Originally Posted by Msmith:
Sorry for not reading all 16 pages of wonderful info.
My niece cleaned her cast iron pan this way:
Scrub the used pan with soap and water. Then heat-dried it. Put the oil afterward on the surface.
She said that she did this every time.
No soap. The hot water is fine, but using that soap every time prevents from ever really seasoning it. She's not getting the best of cast iron, ever. [Reply]
My Mother said she just used a Brillo pad on then wiped out and dried re-oil and put away. That pan has cooked more delicious fried chicken over the years than I can remember. I know brillo pads have a soap in them. I looked that pan the other day and its seasoned perfectly. Sadly she doesn't use it at 89 years her arms from arthritis have wrecked her joints and its just to heave for her to manage.
Im not sure I am buying the soap wreaks the iron pan. [Reply]
Originally Posted by srvy:
My Mother said she just used a Brillo pad on then wiped out and dried re-oil and put away. That pan has cooked more delicious fried chicken over the years than I can remember. I know brillo pads have a soap in them. I looked that pan the other day and its seasoned perfectly. Sadly she doesn't use it at 89 years her arms from arthritis have wrecked her joints and its just to heave for her to manage.
Im not sure I am buying the soap wreaks the iron pan.
First, never said it'd wreck the pan. Said it'd wreck the seasoning, and there is no doubt and no argument about it. It will, plain and simple.
My scrub pads don't have soap after a couple squeezes through water. You wanna wreck the seasoning on your CI.
Also, if all she used it for was fried chicken, the seasoning didn't really matter because she was filling it with a good thick layer of oil. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Fried Meat Ball!:
First, never said it'd wreck the pan. Said it'd wreck the seasoning, and there is no doubt and no argument about it. It will, plain and simple.
My scrub pads don't have soap after a couple squeezes through water. You wanna wreck the seasoning on your CI.
Also, if all she used it for was fried chicken, the seasoning didn't really matter because she was filling it with a good thick layer of oil.
Well when I was a kid I didn't pay attention to such things. I just sat down and flap my lips over the food. I am sure she probably cooked other stuff like burgers and what have you. I asked her about it she said she ran a brillo pad and never soaked it. And for many years rubbed it with oleo whatever that is? [Reply]
i just deglaze it with hot water and maybe some salt. put it back on a low heat to evaporate all the moisture. then while still warm, just a light coating of crisco before putting it away.
thohgh, things have begn sticking a little, so I think I need to re-season it etc. [Reply]
