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Re:Stainless steel leaches nickel and chromium into foods du... by StillBored on Thursday March 10, 2022 @12:56PM (#30630050)
The non-stick properties of seasoned cast iron are a bit overstated. Yes, its a lot better than stainless steel, or unseasoned, but any number of foods (eggs) will stick regardless of how much oil you add ahead of time. And unlike some of the nonstick coated pans, you always need at least some fat/oil in them during cooking.

So some of it is what you expect, cast iron is basically non stick for lots of things (AKA I would never use anything other than cast iron for pancakes/etc), but I keep a couple Henckels Capri Notte Granitium pans we picked up at cosco handy for the morning eggs. Those seem to be the survivors at this point of a long series of trial and error with non-teflon coatings, most of which seem to work fine for a month or two and then are non stick at the same level as one might expect from cast iron. I have no idea how much I've spent buying pans a few times a year at $20-50 a pop to replace worn out nonstick over the past 10 years.

Re:Stainless steel leaches nickel and chromium into foods du... by 0ldskool on Friday March 11, 2022 @04:16PM (#30646111)
I exclusively use my cast iron for cooking eggs & bread. There is zero sticking. I also use grape-seed oil.

I make french toast, omelettes, over easy eggs, and toast. I have never had sticking that you are talking about...

Re:Stainless steel leaches nickel and chromium into foods du... by eatbitseveryday on Thursday March 10, 2022 @01:21PM (#30630417)
Eggs stick much less if you use butter instead of oil on your pan.
Re:Stainless steel leaches nickel and chromium into foods du... by StillBored on Thursday March 10, 2022 @01:27PM (#30630500)
I use butter with eggs already, even on the nonstick, because it tastes better.