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Unpopular opinion: my cast iron skillet hits 10 years this month...
Everyone raves about non-stick pans, but my Lodge skillet just crossed a decade of daily use with zero coating to worry about. I’ve even used it to hammer a tent stake flat when I was camping near Big Sur last fall. Anyone else think we hype up the shiny new stuff too much?
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schmidt.willow2mo ago
Ten years, good for you. My own Lodge is about half that age but I swear the thing has seen more scrambled eggs than most line cooks handle in a lifetime. I once tried to use mine as a doorstop when the hinge broke on the garden shed, which only tells you how much I respect the thing as a tool first and a pan second. It has a nice little black carbon patina now that a non-stick coating could never dream of.
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nora_chen2mo ago
The "tool first and a pan second" part really hits home for me. That's exactly how I feel about my own cast iron. It's so much more than just a cooking surface, it's a legit multi tool. I've used mine to crush garlic and even as a makeshift weight for pressing tofu. Non-stick pans would just shatter if you tried half the stuff we do with these.
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