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		pomian 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cooking with black plastic is particularly crucial... You can heat it with anything. Remember. It is just steel! Almost indestructible, can use anything to clean it, and if you mess up, you can heat it, wash it, and re oil again.

fuzzfactor 10 months ago [–]

One thing about it is, it's pretty much plain elemental iron, straight out of the "iron age".

Actual steel is an alloy that is much more advanced, even when it is not a stainless grade.

wizzwizz4 10 months ago | [–]

You're thinking of wrought iron. Cast iron has a higher carbon content.

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