring to watch. My GW2 client is up to date. I'm just spending my day staring at the countdown timer, enjoying the fact that it finally says 0 days.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 24, 2012, 13:10

Cutter

Cast iron pans are the way to go. And anything by Creuset is always worth the money and then some. They make stuff that can be handed down generationally.

And good on the Tesla museum and LLCJ both. And boo on Lance Armstrong. Always knew he was cheating.

P.S. Don't forget to update you GW2 clients for tonight, woot!




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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 24, 2012, 12:56

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Haha . I remember when John Titor came to a forum I used to read.

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 24, 2012, 12:43

RoboNerd

Re: Toronto Batman reviews the Hyundai i30 My parents are DEAD...swear to me... I give this video 4 out of 5 beef jerkys

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 24, 2012, 12:05

nin

And the tree and the neighbors!




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 24, 2012, 11:53

Ratty

nin wrote on Aug 24, 2012, 11:39: Ratty wrote on Aug 24, 2012, 11:37: So are you going to make some omelets now the Julia Child way? You know, shake shake shake. You should have an omelet party. Between the dogs, the teeth, the driving of Mrs, the stove, and now the pans, I get the feeling there's never a dull moment at the Blue household. Almost sitcom worthy... True. Then there's that maybe broken toe. A time bomb just waiting to go off.

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 24, 2012, 11:39

nin

Ratty wrote on Aug 24, 2012, 11:37:
So are you going to make some omelets now the Julia Child way? You know, shake shake shake. You should have an omelet party.

Between the dogs, the teeth, the driving of Mrs, the stove, and now the pans, I get the feeling there's never a dull moment at the Blue household. Almost sitcom worthy...




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 24, 2012, 11:37

Ratty

So are you going to make some omelets now the Julia Child way? You know, shake shake shake. You should have an omelet party.

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 24, 2012, 11:32

nin

As long as the shopping mall folks don't outbid them, they should have it. All the more reason to keep accumulating funds...




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 24, 2012, 11:24

xXBatmanXx

The Tesla museum just passed one million dollars. Now what?

I really hope this is salvaged and can be donned a historical landmark with some assistance from the gubmint in the area. Losing something like that was be a fuggin travesty.

*clicks* and reads.

and with the $850,000 matching grant from NY state this puts us at 1.85 million bucks.

Nice!




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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 24, 2012, 11:14

nin

LL Cool J leaves intruder with broken bones.

Was reading about this last night, and "Momma Said Knock You Out" instantly popped into my head...




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

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