last summer, we went camping -back packing. a buddy bought a bunch of IKEA teflon pans. he brings a fresh one every trip to cook trout.
well, campfire heat is not easily adjustable by me..city folk. and we cooked the coating. my buddy coughed and briefly dry heaved when he took a breathful of the gas coming off the pan. that pan did not survive.
got me thinking. i just went to the restaurant supply house to replace my own home teflon 10" pan. set me back $22 bucks or something. the old pan kinda flaked and food started to stick. i bet i'm ingesting the stuff. and overheating it happens fast. wife nicknamed my stove..TURBO.
so i started reading the internet. oh-o. i dont know what to believe. but to play it safe and try, i ordered a carbon steel skillet. i'm excited to get it, season it, and use it. my cast iron is slick as snot, so i should be able to get my carbon steel pan just as slippery.
anyone cooking on carbon pans? i ordered a DeBuyer 10". hope this works. reviews are amazing, but more "internet". if anything, this pan at the bare minimum can do double-duty as a camping pan.
