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Default Bacteria on "seasoned" cast iron pans

Ophelia wrote:
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> "Cindy Hamilton wrote:


> @none.no wrote:
> > While cast iron is probably the most durable cookware made, it requires
> > far too much work to keep it seasoned, but even putting aside the work,
> > it's disgusting and repulsive. It may have worked well for cooks in the
> > 19th century, we have since learned a lot about health, disease, and
> > bacteria, and cast iron is not a healty type of cookware.

>
> Heat up the pan before using. Bacteria gone.
> Cindy Hamilton
>
> ====================
>
> "the thought of eating dead bacteria"


That thought has always bothered me too. I'm not a fan of eating dead
bacteria. Keep in mind too that some leave behind toxins so even that
might not be so fun to eat.