/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.8004953]

just got my first cast iron pan

what do you like to cook with your cast iron pans?

[Anonymous No.8004963]

>>8004953
post a picture of your cast iron pan instead of grabbing one from online

also, give us an inventory of the stuff in your fridge RIGHT NOW

because if you're just here for recipes and suggestions, you shouldn't have made a thread
you should have just made a google search

[Anonymous No.8004970]

I like to fry fatty breakfast sausage. I like how it bubbles as it cooks, and gets nice and golden brown on the bottom.

>>8004963
Get out of here, faggot.

[Anonymous No.8004973]

>>8004963
woah little buddy, why so angry?

i just want to know what my /ck/ friends like to use their cast iron for

the pic is the same pan i bought (lodge, 8 inches)

[Anonymous No.8004984]

i use it for pretty much anything i'd use a regular saute pan or a griddle for

[Anonymous No.8005029]

>>8004953
It's great for pancakes

[Anonymous No.8005136]

>>8004953
Hamboigahs
Steak
Corn bread

Since that's the extent of the /ck/ diet, it's good for everything

[Anonymous No.8005160]

>>8004953
Cast iron is great for high heat fat cooking. If you're frying something cast iron is your friend. It's also good for dry toasting nuts and spices.

I don't use it for dishes that call for acidic components (wine, tomatoes) because that reacts with the iron. That's when I break out the stainless pans.

[Anonymous No.8005347]

>>8004953
Steak obviously.

[Anonymous No.8005348]

corn bread

[Anonymous No.8005381]

>>8004953
Steak is where the cast iron pan really shines. Heat it up in your oven as hot as your oven can get, then heat it even more over a burner. Sear the fuck out of a steak.

It's also versatile enough that it can handle most tasks that call for a pan.

[Anonymous No.8006302]

>>8004953
blini/crepes
You'll need three of those though.

[Anonymous No.8007490]

>>8004953
its good for delicate sauces and cream gravy

[Anonymous No.8007561]

Shakshuka

[Anonymous No.8007884]

>>8004953
Tendies of course.

[Anonymous No.8008252]

>>8004953
Everything except boiling water/soup (obviously), and tomatoes.
I have 4 pans (one is a deeper/fryer type), and don't use much else for cooking. I do have a difficult time cooking at friends houses who don't have cast iron, because it is so different.

[Anonymous No.8008255]

Cast iron meme is pure distilled REDDIT

lmao cooking eggs on a cast iron skillet, fuck off

[Anonymous No.8008258]

>>8008255
>I have no cooks in my family

[Anonymous No.8008259]

>>8008255
>using the meme meme

buttblasted mouth breather can't figure out how to plasticize/polymerize fat so eggs slide around in his cast iron pan.

[Anonymous No.8008263]

>>8008258
>>8008259
>I must defend muh skilletfu

numale faggot cucks. How much do you weight? Are you still virgins?

[Anonymous No.8008270]

>>8008263
Fucking nice projecting, cast-iron-fag. I bet your dragon dildos are cast iron too.

[Anonymous No.8008274]

>>8008263
>both grandmothers cooked with cast iron
>mother taught me to care for her pans like newborn babies
>plus I'm a badass wife/ mother/cook
Sorry buddy, you arecalling this wrong. Just learn how to do it right, and you too will enjoy the benefits of cast iron.

[Anonymous No.8008275]

>>8008270
I don't think yo uread very good.

[Anonymous No.8008277]

>>8008275
I don't think you cook so good faggot.

[Anonymous No.8008289]

>>8004953
Eggs
Onions
Stir fried veggies
Grilled cheese
bacon
Not fish (hard to get the smell out)
Not turmeric(ditto)

[Anonymous No.8008291]

>>8008289
>Not fish (hard to get the smell out)
Nonsense. There is nothing for the smell to get into if your pan is properly maintained.

[Anonymous No.8008309]

>>8008291
Explain...?

[Anonymous No.8008458]

>>8005136
excuse you but there's no za' on that list of yours pal

[Anonymous No.8008490]

>>8004953
Eggs
Pancakes
Steak
Sausages
Burgers
Bacon
Fish
Fried rice

[Anonymous No.8008498]

>>8008277

OOOOOOOOOHH!!!!

[Stupid Questions No.8008500]

>>8004953
Sear a steak

[Anonymous No.8008566]

>>8004963
Kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.8008643]

>>8008255
I make scrambled eggs all the time in my cast iron pan.

Don't hate something because you can't figure it out.

Literally fox and grapes the post.

[Anonymous No.8008898]

Scrambled eggs.

[Anonymous No.8009281]

Why would you not use a nonstick pan to cook eggs? You're literally just making things harder because lolcastironmeme

[Anonymous No.8009300]

>>8009281
Why would you not just make eggs in a carbon steel pan? You're literally buying a pan buying a non-stick pan just for eggs because lolnonstickmeme.

[Anonymous No.8009644]

>>8008309
If the pan is seasoned properly there is nothing for the "fishy" stuff to stick to.

[Anonymous No.8009664]

Seasoning is a meme. I put my pan in a dishwasher and it's fucking fine.

[Anonymous No.8009735]

I've been seasoning my cast iron over the last few days but eggs are still sticking, although not as much as before. What foods are good to cook in it that would help build a seasoning but not stick too much?

[Anonymous No.8009767]

How do you niggers care for your cast iron pans? Wash them out with water, season, etc.?

[Anonymous No.8009788]

>>8009767
>Season when you get it
>Avoid fucking up the seasoning
>Never leave food in the pan, ever
>Wash with hot water as soon as pan has cooled enough
>Don't let anyone else touch them unless you know they can handle them without fucking things up

[Anonymous No.8009925]

>still using cast iron memeware

[Anonymous No.8009951]

>>8009767

Seasoning:

Get a pound of bacon. Put a few strips in your new pan and turn the heat to the lowest setting. You want the fat to render out of the bacon completely without forming any kind of fond. This is gonna take a while, so be patient.

Once the majority of the fat is rendered out, remove the bacon from the pan and turn your heat up as high as it will go. When the bacon fat just begins to smoke, turn the heat off, remove the pan from the burner, and wipe the fat all over every surface of the pan with a paper towel. Drain out any excess fat and return the heat to the lowest setting. Repeat the process until you run out of bacon.

Cleaning:

When you're done cooking with your pan, put it on the burner on high heat. Give it a few minutes to fully heat up, and dump in a cup or two of warm water. The water will instantly boil and help to loosen any stuck on food. While the water is still boiling/simmering, use a stiff plastic brush to scrape the cooking surface. Dump out the dirty water, wipe the pan down with a tiny bit of vegetable/canola oil, and leave it on the stove to cool.

[Anonymous No.8009973]

>>8009951
>wipe the pan down with a tiny bit of vegetable/canola oil, and leave it on the stove to cool.


mmmmm rancid oxidized oil. Yah sounds great!

[Anonymous No.8009981]

>>8009973

People have been caring for cast iron this way for decades. Don't be a faggot.

[Anonymous No.8009986]

>>8009973
You learn to appreciate the nuanced flavors of rancid fats as a user of cast iron cookware.

[Anonymous No.8010003]

>>8009981
I've had cast iron for over 10 years and I've never put oil on it at the end of cooking. Just wash and heat again to evaporate any trace of water. I can slide fried eggs out onto my plate.

[Anonymous No.8010037]

>>8009981
>People have been caring for cast iron this way for decades.
I bet that's the reasoning Warren Jeffs used on his 20 wives

[Anonymous No.8010055]

Op. Everything.