1146 Arboretum Drive
$549,000
2012 Kenilworth Lane
$599,000
1911 Pembroke Jones Drive
$719,000
1028 Arboretum Drive
$819,000
1707 Pope Court
$599,000
1904 Senova Trace
$699,000
2113 Harborway Drive
$799,000
1216 Great Oaks Drive
$1,299,000
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The
surfaces
were also
smoother.
Some com-panies
used
proprietary tech-niques
to make “mirror-polished”
and “frosted” pans that had a sleeker,
shinier finish than modern-day cast
iron pans. All of these methods
made the pans easier to handle and
season and therefore, easier to cook
with.
In 1707, Abraham Darby pat-ented
the sand casting method,
which is similar to the way cast iron
is made today. Because of Darby’s
contribution, the 18th and 19th
centuries saw a boom in cast iron
cookware. They were so important
to daily life that in his book, “The
Wealth of Nations,” Adam Smith
says, “They were worth more than
gold.”
They were also expensive because
of the blacksmith’s labor to forge
each one. Manufacturing innova-tions
eventually made them cheaper
to produce, and by the turn of the
20th century, they became afford-able
and widely accessible.
The cast iron skillet has seen a
resurgence in recent years. More
cooks are realizing that Southerners
have had it right all along, and as
the Teflon age dies off, cast iron is
still going strong.
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