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IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO! (slrpnk.net)
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[–] 22 points 2 years ago (26 children)

Non stick isn't even good for cooking, get a nice stainless steel pan and see how much better food tastes

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I think you've misspelled cast iron. Or maybe carbon steel?

    I do want some stainless skillets, but specifically to stick fond in from meat searing, not to replace nonstick. It's for actually the opposite purpose.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Any of the above, just a hell of a lot easier to clean stainless. A little water and it's like new

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What now? Of all the things stainless excels at, cleaning certainly isn't one of them. Much easier to clean a nonstick or iron pan. The nice thing about stainless is you can use aggressive scouring pads or barkeepers friend etc to go to town on them at least, but stainless excels at adhesion and heat distribution and makes for a tougher cleanup.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I have been cooking on stainless for over a decade, if it's sticking or tough to clean you've done something wrong

    Check the pan surface, it needs to be clean and smooth when starting, heat marks are good

    When starting, don't add food till it's hot

    Never use scouring pads, it'll create grooves in the surface that make food stick

    Barkeepers friend is fine but a freshly polished pan will stick at first

    Anything stuck to a stainless steel pan will come off with water, if it doesn't you probably cooked too hot

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    You are absolutely correct. I have no idea where all of this animosity towards stainless steel cookware is coming from. It's an absolute workhorse and doesn't need princess treatment like cast iron or carbon steel.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I have never once cooked with a stainless steel pan and not had the food stick like crazy. Dump as much vegetable oil as you want in, let it heat up as much as you want, that tofu is sticking to the pan and getting ruined in stainless steel. I'm convinced that people who swear by stainless only ever cook meat.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Never had such a problem, even scrambled egg and the pan looks like new after

    Never tried vegetable oil though

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    What oil are you using? Olive sticks even worse in my experience

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    Switching to stainless has been great. If something sticks I can just scrape it off and then add a little more oil to prevent a repeat. I'm not sure why non-stick pans even became popular. I guess probably the low-fat fad had something to do with it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Non-stick is used as a crutch by people since you don't need to know the proper temperature to cook at or basic simple prep before cooking. That's the only reason I've been able to figure out.

    I cook in enameled, stainless, cast iron and carbon steel pans all the time and food will stick if you put it in cold or with the pan is too cold or too hot, too little fat.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    But like, even if it sticks I can just go at it with my steel spatula and it's fine.

    I guess some people just don't want cooking to be an involved process. Stainless isn't necessarily a "set it and forget it" way of cooking.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    For sure, it's not really a problem and often is a feature that release a bunch of great flavour when deglazed and such. But then you'd have to be bothered learning that basic skill. And learning stuff is considered hard for some reason.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Such an unhealthy fad

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    It doesn't even taste good! I fully understand cooking unhealthy food for the sheer joy of eating it, but low-fat PFAS garbage is missing one of the most important flavors of our pallet. I spent so many years thinking I didn't like vegetables lol

    Today I broiled broccoli, carrots, onions, bell peppers, peas, and garlic in oil and sweet chili on a stainless pan. 🤤

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Carbon steel is acceptable as well.

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