I hate cast iron so I am in favour of this.

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It wasn't an argument, it was a statement of fact. Go stick your hand in an extremely weak lye mixture for a few minutes, get back to me.

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Oh wait, we aren't doing "no lye in it" now? Huh.

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"The caustic ingredient in a soap is not to aid in cleaning" You, that's you, demonstrating a single digit IQ.

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All the blather you morons make about disinformation, and then you try argue chemistry on how you feel.

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Well, yes, but let's not be intentionally obtuse eh?

"Harm" in this case refers to the seasoning (polymer layer), which takes time and effort to repair if it's significantly damaged.

In the same way that scratching a wood floor is harming it (you can just resurface it), or denting your drywall is harm (you can just repair it).

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Maybe get off the Internet and touch some grass if you're going to get this upset over a cast iron pan discussion. There's no excuse for name calling and insults.

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Maybe quit aggravating people with your idiocy.

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I maintain that stainless steel and cast iron are different materials

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So if lye is what does the cleaning, why is it listed among like twenty ingredients, many of which are "cleaning agents" and "solvents," but it's function is listed as "pH adjuster?"

All Recipes
"Decades ago, soaps were made with lye and vinegar, and they were too harsh for use on cast iron pans. They would indeed strip away oil and could remove seasoning. But today's soaps, especially ones that are made with eco-friendly solutions, are often too mild to remove seasoning."

Lodge
"Fact: Soap isn't necessary, but you can use mild dish soap to clean cast iron. The seasoning on Lodge cast iron is fairly resilient and can withstand a little bit of soap, water, and a good scrub with a brush."

Wikipedia
Experts advise against placing a seasoned pan in a conventional dishwasher.[17][18] While some food writers advise against all use of detergent for seasoned pans, tests by America's Test Kitchen found that small amounts of soap do not damage the seasoning.[19]

So in short: Yes there is lye in soap, no it isn't enough to affect cast iron, yes it's okay to use some soap to clean a cast iron pan.

Juice

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Cute grand stand but I grew up living in spare bedrooms and in a homeless shelter for a bit. Not pretending to be special because we couldn’t afford luxuries like that.
Keep soapboxing in meme posts though, makes you seem important.

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As I said if this wasn't a choice you should ignore me.

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not lye and vinegar, they cancel each other out, lye or vinegar. Youre as fucking facetious as a politician, and about as bright. Even if listed as a ph adjuster, that doesn't change what sodium hydroxide is or does, unless there's a strong acid (hint...there ain't)

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Nobody here was discussing stainless, not even you.

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You must be a troll for how unnecessarily aggressive you are towards literally everyone. It's amusing, and as long as you keep foaming at the mouth, I'll be here to remind you to calm down. It's a comment chain about pans my guy, how would your mother feel to see how you're reacting right now?

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Oh no people like something, better start calling it a come say we can get views.

Social media is such shit.