Five myths about caring for a cast-iron pan, including whether or not you can use soap on your pans, get busted by an expert.

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This includes my former roommate, whose screams still haunt me from the one time I cleaned her cast iron with water ... steel, or copper — has exceptional heat retention. This is good and ...

But PVC, CPVC and copper are still in common use ... re most likely to need when assembling or repairing water lines: Cast iron was a common material for drain pipes in the first part of the ...

Many decades ago, when soldering was an activity more often associated with copper ... idea is still one with some merit. [Shake the Future] is here with a modern take on such an iron, one that ...