/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.11166064]

Who else fell for the cast iron meme

[Anonymous No.11166068]

What if I don't want chrome and nickel in my food?

[Anonymous No.11166070]

>>11166068
Use carbon steel

[Anonymous No.11166073]

>OP covered his pan in vegetable oil and baked it upside down at 500 degrees
>all sticky; the antithesis of nonstick
>advice from stupid bitches on a mediocre cooking show

>didnt just use coconut oil or ghee with potato skins and salt to create the most flexible and miraculous one-skillet dinner tool

[Anonymous No.11166108]

I got one from my mom and seasoned it twice on the stove with vegetable oil and it worked alright after that, but I think I have to repeat the process, tryed to look for tips online but everyone tells me something different so I'm probably just going to use vegetable oil again cause it's what I have.

[Anonymous No.11166136]

>>11166108
Cast iron never gets as good as actual nonstick coatings like micro-ceramic or teflon which can cook pancakes completely dry. It doesn't help that the new stuff isn't ground smooth after casting.

[Anonymous No.11166210]

>>11166136
That's why God gave us butter, anon.

[Anonymous No.11166212]

>>11166064
i did, i was memed, i have many cast iron pans and i use them all daily
what a fucking ruse i was tricked into falling for
p;ieces of shit

[Anonymous No.11166277]

>>11166136
>which can cook pancakes completely dry
If that is the only practical application for non-stick then fuck off with that poison.

[Anonymous No.11166288]

protip: own more than one type of pan

[Anonymous No.11166299]

>>11166277
I don't cook with extracted oil because it's unpleasant.

[Anonymous No.11166302]

>>11166064

Me. And it was the greatest fall of all.

[Anonymous No.11166303]

Why can't you retards own more than one pan

[Anonymous No.11166319]

>>11166302
can you cook for me anon, im hungry

[Anonymous No.11166487]

Who else fell for the carbon steel* meme

[Anonymous No.11166582]

>>11166487
Not me :^)

[Anonymous No.11166610]

>>11166487
You kiddin right here?
I was thinking of picking up a carbon steel pan after reading about it here. Tell me you're joking.

[Anonymous No.11166685]

>>11166610
Yeah anon, copper is the “in” cookware now. Catch up

[Anonymous No.11166697]

>>11166487
I bought that exact pan and love it, aside from the dumb silicone button in the handle that you have to take out if you go over 450 or whatever.

[Anonymous No.11166709]

>>11166064
It’s pretty solid if your parents or grandparents have a collection of it and you get it for free/cheap
I couldn’t imagine dropping a hundo for C-tier cast iron

[Anonymous No.11166716]

>>11166709
yeah, can't go wrong for the price but fuck spending one hundred or more for some iron

[Anonymous No.11166873]

>>11166073
Tell me more, I am yet to season my shit and need to hear this. Even bought veg oil and was going to do it this weekend.

[Anonymous No.11166946]

>>11166302
That's a big steak anon

[Anonymous No.11166969]

>>11166064
I can deep and shallow fry, clean it with anything up to and including explosions, and use it as a weapon. I like cast iron.

[Anonymous No.11166979]

>>11166610
Get whatever you want if you're not a poorfag, literally everything that's ever existed has been called a meme by someone on here
>t. has a whole bunch of sweet different pans because I'm an adult with a job

[Anonymous No.11166980]

>>11166064
I see you fell for the calling everything a meme meme
So did I, I'm terrible ashamed.

[Anonymous No.11167011]

>>11166946

For you.

[Anonymous No.11167058]

>>11166610
If you have cast iron skillet already its not really worth it. I have a deBuyers mineral b 11" I think and it's just as heavy as a #10 griswold

[Anonymous No.11167099]

>>11166064
I did. Eventually threw it away when it got all rust stained and icky with black stains that I'd need a chissel to get out. Shame since it did cook meat really well

[Anonymous No.11167111]

I seasoned my pan poorly, what's the best way to strip it and unfuck my mess broskis?

[Anonymous No.11167177]

>>11166064
I did, and it's wonderful at cooking steaks, pork chops, burgers, sausages, chicken, and bacon. I ended up seasoning it in the oven with bacon fat in 10 thin layers. The coating is as hard and glossy as I can get it. Completely dry, it looks about twice as glossy as the one in that photo. Cleaning it takes about 30 seconds. My stainless pans are harder to clean. Great pan. Still use nonstick for eggs and stainless for braises, sauces, stocks and soups because I don't think the seasoning would hold up to long periods of acids or constant whisking. It's the meat pan.

[Anonymous No.11167185]

>>11167111
If your oven has a self-cleaning setting, toss it in there as it does its thing. Otherwise get oven cleaner and coat the pan with it then toss it in a garbage bag so steep overnight. Done.

[Anonymous No.11167220]

>>11166064
>get tempted to get one
>go online to research
>realize i have to perform a satanic ritual, sacrifice my firstborn and slaughter a chicken over it before i can even use it
>then afterwards you have to make sure you don't breathe on it wrong or god forbid, use it to cook something that's not on its approved list of foods or clean it with something other than a pure silk towel woven by blind tibetan monks or else its molecular structure will break down
>decide yeah nah that shit's not for me

and that's how i avoided the cast iron meme. that's also how i avoided the "block of rock salt" meme

[Anonymous No.11167244]

>>11167220
It’s pretty simple guys, literally just use it to make bomb ass breakfast food. Eggs, bacon, sausage, hash, chorizo, gravy, potatoes, etc.
just think of it as campfire cooking and even retards should be able to use it efficiently.

[Anonymous No.11167249]

>>11167111
Just keep cooking in it

[Anonymous No.11167515]

>>11167111
Run it through the dishwasher once, but take it out as soon as the cycle is finished. It may have some very light wisps of surface rust after that but those can be wiped away with a rag and some oil.

[Anonymous No.11167539]

>>11167220
You tried too hard.

[Anonymous No.11167551]

just the other day I came home to find my dad has for the second time taken brillo to my pan and left it to soak in the sink

I already chewed his ass off for doing that the first time, and he did it again

[Anonymous No.11167581]

tell me one (1) thing a cast iron pan does that a carbon steel pan or dutch oven can't

[Anonymous No.11167611]

>>11167581

>carbon steel
hold heat

But yes. as long as the handle is also steel you should be able to put it in an oven like an iron pan.

Technically speaking it if was super thick, it would be functionally identical.
>dutch oven
presumably you were unaware that actual chemical reactions take place as a result of direct interaction with iron and iron oxide on the surface of wrought iron pan.

[Anonymous No.11169806]

>>11166073
worked on my machine

[Anonymous No.11169886]

>>11167111
Just cook with it. Cast iron doesnt really need to be seasoned, it just needs to be used and the seasoning will take care of itself. There isnt much you can do to a cast iron pan that can't be solved with a few batches of bacon or steak.

[Anonymous No.11169959]

>>11166277
>poison
Yeah man, I just don't get it. People are dying in droves from teflon yet they keep remaining the most popular pans. What's going on here?

[Anonymous No.11170136]

>>11169959
Lead was a popular plumbing and painting material

[Anonymous No.11170647]

>tfw you fell for the cast iron meme
>and the smoker meme
>and the sous vide meme
>and the smoker meme
>and the $300 rice cooker meme
>and the coffee grinder meme
>just eat things out of the microwave anyway

[Anonymous No.11170659]

>>11170647
>Fell for the smoker meme twice

[Anonymous No.11170675]

>>11166873
not the other anon, but seasoning using that method isn't gonna ruin your pan or anything. The sticky residue goes away with a light wash. May not be the best but if you aren't super anal about 'proper seasoning' it'll do.
>t. non stick fried egg on cast iron every morning

[Anonymous No.11170719]

>>11170647
This guy gets it.

[Anonymous No.11172238]

>>11166064
>grab handle
>burn hand
>dont wash it
>pretend that not washing it "adds flavour"
wow cool cooking tool guys

[Anonymous No.11172244]

>>11170647
>tfw I never buy anything
>tfw I always cook delicious healthy meals with my dollar store cookware and never cave in to the memes and advertising.

[Anonymous No.11172353]

>>11167551
He wants you to move out.

[Anonymous No.11172698]

>>11167220
1. Rub with canola oil
2. Bake at 350 for half an hour
3. Wipe excess oil out of pan
You call that a satanic ritual?

[Anonymous No.11172703]

>>11172238
>If you don't cover it with caustic chemicals it's not clean reeeeeee
My cast iron pan wiped down with oil and salt is a thousand times cleaner than your scratched beat up pan that can't distribute heat evenly

[Anonymous No.11172707]

>>11166487
It's one of my most used pans in the house. It's amazing for meat, but my roommates are also scared to use them, so it doesn't get fucked up like the others. Win-win

[Anonymous No.11172761]

I got one, forgot about it, eventually found it, rusted, and forgot about it again. Not a great experience, but not terrible, either. Now I stick to my scratched-up whatever-it-is pan and cook shitty food.

[Anonymous No.11172883]

>>11167220
>that's also how i avoided the "block of rock salt" meme
dont you dare making my block of rocksalt look as bad as cast iron, you fool!

[Anonymous No.11173371]

>>11167220
One of the most r*ddit posts I’ve seen all day, congratulations

[Anonymous No.11173549]

>>11166487
i want to get a de Buyer but can't decide which.

[Anonymous No.11173571]

Who else fell for the copper pan meme?

[Anonymous No.11173581]

>>11172353
this

[Anonymous No.11174287]

>>11172244
>never buy anything

Then how do you get the ingredients for your delicious meals?

[Anonymous No.11174302]

>>11169959
Pancakes without any butter at all in the pan is the poison.

[Anonymous No.11174369]

>>11166610
don't it makes mustard gas

[Anonymous No.11174619]

>>11169886
Adding to that I find it works even better to dedicate the pan to bacon for a week and just leave the grease in there. Eventually you'll be getting deep fried bacon but that stuff is pretty good in its own right. I tried wiping my pan out each use and everything just kept sticking, leaving that burnt meat residue every time.

[Anonymous No.11174666]

>>11166068
>implying that you don't get it in your water
how stupid

[Anonymous No.11174827]

>>11174666
What if I have a reverse osmosis system?

[Anonymous No.11174845]

I like my cast iron pan.

[Anonymous No.11174875]

>>11166064
>he bought a Martha Stewart™ cast iron pan

[Anonymous No.11174887]

>>11174827
>being this paranoid about a few micrograms of metal that is essential

[Anonymous No.11174908]

>>11174887
I don't like my acidic foods tasting like coins.

[Anonymous No.11174914]

>>11174845
No you dont

[Anonymous No.11174947]

>>11173571
Can anyone explain how this is a meme? Is it bad in any way?

[Anonymous No.11174962]

>>11174947
I think he's talking about those fake "Copper chef" pans or whatever they are called. They look like copper but they aren't actually a proper copper pan. It's just some cheap metal with a copper-colored coating and a fancy infomercial behind 'em.

[Anonymous No.11175226]

>>11173571
boomers fell for it hard

[Anonymous No.11175255]

>>11174908
>he thinks he can taste a few micrograms of metal
holy shit you really are autistic aren't you?

[Anonymous No.11175267]

>I only use cast iron

[Anonymous No.11175471]

I want to see your pan power-ranking.

[Anonymous No.11176321]

>>11175471
I've got that exact pan. It's cheap, it's shit, but I like it.

[Anonymous No.11176363]

>>11166064
Guilty as charged

[Anonymous No.11176681]

>>11172703
>he thinks cast iron heats evenly
>laughingwhores.png

[Anonymous No.11176871]

>>11166487
I have two of these. Nice pans.

[Anonymous No.11176873]

>>11166064
I did. Live and learn, I guess.

[Anonymous No.11177053]

>>11175471
>Ceramic
>carbon steel
>nonstick
>cast iron
>copper
>Copper Chef™

[Anonymous No.11177573]

>>11176873
Same here pal. What a mistake.

[Anonymous No.11177577]

It's. Not. A. Meme. Shut the fuck up. It's the only way to cook steaks.

[Anonymous No.11177591]

>>11177577
>carbon steel
>grill
>non stick pans
>Dutch oven
>sous vide
>oven
It’s like you’re not even trying

[Anonymous No.11177624]

>>11166064
>Get cast iron skillet
>came with factory seasoning
>fuck it up with some kind of tomatoes
>learn my lesson
>re-season with olive oil
>cook everything in it, nothing sticks
>easy to clean

everyone ITT is a pussy/low IQ

[Anonymous No.11177647]

>>11177624
>I work with an outdated tool
>Therefor everyone else is stupid

[Anonymous No.11177665]

>>11177591
That's just not true and you know it.

[Anonymous No.11177951]

>>11166064
great for chicken fried steak

[Anonymous No.11178042]

>>11167111
throw it in a bonfire. that will burn all the shit off of the entire pan. once its cool enough to handle with leather gloves, grease it up, then start frying bacon in it.

[Anonymous No.11178063]

>>11177624
>re-season with olive oil

[Anonymous No.11178064]

I'm going to cook some 1.5 inch thick, BONELESS pork loin chops.

[Anonymous No.11178503]

>>11178063
Dumbfuck

[Anonymous No.11178505]

>>11178503
retard