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How can you tell if a man is really into cast-iron kitchenware? He’ll pansplain it to you | Emma Beddington

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55% Informative

Cast-iron and carbon-steel cookware isn’t exclusively a male preserve.

But if the Marlboro Man cooked his horse, he would do so in these.

Paradoxically, man pans are as delicate as they are tough: they need to be “seasoned” (an arcane ritual), massaged with oils, protected from humidity and low-pH substances.

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29

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13

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38

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informal

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English

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47

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