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I'm not really a fan----it's too fragile for camp duty because when it's cracked or broken, well, that's glass in your grub and
that can't be a good thing! I prefer stainless steel.
For a long time though, enameled steel was considered the cat's meow.
Of course when Americans began recreational camping and before even lighter weight aluminum pots and pans took over, the old Granite ware often migrated from the kitchen to the chuck box where it could be abused, scorched, misplaced and not greatly missed (unless it's the coffee pot!)
But enameled steel sure looks good on a camp stove, campfire grate or picnic table-----there's just something "Old Westy" about Graniteware.
In fact new Graniteware is still marketed for camping use, even today.
I will use enameled steel for wash basins and the camp coffee pot. Maybe other items, but I'm still leery.
Here's the low down on the History of the stuff:
http://www.oldandinteresting.com/enamel ... story.aspx
One curiosity that's missing from the History is the significance of made in Mexico enamelware.
The story I heard was that there was a large concern manufacturing enamelware in the southern USA.
When the Confederacy was defeated in the Civil War, the family owned business migrated to Mexico and set up shop there
and currently available Made In Mexico Graniteware is a lineal descendent.
True? I don't know but it is an interesting muse for the amateur Historian.
that can't be a good thing! I prefer stainless steel.
For a long time though, enameled steel was considered the cat's meow.
Of course when Americans began recreational camping and before even lighter weight aluminum pots and pans took over, the old Granite ware often migrated from the kitchen to the chuck box where it could be abused, scorched, misplaced and not greatly missed (unless it's the coffee pot!)
But enameled steel sure looks good on a camp stove, campfire grate or picnic table-----there's just something "Old Westy" about Graniteware.
In fact new Graniteware is still marketed for camping use, even today.
I will use enameled steel for wash basins and the camp coffee pot. Maybe other items, but I'm still leery.
Here's the low down on the History of the stuff:
http://www.oldandinteresting.com/enamel ... story.aspx
One curiosity that's missing from the History is the significance of made in Mexico enamelware.
The story I heard was that there was a large concern manufacturing enamelware in the southern USA.
When the Confederacy was defeated in the Civil War, the family owned business migrated to Mexico and set up shop there
and currently available Made In Mexico Graniteware is a lineal descendent.
True? I don't know but it is an interesting muse for the amateur Historian.
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