Food

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AMA about cast iron and carbon steel pans

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you ever use salt as an abrasive? what's your favorite lipid?

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Yes. Sometimes when you have oil in your pan and your pan gets too hot, your oil will partially but not completely polymerize (which is the processes that seasons the pan, aka partial seasoning)

To remove that, you need to warm up oil and salt to dissolve and abrade the stuck oil

Sesame oil can be fun too depending on cuisine

I use multiple oils based on cooking temperature

High heat neutral flavor: avocado oil
high heat flavored: ghee (clarified butter) or refined olive oil

low heat neutral: still avocado oil
low heat flavored: butter and sometimes but rarely extra virgin olive oil