/ck/ - Food & Cooking

It's was kinda nasty so I washed it

>>16624948
works for me :)

I have one, but rarely use it, cleaning it is a too much hassle.

>>16625054

I literally just soap, water, scrub, dry, oil, and heat.
It's fine.

>>16624948
I did. They're okay.
>>16625054
Shit just peels off easily for me with some water.

>>16624948
>Dude they last forever and don't need to be replaced lmao think of how much you'll save
>Maintenance has a not-insubstantial effect on money spent on soap, water, and salt
Very cool thanks

>>16624948
Fuck no. That's shit's antiquated and hipster flavor of the week.
I actually cooked in a real kitchen. Nobody but reddit cooks bother with that shit.

>>16624948

They have their uses. Good for cooking meats and things that need a good sear since they are good at retaining heat.

Unless you have a smooth cast iron, doing much else in them is a chore. Smooth cast iron pans are pretty great for everything, except of course they're all pretty heavy.

>>16625059
>soap

>>16625387

>He thinks a little dishsoap will destroy the seasoning

>>16624973
based
don't let those filthy "seasoning" degenerates make you eat dirt

>>16625054
>cleaning it is a too much hassle
I honestly don't get this. being easy to clean is its strongest advantage. scrub with some steel scrubber under running water, pat dry, put back on stovetop where it lives. what do you even use that's easier?

>>16625059

>>16626470
Stainless. Scrape clean with wooden spatula, rinse, leave to air dry.

>>16624948
*laughs in garlic butter basted, perfectly caramelized, strip loin steak.*

>>16624948
Went carbon steel instead. Similar benefits. Easier to care for.

>meme

god i hate you retards its a fducking pan

>>16625054
>what is deglazing?

>>16624948
made an omlete in my 12 inch lodge this morning for breakfast
literally zero clean up

>>16624948
No, i have one that is like 300yo from my family no need to waste money in something that lives forever.

I have rust on the backside, it doesn't come off with scrubbing, what do?

>>16629960
Sand and season.

>>16625054
All you have to do is pour cold water on it while its hot then wipe it with a paper towel.

>>16629948
>omlete
Shame it didn’t cure your literacy issues.
Retard.

>>16629960
Put oil on it, then scrub. Wipe with paper towels and repeat until it looks fine.

>>16624948
I just wish nonstick materials engineering could advance to make nonstick pans fucking stand up to high heat, I don't want to fucking fuss over seasoning and have the slightest goddamn perturbation fuck up the seasoning and make me do it all over again

>>16624948
I only use it for searing meat and cooking extras on the grill, other than that, it falls into the same category of cooking equipment as knives; A moderately priced on is good, but people tend to overspend and buy these "aesthetic" knives and pans and never use them. I fell for the knife meme and got a $250 chef's knife that I never pull out cause my $30 knife does the job better
>t. bought a cast iron pan from walmart

>>16630268
You don't have to fuss over seasoning at all. Just stop being a whiny fag and put oil, butter, or grease in your pan when you cook. You really think your grandparents and great-grandparents were spending any amount of time fussing with seasonings in their oven and trying to make their pan perfectly non-stick? That's just faggy modern pretentiousness. JUST FUCKING COOK.

>>16624948
if consistently cooking awesome shit and loving every second of my life is "falling" for it then yeah, you bet your candy ass I fucking "fell" for the cast iron "meme"

>>16624948
No, the cast iron Jew couldn’t get me. The French Jew got me.

steel wool when cleaning gets everything off and sands it down. a few weeks of cleaning with steel wool and it should be glass smooth

>>16630403
That's just cast iron with gay clothing.

>>16630328
I just abuse my nonsticks and put them on high heat anyway kek

>>16630470
>I give myself cancer
cool story bro

>>16630470
Enjoy your cancer I guess.

anyone who does not use one of these in 2021 is a fucking moron

>>16630568
what is it? rocks?

>>16630575
no those are eggs

>>16630568
>in 2021
BC? I'm not a caveman, sorry. I don't cook on rock.

>>16624948
I inherited my great aunt's cast iron.
and I bought a pair of 10-inch skillets at an estate sale years ago.
You can score good cast iron at estate sales in rural towns. And by good cast iron I mean made before 1910.
>>16630568
Good night of livin', my mother bought those skillets. And so did my aunt who also bought some for my cousin. These are the new boomer kitchen fad, yeah?

by 'fall for the meme', do you mean being surprised that its not a completely frictionless material and requires some amount of upkeep like any other equipment?

>>16630568
they are literally teflon pans speckled with paint to look like granite

>>16624948
Make sure to oil the fuck out of them

>>16625104
...do you not wash your other pans?

>>16630328
this
Whenever my dad's cast iron would get bad, he'd clean with with a metal brush, rinse it then cook a few pound of bacon on max heat and wipe it clean after it cooled down enough to handle. Good for another couple years

I've used one (the same) my whole 30 year life. Its good a thick layer of hardened oils on the outside but a nice smooth patina on the inside. I have never taken a steel brush to it yet (plan to though) and have not had something stick real bad to the inside ever.
I have absolutely zero motivation for switching to anything else. It just werks.

>>16624948
stainless steel is better and more versatile

>>16631756
that makes no sense

>>16624948
>did you?
yes and i'd say i'm enjoying it so far. got a cheap pan at a big box store, removed the season that came on it, and followed a guide to get my own season (used safflower oil) on the pan. been making steak more now than i ever have. it's been a learning curve but i'm beginning to get consistently good results. my one problem is i can never seem to get a good layer of sear. internal doneness is always good but very little to no golden brown crust on the outside.

>>16629960
Leave it rust adds flavor you pussy

>>16632347
Leaving the steak out in the fridge to let the outside dry will help with searing, putting some kosher salt on it can help dry it further.

>>16629539
cooking is a meme

>>16632087
carbon steel has all the advantages of stainless steel AND can be seasoned. the only thing it lacks in comparison with cast iron is weight, and therefore heat retention, but that's arguably yet another advantage

>>16632393
I've been using herbs and shit in my stainless steel pan for fucking years and it's still stainless. You're a fucking asshat.

>>16632417
Was that an attempt at a joke or do you actually not know what seasoning is in the context of iron skillets?

>>16632417
>>16632425
>he doesn't season his pans with salt and herbs and shit

>>16632357
he's not cooking on the underside of the pan you mongreloid

if you think cast iron is a meme you dont belong in the kitchen, go back to your sous vide cooker faggots

I need a new set,
Redpill me on ceramic
Ive already taken the no-teflon pill

>>16632641
After my ceramic pan lost its nonstick coating it has become worthless. Planning to buy a stainless steel pan next

Buy Carbon Steel.
One anon that posted this pic as well as recommended Darto, I listened and I replaced my cookware. Thank you random anon

>>16634068
They also sent me a couple keychains

i sanded mine down for a smoother finish, gonna have to reseaon it a bunch of times though. fuck this shit is annoying

>>16634068
Maybe I'm a brainlet but I got a carbon steel pan, and after using it a few times there's black stuff crusted at the bottom and trying to use a rough sponge to get it off just looks to remove seasoning. What do? Already tried letting it soak in hot soapy water, shit's like concrete

>>16634110
If I get anything too much I just use hot water, soup, and steel wool. But only if there's something really stuck on there. But that barely happens.
Mostly I just use hot water, a tiny bit of soap, and the soft side of a sponge and it cleans up perfectly. You want the seasoning from numerous cooks

>>16632538
>why I season my pan, not my food

>>16624948
yeah

>>16634105
>seasoning in the oven
lmao
Such a waste of money.

>>16630568
I bought a set of those rock pans and pots when I moved into my new apartment. Within 2 years the non-stick material started to come off. I only ever used non-metal tools with it and the yellow sponges.
Now I use my cast iron pan and French oven exclusively

>>16634172
is there a better way to do it

>>16634271
JUST
FUCKING
COOK

>>16634068
>>16634073
ty mr darto salesman

>>16634271
i buy cast iron, i put oil in, i cook, food no stick, i clean with water, i dry, i put oil in, repeat

>>16635025
thats what i do but if you read my initial poast you'd know that there was no patina at all cuz i sanded it down

>>16635040
doesnt matter.

>>16630403
This guy again.

>>16624948
works for me

>>16624948
internet shaq's cast iron video made me buy one.

i do not baby it, i clean it with steel scrubbers sometimes.
made my steaks improve a lot, i even cook eggs with it. last thing i made was a steak pepper sauce, came out great.

i only had not stick pans so i do not regret one bit

>>16624948
fuck no. i'm not buying a overpriced pan you can't wash and have to spend countless hours "seasoning" every week when i can just buy a non stick for $5 and do whatever the fuck i want with it

>>16635609
>overpriced pan
They're pretty reasonably priced when you compare them to other high quality pans.
>you can't wash
Why would you want to wash any pan with more than a simple rinse? Why do people think they need to disinfect literally everything all the time? If you're cooking shit at high heat it's being disinfected, the oils polymerize, and you wipe out the excess with a damp cloth at the end. What are you so afraid of, a completely sterile surface that gets re-sterilized every time you cook with it?
>have to spend countless hours "seasoning" every week
You absolutely do NOT have to do that. Only retarded faggots do that. Just cook with it, that's all you need to do. JUST FUCKING COOK.
>a non stick for $5
Sure, if you like flakes of carcinogenic materials in your food.
>do whatever the fuck i want with it
Sure, if you like leeching even more carcinogenic materials into your food.

>>16635609
lmao they cost less than 20 euros wym? and you only season them every week if you're a fag

>>16634271
>>16635040
Here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzAlZeN0Hwc
Do that a couple of times.

>>16634265
Did you switch to cast iron before or after your dick shrank from the nonstick chemicals?

imagine seasoning metal. for me its cast aluminum. no bullshit included

>>16634265
>cast iron skillets and enameled-iron ovens exclusively
this is my way. I have a beater skillet by a camping brand, rough surface but used well for long enough it's got a pretty good season on it. The other one is a Lodge I found at work left by an ex tenant. figured I'd take the opportunity to strip it, sand it (by hand!) and restrip and resand and really bake the shit outta it when I was all done. Like spent a whole Sunday with the oven on basically just giving it a nice deep base coat. it's now been maybe 2 years of near-daily use since this pic and I do, honestly, stop and take the time to appreciate what beautiful, fine and functional skillets they are. I've never used detergents or metal utensils on them, keep dedicated scrunges just for them ('scrub daddys' actually, non-scratch unlike scotch-green-scrubs with aluminum-oxide abrasive), and keep them clean through some combination of heat, water, salt and oil. My grandpa said if you're good to your tools they'll be good to you, and indeed I feel some pride in these things. Especially knowing nobody has a Lodge like mine.

>>16635855
I would only buy aluminum if I had woman arms.

It’s the pan I use the most since I bought it. Really, if shit sticks for you, or you find care too difficult, you’re doing it wrong and the retarded way.

When you use it regularly, nothing sticks. Cleaning involves just wiping shit out of it or running it under hot water at the most.

>>16635897
fuggg my image

>>16632373
>Leaving the steak out in the fridge to let the outside dry will help with searing, putting some kosher salt on it can help dry it further.
thank you anon i just did this and got a beautiful golden brown sear on a medium rare steak

>>16624948
>non stick

>>16625059
>soap

>>16624948
if your pan doesn't look like this you're doing it wrong

>>16636931
Unfortunately not non-retard however, which is clearly where you run into problems.

>>16634068
I'm getting a carbon steel soon. America's Test Kitchen recommended Matfer so that is what I have coming in the mail.

I made the mistake of buying the De Buyer Mineral B but those fucks coated the handle in epoxy, meaning it can't go in the oven. What the fuck is the point?

>>16636977
if your arms look like that you're doing a great many things wrong

>>16637041
Those are for people who want to seem like they can cook, but not have the knowledge or actually skill to do it well.

>>16636977
thats whats up

>>16637041
Mine goes in the oven.

>>16635786
After and it was very small to begin with

>>16624948

Cast iron has a time and a place. I have two bare CI Lodges, and multiple Le Creusets. If you're a poorfag, bare CI is fine but once you start making that paper, enameled Cast Iron like LC or Staub is far superior.

Obviously, CI isn't for everything though, there's a reason you should also have multi-ply stainless steel as well.

>>16630143
I hope no one listens to this retard. Cold water will damage the pan when it's hot. I'd either wait a few minutes but if you really insist on using water, make it hot water.