jennrider Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 What oil do you use to season new cast iron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepifer Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Use any animal fat -- tallow, bacon grease, butter is okay, coconut oil works well. Whatever you do, don't use olive oil or that horrible spray!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennrider Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 Thanks! I don't own the spray. I use either bacon fat or coconut oil on the cast iron I already have. I wasn't sure about new cast iron because it takes so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan W Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Someone here cooks bacon or sausage to season their pans. I thought that was so smart. Most of them come pre-seasoned now so I say rinse it out with hot water and dry it and then season it yourself. Who knows what they use to season it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie Shipp Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I don't know what's wrong with me or my pans, but bacon or sausage always ruins the finish on my cast iron. The sugar in it caramelizes on the bottom and just jacks it all up. I'm pretty frustrated with cast iron right now! If I cook anything but eggs it seems to screw it up. I use lard to season it, which seems to work well, until I try to cook something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan W Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 They don't eat bacon or sausage with sugar so maybe that is the difference. Lard is a great thing to season it with. You don't use soap when you wash it do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennrider Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 I use hot water to clean mine. If there is stuck on stuff you can wad up some aluminum foil to scrub. Is it warm when you season it? That helps also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie Shipp Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Ya, just hot water to wash, unless it's had something really strong, like fish, and I want to cook something that doesn't taste like fish Then I use a drop of soap. And oh how nice it would be to have sugar free bacon and sausage, I even had my own pigs butchered and completely forgot to tell the butcher not to put sugar in the cures... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moluv Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 My husband seasons all of our cast iron with tallow but he puts like 10 coats on- it's a day long process but they do work very well. He's so patient <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan W Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 My husband seasons all of our cast iron with tallow but he puts like 10 coats on- it's a day long process but they do work very well. He's so patient <3 May I borrow him and your tallow please? I swear I'll give them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moluv Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Yes to the tallow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anham Mahna Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 My cast iron pot is nice and seasoned on the inside, but the bottom is rusty! any suggestions on what to do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan W Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Anham I had that happen. After each use, I rub the inside with coconut oil and I give the outside a quick pass with it too. Rust is gone now...or at least hidden well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenderbender Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Trick!!! While the fat is getting hot... Pour a Tbsp of fine salt into the pan and wad up some paper towels and rub it in a circular motion "Whereupon I proceeded to take that mittenful of the deadly yellow snow crystals and rub it all into his beady little eyes with a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mudshark in your mythology here it goes,the circular motion, now Rub It!" Sorry.... Any excuse to quote Zappa!!! The salt acts as a very fine abrasive and gets the pan silky smooth..... Don't be afraid to apply pressure....dump out the salt and wipe several times with clean paper towel and then add mor fat to season.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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