Re: Dinner in the year of our lord 20241031.

dsi1 wrote:

On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:48:12 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
 

On 2024-11-09 11:25 p.m., dsi1 wrote:

On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 2:54:14 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

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I cook those things too. Most people do. You can't cook these things
without special heat retaining pans? Yoose people are delusional. I am
the king of pineapple upside down cake, and pancakes too.

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Nobody said that is the only way to cook them. You challenged Carol to
name one dish that people would cook in a pain that retains heat.

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She said that people down South cook with heat retention. Obviously
that's not true. You could cook a roast by turning a very hot oven off
and letting the oven coast for an hour or so but that has nothing to do
with the pan. If I was cooking a steak or pork chop or pancakes, I don't
turn the heat off and just leave stuff in the pan. You don't do that
either.

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You are deliberately overlooking to context.... cast iron frying pans.
You heat them up and slap a piece of meat on and the give a good sear
without the temperature of metal dropping.  Aluminum will heat up very
quickly, but if you apply a large piece of meat it cools way down. That
is why cast iron is so good for browning.

 That's not true at all. I can sear a steak in an aluminum or carbon
steel pan that'll make your head spin around. It will cook faster than
in any of your cast iron pans. Beats the heck out of me why you'd make
such a misleading statement. You're a slave to dogma, ignorance, and
your desire to be one of the rfc gang.

I use carbon steel and cast iron but when I want a perfect steak or fried fish or chicken breast - the carbon steel always wins out. And a bonus is that it will surrender heat when you need it to - cast iron just incinerates onward.
Otoh, for cornbread - gimme my cast iron every time.

My guess is that you've never cooked a steak in an aluminum or carbon
steel pan. OTOH, I don't recommend that you try to sear a steak in an
aluminum pan. You'll just end up hurting yourself or the pan - but
mostly the pan
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Because "lesser" pans have feelings too!
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