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How to Properly Heat a Pan
Rouxbe
A two-minute Rouxbe cooking-school demo of how to heat a pan properly before cooking. It uses the Leidenfrost effect, where water beads and skates across a hot pan, to show when a stainless steel pan is ready.
HN people cite it as a practical test for pan temperature and as the way to get a stainless steel pan relatively non-stick.
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