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Re:The Teflon Toxin by simoncion on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @05:54PM (#10050916)
The cleaning step.

Steps one through three are what is called "seasoning" the pan. It's a process that often makes a bunch of smoke. Ideally, you only ever have to do that once. Cooking on cast iron doesn't produce a smoky mess.

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Re:The Teflon Toxin by fluidcruft on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @07:06PM (#10051348)
If "seasoning" the pan achieves anything at all, doesn't it necessarily have to result in some sort of coating of the pan's surface?
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Re:The Teflon Toxin by simoncion on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @07:17PM (#10051397)
Yes. Seasoning leaves a baked-on coating of oil/fat. That doesn't mean that the coating is carcinogenic.

IIRC (and I might not RC, I'm no food chemist) the coating is polymerized oil/fat and completely harmless.

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Re:The Teflon Toxin by fluidcruft on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @10:19PM (#10051954)
At smoking point, carcinogens are created both in the gas and what's left behind.
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Re:The Teflon Toxin by simoncion on Thursday August 13, 2015 @09:12AM (#10053862)
How sure are you that the non-stick coating left on the pan is more carcinogenic than browned hash browns?
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