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Fugelsang: Vance is toast (Original Post) kpete Sep 4 OP
Lol, that will piss off any woman Bev54 Sep 4 #1
Hey, that pissed me off...I'm a guy... MiHale Sep 4 #4
LOL thanks for the reminder, mine never cooked. Bev54 Sep 4 #5
I cook, she bakes, we both clean the home... MiHale Sep 4 #6
My Son is the baker True Blue American Sep 5 #48
My stovetop right now BaronChocula Sep 4 #18
Wow! SimplyHadEnough Sep 4 #19
They aren't like the ones I grew up with BaronChocula Sep 4 #29
Lodge is awful True Blue American Sep 5 #47
I'd be interested to know how it works BaronChocula Sep 5 #64
They may have been Griswold pans Woodwizard Sep 5 #54
I remember my mother's large Griswold skillet. wnylib Sep 5 #57
I looked for a brand name on them BaronChocula Sep 5 #65
omg! your stove is so CLEAN! orleans Sep 4 #31
Luckily you can't see the drip pans BaronChocula Sep 4 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 4 #39
Those skillets are BEAUTIES!! Shiny, glossy, well seasoned! maspaha Sep 4 #42
Do you soak it in bleach after and are your eggs from only straight cows? Brainfodder Sep 4 #26
Even men who don't cook do eat soldierant Sep 4 #33
It doesn't piss me off but I vaguely remember that it is a 'bad thing' Jack Valentino Sep 4 #37
As unlikable as he is... radical noodle Sep 5 #52
It would piss me, a guy off... Gaytano70 Sep 4 #12
And my husband! He's the cook of the family. calimary Sep 4 #15
Same same! catchnrelease Sep 5 #46
My son is the cook here and he loves my cast iron. I wash them with soap. They're 50 years old and so seasoned I can ratchiweenie Sep 5 #53
Whatta moran! MiHale Sep 4 #2
Lie central scrutinizer Sep 4 #3
LOL.. Now that is a mortal sin (even among atheists) hlthe2b Sep 4 #7
That boy ain't right in the head. ms liberty Sep 4 #8
That sounds nasty considering his wife is his dishwasher. twodogsbarking Sep 4 #9
good one lol nt et tu Sep 4 #14
This sounds like the dirty joke about what his wife and their diswasher have in common. TheBlackAdder Sep 4 #43
OMG, that's like the anti-Tim Walz fixed your bicycle Susan Calvin Sep 4 #10
Here's the image for anyone who can't see it. ShazzieB Sep 4 #11
Thank you! LauraInLA Sep 4 #16
Thanks a bunch. steventh Sep 4 #20
JD drinks Diet Mt. Dew, unsweetened iced tea, makes instant grits, biscuits from a can IronLionZion Sep 4 #13
Not instant grits!!!! Old Crank Sep 4 #21
No self respecting southerner uses instant grits! IronLionZion Sep 4 #23
You eat grits with red eye gravy made from made from frying up ham steak, too... CTyankee Sep 4 #28
Or shrimp is great too IronLionZion Sep 4 #30
"Vance. . . has actual cookies in the Royal Dansk tin at his house." Collimator Sep 5 #59
Even when I see the tins wrapped in plastic at the store, IronLionZion Sep 5 #62
No one has any idea. . . Collimator Sep 5 #63
I actually like Royal Dansk cookies! nt Susan Calvin Sep 6 #66
I was wondering who ate all the cookies IronLionZion Sep 6 #67
Someone's got to do it. Collimator Sep 7 #69
Henckels Cutlery A_Steel_Magnolia Sep 4 #17
...and doesn't season it afterwards! lastlib Sep 4 #22
LOL LetMyPeopleVote Sep 4 #24
The kind of guy that uses Prep-H on the wrong orifice? Brainfodder Sep 4 #25
I'm a 3rd generation Texan who gave up schlepping my seasoned cast iron skilled around just too long. CTyankee Sep 4 #27
I put Okra in my Gumbo ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 4 #40
I am with your husband on Okra. True Blue American Sep 5 #49
Fried okra is good, but I like it boiled. It's the slime that people don't like. I love the slime! CTyankee Sep 5 #61
JD Vance doesn't put the toilet seat back down nt Quixote1818 Sep 4 #32
He throws away his bacon grease kwijybo Sep 4 #34
I season my skillets with bacon grease ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 4 #41
Bacon in your green beans. True Blue American Sep 5 #50
Pressure cooker is my favorite kwijybo Sep 16 #70
I really did canetoad Sep 4 #36
I have at least one cast-iron skillet around here somewhere--- Jack Valentino Sep 4 #38
Rusts immediately. usonian Sep 4 #45
Coarse 4" wire wheel in a drill cleans that right up. Woodwizard Sep 5 #55
Yup, a lot of work. Most people won't have the power tools, nor the patience to re-season the pan. NT usonian Sep 5 #56
Not linseed oil? Conjuay Sep 5 #60
Never used it Woodwizard Sep 6 #68
Wow. Nt Figarosmom Sep 4 #44
That man claims to be a hillbilly. His granny would have taught him how to treat a cast iron pan. mucholderthandirt Sep 5 #51
I have my Grandmothers cast iron skillet.. she was born in the 1890's .. i still use it Peacetrain Sep 5 #58

MiHale

(10,644 posts)
4. Hey, that pissed me off...I'm a guy...
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 11:24 AM
Sep 4

who cooks for my dear wife. This subject affects both sides.

MiHale

(10,644 posts)
6. I cook, she bakes, we both clean the home...
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 11:32 AM
Sep 4

We are an equal homestead. My sons took over the cooking duties in their respective households both are well trained cooks.

True Blue American

(18,133 posts)
48. My Son is the baker
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 05:25 AM
Sep 5

He cans his fresh produce, makes jams and jellies. All I have to do is mention. I know have a container of Peach butter.
Better than Apple..His wife is a food scientist. She made chick pea salad and a trifle Monday, loaded with fruits.

I just ate.

BaronChocula

(2,482 posts)
29. They aren't like the ones I grew up with
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 03:24 PM
Sep 4

Their surface was smooth as silk. I asked my mother where she got them and she recalled Montgomery Ward. Mine are from Lodge and the seasoning gets pitted, but they do work like a charm.

True Blue American

(18,133 posts)
47. Lodge is awful
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 05:19 AM
Sep 5

The bottom of the pan is never smooth and impossible to clean. I am going to try just one of the ceramic to see how they are.

Woodwizard

(967 posts)
54. They may have been Griswold pans
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 09:06 AM
Sep 5

I have several, one was in the scrap metal pile at our transfer station perfect ratio of mass without being too heavy. Cast is all I use unless I am boiling pasta water.

My most used is my 14" cast wok.

wnylib

(24,147 posts)
57. I remember my mother's large Griswold skillet.
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 10:20 AM
Sep 5

It was the longest lasting and most used wedding present that she received.

BaronChocula

(2,482 posts)
65. I looked for a brand name on them
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 12:35 PM
Sep 5

Nothing. There MAY have been numbers stamped on the bottom. I can't recall. If I didn't have my own set I would have taken them after my parents passed. They went to one of my grabby sisters.

Response to BaronChocula (Reply #18)

Brainfodder

(7,172 posts)
26. Do you soak it in bleach after and are your eggs from only straight cows?
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 03:07 PM
Sep 4

Yes I said cows, put them on stupid already and let it go!!!!!!!!!!

Jack Valentino

(1,029 posts)
37. It doesn't piss me off but I vaguely remember that it is a 'bad thing'
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 09:51 PM
Sep 4

lol

Then again, he "allegedly" puts his penis into couch cushions,
which most people would also think to be a 'bad thing'


((Hey, I know it was just a meme----
but most people think that he probably DID, regardless!))

hahahahaha

calimary

(83,997 posts)
15. And my husband! He's the cook of the family.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 01:36 PM
Sep 4

Or maybe I should say chef. And he's very serious about his cooking and his cooking tools.

catchnrelease

(2,004 posts)
46. Same same!
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 12:00 AM
Sep 5

My guy does almost all of the cooking and he LOVES his cast iron! If I ever washed one with soap I think he'd leave me with the skillets in tow, lol.

ratchiweenie

(7,868 posts)
53. My son is the cook here and he loves my cast iron. I wash them with soap. They're 50 years old and so seasoned I can
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 07:45 AM
Sep 5

wash them any way I want and they are still perfect. My mom washed hers with soap for 70 years. I have to keep telling him to back off. They are my skillets and they are great.

Susan Calvin

(2,024 posts)
10. OMG, that's like the anti-Tim Walz fixed your bicycle
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 12:45 PM
Sep 4


I wonder if anybody has a similar website for JD Vance stuff?

IronLionZion

(46,864 posts)
13. JD drinks Diet Mt. Dew, unsweetened iced tea, makes instant grits, biscuits from a can
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 01:16 PM
Sep 4

owns several homes but none of them are mobile,
never used the "outside fridge" in winter for drinks (I steal jobs from racist idiots and I grew up using the outside fridge as a brown Appalachian-American)
doesn't know how to snap and string beans
spread margarine on his biscuits
has actual cookies in the Royal Dansk tin at his house

There's tons more online if you google JD Vance memes

Old Crank

(4,532 posts)
21. Not instant grits!!!!
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 02:11 PM
Sep 4

I saw the My cousin Vinnie movie.
The Prosecutor asked an older woman if she was cooking instandt grits....
She really laid into him in the court room.

Collimator

(1,844 posts)
59. "Vance. . . has actual cookies in the Royal Dansk tin at his house."
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 10:32 AM
Sep 5


Oh, I wish that I could find that particular meme! Instead, here is an article which spotlights the shared norm of finding sewing supplies in the iconic blue container.

It is one of those experiences that people can bond over in countless countries. Sort of like being able to give a simple answer like, " a sunny day", or "the laughter of children" or even, "my first cup of coffee in the morning" when someone asks you, "What makes you smile?"

J.D. Vance, however, takes the question as a personal attack. I could understand it if he were the lonely widower from Up. But, damn, J.D., you're a freaken' politician! Try harder! Even Bernie Sanders know how to weave a little levity into his general mien of curmudgeon-ness. Any when Bernie does get riled up, it's over important things, such as how economic policies affect people's lives.

(Also, future historians will discover that the first person to store sewing supplies in Royal Dansk cookie tins was Bernie Sanders' mother. )

IronLionZion

(46,864 posts)
62. Even when I see the tins wrapped in plastic at the store,
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 11:57 AM
Sep 5

I'm not convinced there are cookies inside. I don't remember ever eating those cookies but we had the tins somehow, filled with sewing supplies and other small items. And so did everyone else's mom. It's good to reuse things instead of tossing in garbage.

Collimator

(1,844 posts)
63. No one has any idea. . .
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 12:04 PM
Sep 5

. . . of how or when the cookies get eaten. But the tins serve humankind proudly.

Wait! I just thought of another Vance/Walz comparison!

Vance is the cookies; Walz is the tin.

A_Steel_Magnolia

(18 posts)
17. Henckels Cutlery
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 01:37 PM
Sep 4

Vance would probably put his Henckels cutlery in the dishwasher, except that he doesn't own any knives (just guns).

CTyankee

(64,814 posts)
27. I'm a 3rd generation Texan who gave up schlepping my seasoned cast iron skilled around just too long.
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 03:11 PM
Sep 4

My days of shaking my raw chicken in a bag of flour seasoned with pepper and salt and frying said chicken in Crisco were over; I had to give it up when I moved North. I also had to give up eating boiled okra (slime and all) as it nauseated my husband. And no to black eyed peas on New Years day for good luck.

You just can't put a properly seasoned cast iron skillet in a dishwasher, it defeats the whole purpose of seasoning it in the first place!

True Blue American

(18,133 posts)
49. I am with your husband on Okra.
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 05:30 AM
Sep 5

They tell me fried okra is delicious, I never tried to find out after my MIL DESCRIBED IT.

In Southern Ohio I ate mangoes until I went to Tennessee, found out they were sweet. Now I eat green peppers.

CTyankee

(64,814 posts)
61. Fried okra is good, but I like it boiled. It's the slime that people don't like. I love the slime!
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 11:19 AM
Sep 5

I lived in Dallas but went to visit my aunt and uncle in Brownwood every summer. My uncle just spoiled me rotten and did I love it!

kwijybo

(263 posts)
34. He throws away his bacon grease
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 08:53 PM
Sep 4

(for people not raised by Southerners, this is a sin. You cook with bacon grease. Use it to season pinto beans, and green beans, make corn bread with it, and so on. As well as cooking your eggs in it.)

ArkansasDemocrat1

(3,167 posts)
41. I season my skillets with bacon grease
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 10:25 PM
Sep 4

Seems to both be tougher than veggie shortening or canola type oil and it cooks better with little or no sticking.

And yes, eggs, beans, cornbread, green beans, etc all get a little help from bacon drippings. I even make gravy with it.

Jack Valentino

(1,029 posts)
38. I have at least one cast-iron skillet around here somewhere---
Wed Sep 4, 2024, 09:53 PM
Sep 4

but no dishwasher....

However, I recall reading advice about never putting your cast-iron skillet in the dishwasher
(although I don't recall the reason)

Woodwizard

(967 posts)
55. Coarse 4" wire wheel in a drill cleans that right up.
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 09:11 AM
Sep 5

Looks like a lodge plenty of metal on them, if pitted a metal flap wheel in a angle grinder will polish it smooth.

Season with canola oil.

mucholderthandirt

(1,099 posts)
51. That man claims to be a hillbilly. His granny would have taught him how to treat a cast iron pan.
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 05:38 AM
Sep 5

What a moran. What a couchf*cker. Ain't he tired of holding rallies in pastures and second-hand appliance store parking lots yet?

Peacetrain

(23,604 posts)
58. I have my Grandmothers cast iron skillet.. she was born in the 1890's .. i still use it
Thu Sep 5, 2024, 10:28 AM
Sep 5

to make cornbread.. Anyone so stupid as to put a cast iron skillet in the dishwasher.. should have their drivers license revoked.. they do not have good decision making skills and are a danger to others..

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