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I signed up for Amazon Prime for free 2 Day shipping thinking it’d be faster and indeed it is.  But it’s so fast, when you buy it, Amazon ships like 8 seconds after you click buy.  Normally I buy and then use the cancel feature, that option is now gone.  My unseasoned cast iron skillet arrived.  I didn’t want the skillet, and I can’t return it as the return shipping for cast iron skillets runs about as much as the skillet.  The skillet now sits next to the 10 inch skillet, plane micrograter, Dilbert calender, and pot lid sorter as reminders that Amazon Prime works by different rules.  Be warned impulse shoppers, be warned.

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Ryan has been doing a lot of the cooking recently so I prepared marinaded pork for him, my father and I.  I prepared this in my typical way:  A pan sear in a cast iron skillet for 90 seconds a side followed by 2 minutes in an oven set to kill (500°F).  Little did I realize how long I had left the skillet on the burner top on high as later I would discover that the iron was oxidizing off.  Anyway, I add some salt and peanut oil and turn my head only to hear a “woof” followed by a nutty smell.  I’m pretty sure my dad saw this coming as he went to open the door for me.  How did I get a 800°F cast iron pan out the door you may ask?  Because like any incompetent chef I use flame proof welding gloves instead of pot holders.  Fuck you, Martha Stewart Everyday.