In a message dated 12/8/05 8:55:43 AM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:


>   You can still get cast iron.
> 

Yeah -- my husband has a s__t-load of that stuff.  You can keep it!  Ya gotta 
be a weight-lifter to cook with it and wash it.  Plus, if you set it on the 
countertop and it's the least little bit damp, it'll leave rust stains on the 
counter.  Cast iron pots are great for cooking over a camp-fire in the great 
outdoors -- a poor choice for kitchen use.  Just my HO, of course.     MA