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You can cook tomatoes in cast iron. I wouldn't spread tomato paste around the pan and leave it in the sink with water in it for a week, but that's no reason to
by dwighttk 8y ago
You can cook tomatoes in cast iron. I wouldn't spread tomato paste around the pan and leave it in the sink with water in it for a week, but that's no reason to avoid cooking with tomatoes in cast iron.
- BoiledCabbage 8y agoIt's not because it damages the pan, it's not good for you. A significant amount of iron breaks down from the acid and leaches into your food.
- fencepost 8y agoIt's not the iron either - it's because if you cook too much with acidic liquids in cast iron you'll get some of the seasoning coming off and it may turn your food blackish and unappealing. If you do a lot of cooking like that or don't have it properly seasoned you'll eventually have problems with going all the way through the seasoning and then you'll get rust. If you want to use cast iron for soups, stews, braises, chilis, etc. that you're going to be cooking a long time, get an enameled cast iron pan - that'll get you a lot of the heat retention but with a more durable (but not nonstick) finish.