ROFL @ the ad.

I am feeling slightly gay from having read this thread.
Y'all sound like a bunch of quilt making Grandma's. :spock:

Nevermind that the professional field of cooking is a man's world.

Whatever you say, dear....

Trust me when I say that a good home cooked meal prepared by her man is an easy way into a girl's pants.

This.

Has worked well for me anyway.

Mikey sneers at your frilly apron-wearing cast iron antics. He prefers to snag vagina with his quixotic mix of 1950's cave-man chauvinism and life withering bitterness...

He'd have better success dragging women back to the cave by hitting them with a cast iron pan than his wooden club. Cast iron, heavier and sturdier than a wooden club.

Just saying... cast iron is better for everything.

Always thought a Dutch oven was when you farted under the covers...learn something everyday on here :)

Alton Brown kicks ass. I've got to say he is the direct cause for my cooking (especially for a single 20 something male) not completely sucking.

I'm a big fan. Didn't like him at first. Love the premise of his show, and watched because I liked the science behind it, but originally I absolutely hated his humor. It's grown on me. He's so corny, but once you get past that or accept it as a personality trait, it not only becomes fun to watch, he actually becomes funny.

You can't eat a quilt.

Can't make a good pot of chili in one either.

Weird, I just use the regular ones when I could some chicken up in hot sauce and that turns out just fine without that metallic flavor...

It just leaches some of the iron out, which can give it a funky flavor. But like I also said, if the pan is seasoned well at all, it shouldn't be a problem.

I would add, as it hasn't been mentioned yet, that despite whether your food tastes good or not in a cast iron pan, do NOT store tomato-based foods in cast iron. It will pit, it will ruin the seasoning and it will rust.

It won't ruin the pan, as you can take steel wool or sandpaper and get rid of the rust, but you'll have to re-season it a couple times before you use it again.