/ck/ - Food & Cooking

cringe. Dont take the bait folks.

>>12134674
t. faggot who brags about making ugly ass eggs on his meme pan

>>12134672
Cast iron should only be used for searing

>>12134672
wow this thread again haha meme pan lol

>>12134672
>>12134687

MEME PAN!!! MEME PAN!!!!

>>12134672
Cast iron pans can be bought at basically any weight you want and they aren't that heavy. I've never had a problem with even heating although I'm on induction (came with house) but when I had gas it was pretty much the same. And no you don't have to season it every time. I've only seasoned it like twice in 4 years and it takes 10 minutes

I like cast iron because I can poke at it with a fork and shit and not worry about scratching off teflon

>>12134687
>eggs in a cast iron
just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.
>>12134672
> it doesn't heat evenly
are you actually retarded?

i cook eggs in a stainless steel and they never stick, maybe you retards should learn how to cook and not burn things by turning down the heat to an appropriate temp. if you're cooking meat cast iron is the way to go. I don't season mine at all, just wast it and treat like a normal pan and never once was there any rush because real cast iron doesn't rust. You bought a cheap modern cast pot metal pan and as expected it's a pos

>>12135179
>>eggs in a cast iron
absolutely nothing wrong with that

>>12135190
Is that a fucking challenge, bitch?

its just new cast irons that are a pain in the ass, once they get 20yo you won't have these problems because oils penetrate down into the metal on a molecular level basically permanently seasoning it and putting an end to the tedious handling that a new cast iron requires

>>12135245
you won't do it

>>12135245
Am I retarded or is that a rusty ass pan

>>12135252
Hardly a spot of seasoning in sight...

>>12135284
Dry as a bone. Let's give it a flip...

>>12135284
>>12135294
oh shit he's doing it

>>12135294
AWW SHIT
FUCKING MEME PANS
HOW DO THEY WORK?!

>>12135294
i winder how many eggs he'll waste just to get a clean pic

>>12135305
to much heat bud,

>>12135305
Cleanup is as easy as One-To-Three! As in, it'll take you one to three days to get that shit off of there.

>>12135319
That's not how it works cockhole

>>12135330
I might be a cockhole but you eat cock whole.

lmao rekt

>>12135319
This is the stuff I come here for

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>>12134672
>Just buy a wide nonstick.
Different tools for different tasks, anon. You'd be a fool not to have both, a well as stainless.

>>12135284
>>12135294
>>12135305
I have to admit this got a chuckle out of me.

>>12135305
>>12135294
>>12135284
Do you want roaches and ants? Because thats how you get roaches and ants. Clean your stovetop you greasy trailer goober.

>>12134672
ugh. this thread again.

It depends on what you're fucking cooking. Yes, I can cook pretty much anything I want in my cast iron. No, it doesn't stick. Yes, cleanup is rock simple. No, I don't season it more than a few times a year, or if I leave food in it overnight (like if I make a curry or something, and I know I'm just going to heat it up again the next day).

Sometimes it gets a little rough if I mistreat it, but it's idiotproof to get it back to normal again.

I don't understand why anyone would ever want a nonstick for any reason, but I do understand the value of a good stainless pan, which I also use occasionally.

It's unbelievably simple to do one-pan meals with a cast iron, because you can hop it between oven and stovetop as needed.

If you can't lift it with your baby arms, you need to cook more. I refuse to believe any chef anywhere can't move one around comfortably.

I don't really care about passing it onto my grandkids or anything -- I bought it rusted to hell at a thrift shop for like $5, cleaned it up and seasoned it, and I've used it almost every single day since with zero issues.

It's not a meme, it heats fine on an electric stovetop, and unless you go out of your way to fuck it up, it's not going to rust. If it does, you just clean it and it's good to go again.

11/10 for making me reply, but I'm so fucking sick of this stupid bait.

>>12134672
>are a meme
yes
>weigh like 50 pounds
yes, but lmao
>doesn't heat evenly
yes. anytime I use one I preheat it in the oven
>season it everytime
factually wrong
>just buy a wide nonstick
and buy another one, and another one, and another one, and another one
no matter what you do with nonsticks they will flake eventually
the longest I've had one last before it flaked was 5 years and I used NOTHING but plastic on it, and always stored it on top, never nested any pans inside it (common rookie mistake)
tbf the only thing I use my cast iron for is 1) steaks and 2) baking, everything else is done in carbon steel

>>12134672
Don't bother, OP. The need to feel special is stronger than common sense with these autists.

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>>12134735
>the most intelligent retorts you can expect from a cast iron fag

>>12135337
bazinga!!!1!!

>>12134674
>>12134735
it happened anyway. i wish the words "cast iron" were blocked on this board.

I think because the only pans I ever used growing were cast iron I can't really cook that well in other pans -- tbf though most of the other pans I've used are fucking trash. I have a nice ceramic coated steel pan I love though.

>>12134672
>>12135245
>>12135284
>>12135284
>>12135294
>>12135305
>>12135319
>>12135337
All nonsticks flake.

Also fuck you; your kitchen looks dirty and you probably have rats and roaches.

>>12136581
>everything else is done in carbon steel
Carbon steel is the underappreciated, but often more practical brother of cast iron. I guess it isn't meme enough to get a million youtube videos made about it.

>he longest I've had one last before it flaked was 5 years
Yeah, people bitch that you have to look after cast iron a little and then suggest getting nonstick, which if anything needs to be babied even harder or it fails inside a few years.

>>12135773
Why do you have a trip on.

>>12137201
>your kitchen looks dirty
This. There is some dirty iron heap of junk in it.
Who would keep that around in their kitchen?

>>12134708
This, they are excellent for steak for this reason. They get extremely hot so you sear a steak correctly without overcooking the inside.

Most importantly, when shit hits the fan, and you have to cook dinner like a fucking pioneer, you're going to want a solid god damn pan that can handle an open flame over a campfire on a regular basis. Beans and weenies monday to sunday aren't gonna last more than 3 weeks on your homosexual, google ad recommended and purchased 4 layer aluminum outside / copper coated inside fag device. Trust me.

>>12134672
based.

>>12137217
What does carbon steel have over stainless steel?

Only problem is upkeep, but other than that its the only cheap choice for high heat stove cooking. I've got two, and they're some of my favorite cooking tools.

>>12135179
Literally nothing wrong with eggs on a cast iron. Probably my favorite breakfast is broccoli and sunny side eggs on a blisteringly hot cast iron.

>>12137432
It's more non-stick. I think on average they should be cheaper as well since there's no Al or Cu core. But honestly both carbon and stainless pans are buy once, use for life so it's only a one-off cost anyway.

I find carbon steel better for stir-frying which I do a lot. Less need to wait for things to release, and creating a fond is not required for that style of cooking. Also I live in Japan and stainless steel pans are just not a thing here so I picked up a carbon steel pan and now I love it.

>>12135305
fuck cast iron pans

>>12137687
oof sweety, you're probably not ready for the kitchen quite yet.

>>12134672
I like the weight so I can get my lifts in all the time. Also it depends on what you cook. I love making cornbread in it, shepards pie, and cobbler. It's great for things you start on the stove and finish in the oven because you don't have to transfer anything and don't lose heat.

>>12137378
Ok I've stared at it for 15 seconds and it's still whi... Oh.

>>12137687
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>>12135305

buy a cast iron pan with the bumps
seasoned when bought, seasoned again a month later
cook a fuck ton of bacon in it
wife fries fish in it
basically non stick
cast iron means patience
cook lotsa bacon

oh and I laughed this post

>doing anything other than searing in a cast iron pan
>not using carbon steel pan instead

It's light enough for you limp wristed faggots, it doesn't have stupid high heat retention, and all the benefits of a nonstick pan you seasoned yourself.
They generally don't come pre-seasoned either, so your pan doesn't start out looking like a Goth Jackson Pollock painting.
True Godlike Combo: Carbon Steel frying pan and cast iron dutch oven.

>>12137701
Or... and this might sound outrageous to you... he simply stops using outdated useless hipster cookware.

>>12138108
Carbon steel pans generally weigh about the same as a similarly sized cast iron pans.

>>12138164
Not at all. The carbon steel pans are noticeably lighter. They're thinner, with significantly less material.
Maybe if you bought one as thick as a traditional cast iron pan but at that point you've bought the wrong fucking pan.

>>12134672
For me, it's the McChicken.

>>12138241

>>12138299
Why are you using data from Staub? The whole point of their cast iron line is that it's extra-light. That's like claiming the weight of a Ferrari race car is indicative of the family minivan.

>>12138327
Find another then. I just picked the most closely matching cast iron. Curious if you can find one that's really that much heavier with similar stats.

damn I guess I got meme'd. Just used my cast iron to cook eggs.

>>12138164
>>12138241
>>12138299
>>12138327
>>12138348

You're all dumb and right.

Carbon steel comes in multiple thicknesses. 3mm has is closer weight to your standard/lighter-end cast iron at ~4-4.5lbs (~5lbs for a standard cast iron_ for a 10in, but 2mm thick pans can go for half that weight, or even lighter depending on the form factor.

Are there really that many people here who can't fry eggs? How many people here are being funny vs legit retarded? Frying an egg in any type of pan other than teflon is is like the lowest bar possible in cooking (beyond reheating pre-cooked food). Is that why the cast iron threads are so funny? People are bragging about being able to cook an egg? This is satire, too?

>>12138702
I wouldn't fry an egg in my cast iron. Different pans for different applications.

>>12138727
Seriously? Do you fry eggs in a completely dry pan like the guy above?

>>12138781
Nope, and besides it's better to have instant temperature control on a thin pan rather than the heat retention from a cast iron while doing eggs.

>>12134672
>T. Cityfag copehard.

>>12138781
I'm not that guy, but I fry my eggs in a nonstick pan. It heats up faster than iron and it's less likely to stick. I certainly could use iron, but why would I when nonstick is better for that job. Likewise, when I want to cook a steak I use the iron pan instead of the aluminum one because iron does a better job at searing.

Different tools for different jobs.

>>12134672
desu I think they are. they're pretty good for some things but dont really seem worth all the extra effort. id probably keep one in the cupboard for steaks but wouldnt regularly use one

>>12138814
Extra effort? They're workhorse pans to treat like a bitch, just rinse and wipe out. At the campsite you can clean it with ash from the fire and run river water over it. The meme is people thinking that they're finicky and require any real upkeep.

>>12135278
just a bad pic i think

>>12137378
>mfw I stare at it for 15 seconds then read it fully

I bought a cast iron pan only for searing steak and it works beautifully. It gives the steak a nice crust.

As for a daily driver? Fuck no. I take it out once a week, and that I can still tolerate.

>>12134672
>season it everytime
not really. I mean 3-4 rounds of seasoning when you get it is smart, and someones they need reseasoning after the occasional dish (very acid, or removing fond too agressively), but thats about it
>waa waa they weigh a lot
gains while you cook. limits the ability of women to fuck with the food while I'm cooking it. Utterly based in every way.

>>12138953
>limits the ability of women to fuck with the food while I'm cooking it.
key-key-key-key-key-key-key

>>12138702
>he thinks people actually pretend to be retarded on the internet.

they are legitimately retarded.

>>12138727
I fry eggs in cast iron every morning when camping, they come out fucking amazing.

>doesn't heat evenly

Huh, I've never had that problem with them if I let the pan heat up properly before cooking.

>>12139637
People have a hard time seasoning pans

>>12134672
>Look, Ma, I posted it again!

>>12135284
>Fucked up pan
>No oil
>Intentionally being a shit

>>12137249
Because I like 4chan but I don’t like anonymity.

>>12137687
>Fucking up that hard with an enameled skillet
Just sit down, shut up, and let someone who knows what they're doing cook.

>>12138149
>outdated useless hipster cookware.

>>12140637
>>>reddit

Pizza
Sausage Gravy
Deglazing
Rue sauces
You can bake with it
It's heavy so it'll knock out a theif
It will exist forever. It's a giant iron pan.
Why the fuck not?

>>12140637
Based faggot!

>>12140654
Reddit has a shitty culture. Well, shittier than 4chan.

>>12138348
The ones in my house are roughly the below weights.
It's a fairly thin carbon steel pan, which is nice since it reacts to heat changes quickly. If I need heat retention I just use the cast iron.

19 cm Cast Iron: 1.30 kg
26 cm Carbon Steel: 1.00 kg

>>12139637
Cast iron while camping is maximum comfy. Also it triggers ultralight gram weenies.

>>12134672
Cast iron pans are good if you are a pleb who uses electric, or you're a cityfag who lives in an apartment without a grill, or you're a poorfag who can't afford pic related. It's not the 1920's anymore, cast iron is fucking garbage. By the time your gigantic hunk of shit is warm enough to bring water up to room temperature, I will have already finished cooking, ate, and cleaned my non-stick.

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