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Do you call it Mr. Peter?

Wow, I've never fried an egg on low. I'll try it next time. I also wish I had a gas stove. Oh well. I actually seasoned mine the second time around on the stove, because I was short on time, and I liked the result. I did have to stand there watching it, but it goes pretty quickly.

I'm OK here

Yes, oil. What temp do you use for fried eggs?

That's good to know, thanks! Cooked some eggs on it this Am, but they stuck really badly. Do fried eggs usually slide off easily? I used medium-high temp, is that too high?

Sure, send it my way. It seems to me it can't be proven or disproven absolutely. But I can't go through the philosophical reasoning to prove that, either. It just seems intuitively true. And when I read books about it, I lose interest or fall asleep. The 'philosophy' books I can get through are usually the ones that look at the commonalities between science and religion. What you said makes sense to me, and anything deeper or more detailed just makes me dizzy or frustrated. I'd rather listen to music... that's when I feel something greater, spiritually, anyway. Whatever term one wants to call it is fine by me.

Here's mine now after a few uses. Still a small fleck or two that came off, but much better than after my first attempt!

Can't seem to edit in Tapatalk, but reread your post, and see that the pic was after retrying. I'm no expert, but that looks pretty thick and uneven, similar to my first attempt which failed. And that was also a little sticky. Maybe too thick with the Crisco? I just found Flax seed oil much easier to apply a really thin layer, which resulted in a very thin, hard, bonded layer. Maybe better for the unexperienced?

I scraped it with a plastic spatula, then steel wool under hot water, and got it down to metal, at least on the bottom. I still see seasoning on your bottom. (That didn't sound right!) Then very briefly with soap and very hot water rinse and then immediately dried it and heated it up to season again. That worked well for me. Ben, how did your pan turn out?

My anatomy partner went into ENT surgery. Super nice guy, really smart. Among the surgeons that I know, Antonio included, the ENTs are definitely a nicer and friendlier lot. Not just saying that for Antonio's sake. I agree, CJ, as weird as we are, we are also one of the nicer, friendlier docs around, and usually pretty interesting, if you can get past the weirdness. And if you like the subject matter (I love the brain and behavior and still do) then you're in luck! It's funny, though. I never took a single psychology course in college . no interest, thought it was all a bunch of crap. Still sometimes do. Psychiatry was the last thing I thought I'd go into while in med school. I purposely put it last in my third year, thinking I'd never go into THAT. I entered the rotation having not loved any other rotation. I thought I could tolerate Internal Medicine, but I didn't love it. Fell in love in a few weeks and still wouldn't rather do anything else. So were you ever able to prove or disprove the existence of God? I took one philosophy course in college and dropped it in the first week. Seemed like they could intellectually masturbate about anything for a lifetime, but never come to a conclusion!

Some of my favorite people are ER docs ... smart, really sharp, fun. Don't know any trauma surgeons. But yeah, super hard to get into. And surviving the residency would be oh, so painful. But I always say, do what you love. Psychiatrists are freaks. Nice folks, but freaks.

Shelly, mine looked close to that after my first use with the failed Crisco attempt. I just scraped it all off with steel wool, and started over. Turned out quite well.

No one ever told me the secret code. But also I just wasn't meant to be a surgeon ... I told my friend who was going to go into surgery that he better like the O.R., because he'd be spending his entire life in one. He smiled, and said there's no other place he'd rather be.

Haha. I actually didn't know what that was, but figured I was just ignant.

It was really good. Not too shabby for delivery!

Yeah, it's crazy. They totally deserve to make whatever crazy salary they make. In my cardiothoracic surgery rotation, we pre-rounded at 5am, rounded at 530am, had morning case conference, started surgery at 7am until about 2-3pm (that's 1 or 2 x 3-8 hour surgeries), end of day rounds and meetings, with a brief dinner break, until 9-10pm. One night I was heading home to prepare for the next morning because I was presenting the AM case conference, and word came that there was a death, so a heart transplant was heading our way. Should I go home to prepare the case, or stay to watch the heart transplant? No one was around to ask, but the nurse said they had to harvest it, so it could take a while to even arrive. I stuck around until midnight ... still waiting for the heart, not here yet ... I went home to prepare the case presentation and get some sleep. I got like 3 hours of sleep, but was ready to present the case the next AM. Head surgeon glares at me - 'case conference is canceled, where the hell were you last night? We had a heart transplant.' 'I went home at midnight to prepare for the case conference assigned to me.' 'Oh, so you've seen so many heart transplants that you didn't need to see another one?' 'Really sorry, I wanted to be ready to present the case and had to make a decision.' 'Goddamn med students'.

Yeah, I put it on pretty thick, so that was probably it. More is better, and all that. It was easier to stay thin with the Flax seed oil. What Doug said. Wife used it for Christmas cookies and had a bunch left over. Otherwise, we generally don't use Crisco.

Lobster ravioli with vodka cream sauce

I like my Arcam rDAC.

I should add that the only Crisco in the house was butter flavored, so maybe that affected it?

Not sure what I did wrong, but the Crisco didn't work so well for me. It was too thick and chunks came off when I rinsed it with hot water after its first use. I removed it and tried again with flax oil, and that worked really well. I did a pan seared chicken breast with a shallot wine sauce this week and it came out really nicely. First time I actually deglazed a pan and it actually felt like I did it right! Looking forward to getting more experience with it, but first impression is really great.

Sweet! Thanks!

Thanks, Mr. Peter! Though you could've waited a week to post!

Thank you x 6! I like the late ones ... it extends my birthday celebration that much longer!

Yeah, those surgeons aren't human.