Just bought a carbon steel frying pan (remarkably inexpensive too) and curiously have the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidenfrost_effect https://en.wikipedia.

Just bought a carbon steel frying pan (remarkably inexpensive too) and curiously have the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidenfrost_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidenfrost_effect happen when dropping some water to see if it was hot enough. Had no idea what that effect was until I read this thread! Weird how that happens sometimes