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    Any cast-iron folks here? What do you like to use it for?

    I’m coming round to the fact that the reason i use a wok so much is because i like to use high heat for certain things* without worrying about a nonstick coating. I’m thinking i should get in on the cast-iron train for this reason.

    *atm it’s roasting garlic cloves from 4-8 heads in a dry hot pan, picking off the blackened skins, pulsing with salt and olive oil, then using the resulting smoky garlicky mess in EVERYTHING

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    • I use cast for almost everything but tomato based stuff, and soups. For wok I started using carbon steel - still getting the hang of that thoughGnash
    • I've got a very well seasoned cast-iron wok (kaddai, I think?) and use it mainly for curries, but also made pasta sauces, deep fried in it. I love it.MrT
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      It's never washed with soap, and it never sticks. Can't recommend enough!      MrT
    • A well-seasoned cast iron frying pan is the stuff dreams are made of. They'll last you forever. But — as J Kenji Lopez-Alt suggested on IG recently —Continuity
    • before you fork out for a new one, check out flea markets, yard sales, etc. He recently got one in perfect nick for a song.Continuity
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    • cast iron for gluten free pizza doughs in the oven, for basting big pieces of beef, for paellaBuddhaHat
    • Go fuck yourself, Continuity.
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    • :DContinuity
    • @Buddha ... why only gluten-free pizza doughs? Our dude Brad Leone has a cool recipe for a standard gluten-y pizza dough in cast iron, which I want to try!Continuity
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    • Had an amazing cast iron pan for a while so well seasoned and beautiful, then my wife threw it out because she’s a germaphobe and didn’t get the no soap part_niko
    • ^ That's grounds for divorce right there.Continuity
    • Oh man, I have to do a post for this.garbage
    • @MrT Nice!!scarabin
    • I’ll check the local thrift shops this weekend. I feel like i’ve seen cast iron therescarabin
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    • that's all you need (and you don't need the panini press, it just comes in handy) If you'd like a casserole dish, get ceramic coated.imbecile
    • I use my cast iron for steak, brownies and chicken leg quarters.Akagiyama
    • I use cast iron constantly. Great for cooking pieces of protein quickly with a nice crust. Also great low heat for eggs. Just don’t do sauces.monospaced
    • Oh, and a little soap won’t do shit to a quality seasoning. Anyone who says they can’t wash a cast iron is doing something wrong.monospaced
    • If you do somehow go full retard and undo seasoning, fix it. It’s stupid simple and fast. But the idea that you can’t wash it is wrong and frankly unsanitary.monospaced
    • IF you want to go a level better, just skip to a carbon steel pan. Same idea, but lighter, smoother and cooks as good or better. More non stick because of smootmonospaced
    • @Continuity - oh I totally get you can do other pizzas as well, I just have one glutarded friend who I make pizzas for. Normal pizzas go on the oven steel!BuddhaHat
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