I've got a cast iron skillet, and I'm not afraid to use it.

Rapunzel from Disney's Tangled
No, not as a weapon!  I mean I'm not afraid to bake with it.  Libby, the MC in Pilgrims Don't Wear Pink, spends the summer open-hearth cooking at a living history museum.  Well, one summer I did that too, so I am very familiar with cast-iron cookery!  Things I learned about cooking with cast iron:
1. It is even heavier than it looks2. When you clean it, little black flecks will fly off...