Find a pan, pick it up, all the night you'll have good luck?
Saw these on the corner of 38th and 3rd in Manhattan last night. In the cold rush home, some people looked like they wanted to pick something up. Others were not so sure. Of course the un-curious and the un-cooks didn't even notice them.
What do you think? Let us know after the jump.
I have two Le Creuset saucepans my sister found at the Nantucket dump. I have the bottom of an enameled double boiler I bought at the Woolworths on 14th st in 1976 for making gesso in art school. I have 4 cast iron skillets my mom gave me that she had been using since 1950 (so they are *well* seasoned). Most of my other pans came from yard sales. I'm considered a good cook by all who have eaten my food. I sure don't think there's anything wrong with "found" cookware!
I often scour the second hand and thrift stores looking for a cast iron pan, like my grandmothers. I have not found *the one* but I know I'm getting close... I saw a cast iron corn bread molded like little corn cobs... My grandmother used that too.
Lastly, why buy new... and sometimes poorly crafted, when you can get something great for less or free?
The real question is : did YOU pick them up???? If not, why the heck not?
I just found a brand-newish looking springform pan on top of my trash can a couple weeks ago...this weekend I'M MAKING CHEESE CAKE FOR THE FIRST TIME! OH YEAH!!!
It's not the second hand that skeeves me, it's what chemical experiments were in them before you found them.
For the sake of argument, if someone was making soap in something I don't want it for my food.
My favorite dutch oven is from a flea market in Tennessee. And it's wonderful.
I'd argue there is a difference between buying a second hand pot or pan from a flea market or yard sale versus picking one up off a pile of garbage. I don't have a problem buying second hand cookware, in fact I have a rolling pin from a thrift store. On the other hand I would never pickup a rolling pin sitting on top of or next to a pile or garbage.