OK, well we can agree to disagree. (I think you are incorrect and a lot of people who know their cast iron talk about successfully sanding down their cast iron to change the texture which is actually just the finish as a result of the modern manufacturing process. So, yes, it is a debate.) But none of this is the…

They don’t machine the Lodge cast iron after casting, so yes, it has a sort of pebble-grained surface. Either a) go after it with a circular sander and smooth it off or if you don’t want to put in the work, b) season it well and continue to do so. It becomes as close to non-stick with use as any other cast iron as the…

nah, he’ll rationalize it (republicans have jobs! it’s cold out!) he will never give in to self reflection at all, and later when he boasts about historic crowds (they were the best! the biggest! big league!) he’ll actually remember it that way.

You aren’t mandated to use their factory-provided seasoning. Sand it off and re-season if you want. The quality isn’t in the seasoning; it’s in the cast iron. But also, you’re unfairly comparing new Lodge cast iron to “old Wagner or Griswold.”

Lodge cast iron is amazing. I’m literally using my grandmother’s cast iron pan & dutch oven that she got when she got married. In the 1940s. Even if you abuse the crap out of them, they can still be stripped and re-seasoned. Plus, if you’re slightly on the anemic side like me, cooking in cast iron is an easy way to…

The OP may be making the argument that the $90 tumblers were ‘bought for quality’ but, ironically, it’s clear they were bought for OP’s image (craftman-supporter-do-gooder) more than any higher quality. Glass is glass and it all breaks the same. I’d love to support craftsmen and local businesses like that, but $90…

how is that “bought for quality” though? sure I understand supporting the glassblower and not going corporate and all that... but is it truly better quality than what you could’ve gotten for a fraction of the price at any store? problem with glass is that no matter how well it was made, as soon as you drop it…

I can’t think of a good example of a “buy for quality” purchase I regretted... but I definitely have one that I DID NOT regret: Lodge cast iron cookware. It’s one of the very few things in life where amazing quality meets absurdly low pricing. Got $20? Here’s a skillet that’s just as good as any $300 cast iron skillet…

Ninja Master Prep Professional. It’s a good system and I enjoy it when I use it, but my cooking needs very rarely call for it. I usually end up slicing foods by hand or using my hand blender. It’s just too bulky and requires too much cleaning to justify my use. While buying for quality can help, you definitely want to…

Between this and some posts I’ve seen from reddit about how to sow discord amongst the left it’s clear to me that in the 21st century activists won’t be battled by COINTELPRO, but by internet trolls. As an organizer in the late 90s and early 2000s we talked a lot about “safety culture” to combat government…

I recently had 3 weeks off and didn’t read or listen to the news the entire time. It was glorious -I was so much less stressed. I used to be a political junkie but it’s become too depressing and might turn me into a “real” junkie if I keep it up.

I think it eats him alive that he doesn’t have the respect of the people he’s been trying to get in good with forever.

I don’t find the Clinton example ironic. I think it is correct. And, if Kushner had any relevant experience or expertise, I would not have a problem with this. The issue is not nepotism so much as lack of qualifications. He is as unqualified as a number of Trump appointees- is Bannon more acceptable because he is a…

FDR didn’t promise to do those things *before* he was elected. Trump did. He literally said he would put muslims into interment camps. People asked him how that was different than japanese americans in WWII and his answer was “You tell me!”....

Your post does not contradict my post.

His state dinners should be fewer and even further in between, his White House lawn easter egg hunts, his turkey pardons, etc...non-existent. Every photo-op visit to a hospital or a military base or a factory should be met with open protest.

Good. No one associated with anything traditional should be anywhere near his ass to sully themselves. Everything about this inaugeration - and this presidency, really - should have to be harder for him than it has been for previous presidents just to ram home the point that this presidency is not normal.

Right? Pragmatism is for suckers! We need hard-line idealists who refuse to work with their own party!

“A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station. Only a precise hit will set off a chain reaction. The shaft is ray-shielded, so you’ll have to use proton torpedoes.”

“Women don’t need pockets! Pockets are for people with jobs that leave the home! What do you need pockets for, when you’re home baking and cleaning house all day??”