Like You CP all I ever eat out of or cooked on my whole life was cast iron. Had a large one I used for shore lunches when I guided on the upper Mississippi River. Took two grown men to lift it. LOL.
When I got married in 1973 My wife had a complete set of stainless steel revere ware. She asked me what i wanted for Christmas. I tore out the page of cast iron cook wear out of the sears catalog and said this. Never looked back. Wife loves this cast iron cook wear also.