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I found this on another site. It lists three things that should not be cooked in cast iron.
1. Highly acidic foods such as tomatoes and lemons. The reasoning is that they can break down the coating and leave foods tasting metallic.
2. Super fragrant foods such as fishier fish, heavy garlic, and strong cheeses. These can leave lingering odors in the pan.
3. Eggs - eggs cooked in cast iron absorb too much of the seasonings and wind up as a brown, stuck-on mess in the bottom of the pan.
I am sure that this will generate enough spittle-spewing rage to ensure that if a contract has not already been put out on the author, it will be following this post.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
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Heresy or hearsay? Could go either way.
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I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Heresy or hearsay? Could go either way. I figured it would be the first.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
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Cast iron skillet is the only thing to use to cook breakfast.
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My grandma is turning over in her grave! 🤣
Cooking without cast iron has to be sacrilegious! 😈
Our wood stove has a flat top. We cook on it occasionally during the winter.
If there is a downside to cast iron, it's weight! As I age, I'm seeing lighter weight cooking utensils in our future! 😉
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Yosemite Sam, to Bug Bunny, "Ya, thems fightin words." 
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I'll make some popcorn in cast.
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Want a real scandal? we use an aluminum Dutch oven in Wabigoon.
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I found this on another site. It lists three things that should not be cooked in cast iron.
1. Highly acidic foods such as tomatoes and lemons. The reasoning is that they can break down the coating and leave foods tasting metallic.
2. Super fragrant foods such as fishier fish, heavy garlic, and strong cheeses. These can leave lingering odors in the pan.
3. Eggs - eggs cooked in cast iron absorb too much of the seasonings and wind up as a brown, stuck-on mess in the bottom of the pan.
I am sure that this will generate enough spittle-spewing rage to ensure that if a contract has not already been put out on the author, it will be following this post. Harrumph.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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Eggs don’t stick in my cast iron pan. YMMV.
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My eggs are turning out fine.
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Campfire Kahuna
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I'm told the body gets iron from the cast skillets.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Campfire Kahuna
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In a pinch, you can fry bacon, an' eggs with an iron skillet, and a oxy acetylene torch.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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I somewhat understand the acidic tomato or citrus thing, but eggs from a free roamin chicken fried in a cast skillet that just fried "country" ham just might be the best fried egg that there ever was.
Grease from frying cured aged ham in cast is the place, bar none, to fry eggs.
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I've made a lot of chili in cast iron.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
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Sometime I wonder if those 2nd hand ones on Fleabay used to be used for melting lead for sinkers and slugs.
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5sdad: Keep your hands and stupid ideas away from MY frying pans!
Sheesh.
Hold into the wind
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Good thing our ancestors didn't know any better.
They would have starved to death.
I am MAGA.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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We have two cast iron pans on the (electric)stove.
One is for bacon and one is for eggs.
Sometimes I try to cook eggs in the bacon pan(like grandma) but they always stick and end up too greasy.
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