#i couldn't cook pancakes on ANYTHING except the ceramic coated cast iron griddle pan we had like 10 years ago (it cracked; i was devastated) | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

battywitch · 28 days ago

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Hey. Listen. No really, look at me and listen, please.

Cast iron and stainless steel cookware are not like non-stick. They require different methods of cleaning, and there IS a learning curve.

Unless you've been taught how to use them, when you first try, you're probably going to have a rough time. Maybe your food sticks or burns, idk.

That is NOT a sign that your cookware is defective. Ignore whatever the packaging said about it being non-stick. Yes, with time and practice, you'll have far fewer instances of things sticking, but if your good sticks at first, stay calm.

You need to practice and look for tips based on your exact issue (eg, food burning) and type of cookware (eg, cast iron).

Also, you probably need oil.

#almost every negative review I've seen for stainless pans has been from someone who obviously had never cooked with it before #and were enraged because it didn't behave like their non stick stuff had #and i am so tired omg please just have a little patience and practice #it took me like 2 years of cooking with stainless a few times each week to get it to work almost every time without issue #and i think i was doing that on hard mode anyway because i was almost exclusively cooking eggs over medium lmao #i made pancakes earlier this year! in a stainless skillet!#i couldn't cook pancakes on ANYTHING except the ceramic coated cast iron griddle pan we had like 10 years ago (it cracked; i was devastated)#my pancakes for most of my life were either undercooked or burned and almost always stuck to the pan and fell apart #(except for those like 3-4 years when we had that griddle may it r.i.p)#but i made gluten free fucking pancakes in a stainless steel 8 inch skillet a few months ago and it was one of the best moments of my life #you gotta give yourself time to adjust to cooking with it #and imo even if you're used to cast iron you need to adjust to stainless because there is a difference #i have too many thoughts about this ugh #brought to you by me shopping for a 10 inch ss skillet with a lid please because i only have an 8 inch and a 3 inch deep 10 or 12 inch pan #and that bigger one is really awkward and doesn't have a lid

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