Everyone acts like enameled cast iron doesn't exist...
this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2024
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I bet I’d get this joke if I had ever used a dishwasher in my life
You're not special for washing dishes in a less efficient way that's worse for the environment. If you've just never had access to one, ignore me, but Ive definitely known a surprising number of people who have dishwashers in their apartments but refuse to use them. If that's you, you're probably doing life wrong.
Anyway there's nothing that unique about the dishwasher itself, washing cast iron in hot soap and water and then leaving it to air dry will strip the protection of the polymerized oil and then trigger the pan to rust. Nothing to do with dishwashers as a technology except if you wash a pan by hand you're likely scrubbing it less effectively and not willing to spend 1-2 hours spraying it with hot water. If you stick the pan into the washer for 15 mins, immediately rinse, dry, and re season, it's not particularly different from washing by hand.
Ewe 😆 Cute grand stand but I grew up living in spare bedrooms and in a homeless shelter for a bit. Not pretending to be special because we couldn’t afford luxuries like that. Keep soapboxing in meme posts though, makes you seem important.
As I said if this wasn't a choice you should ignore me.
The obsession with cast iron like it is some kind of magic ritual is honestly really weird. After you cook with it, wash it with water and dry it with some paper towels, that's it, no need to make it more complicated than it really is.
If things are sticking to your pan, use more oil in your pan; with enough oil, you can cook on a rock and make it nonstick.
Just wash it with dish soap like everything else, use a soft scrubber like everything else.
If you have an actual polymer layer, it won't be harmed.
Dry it off, throw it on the burner. Get it hot, give it a touch of oil, and store it.
I mean it's a lump of iron it still won't be harmed you may just need to scrape some rust off and reseason.
Well, yes, but let's not be intentionally obtuse eh?
"Harm" in this case refers to the seasoning (polymer layer), which takes time and effort to repair if it's significantly damaged.
In the same way that scratching a wood floor is harming it (you can just resurface it), or denting your drywall is harm (you can just repair it).
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