On Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:42:17 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-10-16 5:27 PM, Je?us wrote:
>> On Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:23:17 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>> Yep, it happens to all of us at some point. I really should get a
>>>> decent pair of oven mitts, I often have close calls just using a tea
>>>> towel.
>>>
>>> I hate oven mitts and will never use them. I find them too awkward and
>>> lacking in protection.
>>
>> I also find them awkward, which is why I haven't got a pair yet... but
>> I do need to get some mitts or *something*. I've been pushing my luck
>> a lot by using a tea towel (and often a damp one at that).
>
>Yeah. Tea towels don't really cut it. They may be okay for a cookie
>sheet coming out of a 350 F oven, but when you throw a hot cast iron
>frying pan into a 450 oven to finish a steak, a flimsy fabric cloth is
>not going to work. Using a wet on is insanity.

Heh The thinking in my mind goes something like:
"Not worth getting a fresh tea towel out for just that, I should be
okay this one time with a damp TT"... which usually (but not always)
works out well

>I still have not forgiven the student who gave my wife a hand knitted
>hot bad made of Phentex. I made the mistake of using a decorative "hot
>pad" as a hot pad.

Oh, a 'decorative' hot pad... that sounds like a good idea

>The damned thing melted on contact and I don't know
>if my burn was from the hot pan or the melted Phentex.
>
>>
>>> I prefer to use hot pads and before those that
>>> are long enough that they cane be doubled over for added protection.
>>
>> They might be what I need here.
>
>Good hot pads are hard to find. Most of them are decorative and too small.

I shall investigate.