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[ashleylewan]

Now I have all this money, I don't know what the heck to do with it! Gaaaah. Nathan gave me a bunch for my birthday, since I can never decide what I want (see a pattern here?! lol) and then I got $50 from the in-laws, and I've got another $40 coming on friday for babysitting. Now my brain is like....ahhhhh, what do I want to buy

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[bruk]

I was going to say that since you're a vegetarian you should get un-enameled cast iron, because then you'll get more iron in your diet, but then yesterday we were at a store that had Le Creuset stuff and we saw that the skillets aren't even enameled on the inside, sheesh!

I don't see much point in that besides that it looks nice, because I believe you still have to take care of the inside of the pan like regular, un-enameled cast iron. That is- not washing it with soap, unless you want to re-season it after every washing.

Then we were looking at the dutch ovens, and I was sort of sad to see that they had plastic handles on the lids. One of the things I adore about my cast iron is that it's got no meltable stuff on it, so it can also be used in the oven. Bah :(

It does *look* nice, but if you were to ask Mr. Bun about it (and he has strong opinions on cast iron) nothing looks nicer than a perfectly seasoned piece of cast iron.

[ashleylewan]

TJMaxx didn't have the set I was previously looking at, so we didn't get any pots when we went.

That's a really great point about the non-enameled pots adding more iron into our diet. And the non-enameled ones are cheaper, too! (Always a plus!)

What's your view on previously used (aka thrift or yard sale) cast iron? The thought of it is a little icky, since you aren't supposed to use soap to clean them, but then again, when you season it, you have to bake it in the oven, and the high temp should get rid of any gross stuff. I'm curious what you think about that. You're the best yardsaler I know, that's why I ask :)

[bruk]

I'm a huge fan of thrift store / yard sale cast iron, especially if it looks disgusting and is coated in nasty filth/rusty ick, because the nastier it looks, the cheaper you can get it for. There's a secret trick, if you have a self cleaning oven (and if you don't, find some one who does and get them to help you out, if you can find a sympathetic cast iron fan who doesn't know about this trick, they'll probably be very enthusiastic to see the results) stick the nasty looking cast iron in there for the self clean cycle, and it will come out looking brand spanking new. You might have to dust/rinse/scrub off some ash stuff. Then you just coat the whole thing (inside and out) with some oil and put it in a low heated oven to put a new season on it

[boigrrrlwonder]

What books are on your homeschooling list? I'm looking into unschooling Teagan, but I've been looking into Waldorf, too. It's a long time away, still, but I try and read ahead.

[ashleylewan]

Waldorf looks amazing to me. I'll link you to my Amazon list, it has some Unschooling books there, too. I spent a lot of time looking, and chose the ones with the best customer reviews, since that's the most reliable feedback.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/354CXX6PXTA16/

The only thing I didn't really like about Waldorf is that it is considerably laced with Christian references. They celebrate a lot of "festivals", most of which are of Christian origin. I myself, being Buddhist/Agnostic am not really into the religious connotations to the festivals, but that is the beauty of homeschooling.