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recently inherited these cast irons that are at least 40 years old. they were sitting in a cabinet for a few years and nasty with rust and crusty, old seasoning. i scrubbed the shit out of them with steel wool and lots of soap, then applied 4 coats of new seasoning! feel free to roast my seasoning, i have no idea if it’s good since it’s my first cast iron and would like to know.

for each coat of seasoning i just wiped the pan with peanut oil then set the oven at 435F for 20 minutes, then 460F for 10 minutes

ive been using only stainless steel for a couple months and im abt to give away my nonstick cookware. nonstick cookware is counter-revolutionary

    • ZoomeristLeninist [they/them, she/her]M
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      5 months ago

      all nonstick cookware, not just teflon. one PFAS is banned so companies invent a different PFAS to coat cookware with

      edit: it’s the EU banning, im p sure the US still allows teflon. but a pan is advertised as “Teflon free” but will still have a PFAS that’s just as harmful

      • Roonerino
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        3 months ago

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        • ZoomeristLeninist [they/them, she/her]M
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          5 months ago

          Teflon starts to deteriorate at 500F, which is very easy to achieve if ur using avocado oil or safflower oil. thats why ppl always say dont use nonstick pans at high temp. but even at low temps over a long period of time (exposure to moisture, many heating/cooling cycles, all sorts of salts and other abrasives/acids used in cooking) the teflon will degrade. also, plastics arent 100% polymerized. there will always be monomers left over, causing small amounts of fluorinated substances to leech from day one

          • ZoomeristLeninist [they/them, she/her]M
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            5 months ago

            https://hexclad.co.uk/pages/faq

            from their own website "Many of our products contain PTFE, which is listed in the Biomonitoring California Priority Chemicals List. More information can be found here: https://dtsc.ca.gov/scp/authoritative-lists/"