Both my Grandma and my wife's Granny were frying pan (black cast iron skillet) women. Her Granny used one to keep a bear out of the cabin up in Ontario. My Grandma used one once to "explain" to my Grandpa why supper was going to be a little late.


"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever."
-S. M. Stirling
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