In a message dated 10/18/02 9:58:26 AM, pokey@VANAGON.ORG writes:

<< I have a Coleman Griddle >>

An utterly useless device for anything other than heating frozen waffles.
With my son's Boy Scout troop, I have been though a bunch of the junk Coleman
hawks to the unsuspecting outdoor types.  Now, it you want a real do-all
piece of cookware which will serve almost any culinary endeavor, get a Lodge
Fish Pan.  It is a 20" X 12" X 3'' cast iron pan.  The depth is what makes it
really useful.  Try frying a pound of bacon in that Coleman jewel with the
grease reservoir and see how much of the grease is reserved in it.  The Lodge
Fish Pan will fry up a pound of bacon or a dozen and a half of burgers
without a mess.  With an inch of oil in it, you can make French fries that
are as good as it gets.  You want enough chili for an army, you got it.  The
thing is as close to universal as it gets.

The true beauty of this pan is that you can use it on your sissy propane
stove or over a real man's fire fueled with hardwood.  It is not as cheap as
the Coleman abomination but, it will still be in use long after you are gone.
 Oh, I almost forgot: in a pinch you can drive onto it in order to level your
RV.

George