Posted on 08/12/2025 5:29:01 AM PDT by Red Badger
Apparently so..................
I have and love an extensive collection of cast iron but seldom use it in my electric oven except to set the seasoning. I find my “tin” pans with racks are better suited to the task.
Heat is the key. Clean out as much loose stuff as possible, pour some water into the pan, heat it up, scrub it with some big flakey salt ( kosher works fine) and a metal brush or a spatula. Real easy. Re-heating loosens everything up.
I know ... 🤬
Good post, thanks.
Oh, yeah. I’ve done that, yet the scrubbing continues. Maybe I should just hide them from him.
“There are no Teflon harms. Teflon is inert”
Not even close to true. Teflon is PTFE and is a known killer. Small animals in the house are susceptible to death by PTFE when it is heated above 500 degrees F. If it can kill animals, it can kill you.
I am still using Mom’s old cast iron she bought in 1945.
My parents had a cheap aluminum frying pan with a “silverstone” mineral coating. 100% non stick. Scratch resistant. Lasts forever.
I don’t know why these “silverstone” pans are so expensive now. Many of them are not even the real thing.
Sweet !!!
I used to have My Great-Grandmother’s “Drip-Drop” CI Roaster (Dutch Oven minus the lip on the top to hold coals) and a 12” CI pann.
They were stolen while in storage!😡🤬😤
Scumbags ! I hope they drop them on their feet and break every bone in their feet...
All my cooking pans are totally stainless steel with copper bottoms. In spite of 50 plus years of use they still look new. No amount of anything getting “stuck on” has been something that cleaning could not take care of.
Cast iron in this house.
HERESY!!!! To the stake with the heretic!!!
"Forever chemicals" are the Latest Thing to Fear ... if you're not running around in circles screaming and shouting with your hair on fire about them, you're not "one of us".
You are not Of The Body:
You must be absorbed.
If I have to use some asinine wood or plastic utensils so as not to intimidate the coating, count me out. Wood is clumsy and absorbs stuff. Plastic, well, why should I believe anything about its health benefits?
This is just another fad, and a way to get more $$.
Cook, soak and you can easily peel and brush off all the food. Then toss in the dishwasher.
Definitely cast iron or steel this the way to go. I cook most everything on a steel gas griddle when at our lake cabin. I find I use my stove and microwave far less and have been using an air fryer and automatic pressure cooker more.
The testing of this cookware will have to be brutal, like the conditions Teflon failed under. High heat and cold, boiling acids, mechanical damage, especially from spatulas and knife cuts, harsh cleaning chemicals, the list goes on and on.
Yep but it makes the food look funky like scrambled eggs with black crap.
Thrift shopping is the only way to go. Aside from socks, shoes and underwear, that’s my go-to for anything I need...and usually also things that I don’t, LOL!
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