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In reply to the discussion: What is one of your kitchen/house tools from long ago that you still treasure today? [View all]lastlib
(23,142 posts)42. Well-seasoned cast iron is worth its weight in gold ten times over!
I bought a set of Lodge skillets at an estate sale in the 1980s--two 10", two 8". Have no idea how old they were when I bought them, but I'm guessing they were about sixty years old. They were getting some rust spots, the seasoning had been coming off, so I had to re-season them, but after 35-plus years of proper use and cleaning, they are, like yours, WAY better than Teflon! And they give food a better flavor!
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What is one of your kitchen/house tools from long ago that you still treasure today? [View all]
dixiegrrrrl
May 2020
OP
Actually it is still in my mom's kitchen drawer, buty I hope to inherit it ;)
FirstLight
May 2020
#1
I have my mother's #10 Griswold frying pan. Makes the best fried...well anything.
Lochloosa
May 2020
#2
My Mother's heavy duty wooden-handled spatula, bread knife, her red-handled potato masher
hlthe2b
May 2020
#3
I have a set of those, a wedding present in 1969 Probably cost $10 at most
yellowdogintexas
May 2020
#44
My mother's silver pie server...has to be 80 years old. Hardly ever use it but am not going...
Tikki
May 2020
#12
I used to have the other Mouli (one of the first tv order by mail items)
yellowdogintexas
May 2020
#47