The way I learned cleaning cast iron is that you can rinse it out (use water in it) but not use soap on one, then dry it out well so as not to rust, and rub a little vegetable oil on it after the cleaning to protect it between uses. My son was a boy scout, I’ve been on lots of camping trips with his troop and watched/helped cleaning them. At home I personally use a copper bottomed stainless steel skillet (frying pan!) Using the same one for 20 years now…
I’ve never used salt on my skillets; scraping with a spatula works better.
And a dish towel? That outfit shows that the comic book was written in the sixties, but we already had paper towels then. And before paper towels you’d keep washable rags; you wouldn’t ruin a dish towel every time you used your skillet.
I make soup in my skillets all the time. You wouldn’t want to boil liquid in an omelet pan, but a skillet does just fine if you wash it at once, using plain water and a pot scrubber, dry it with paper towels, and put on a fresh layer of oil.
Of course one does have to get the soup out of the ironware while it’s still hot. And I wouldn’t use iron to boil water for tea. (My skillet soups always start with frying something greasy.)
I never have to scour cast iron, I have a dog. All I have to do is rinse put a dab of oil and heat on the stove to kill bacteria and make sure there is no residual water.
Use the cheapest food-grade salt possible if you do this. In my store it’s the kosher stuff and the stuff labelled “sea salt” is expensive—I’ve heard that isn’t the case everywhere.
I inherited about 6 iron skillets from my grandfather who was a chef. got his knives as well. I think he got the skillets from his grandmother, so that’s a good 100 years right there. Nothing better than bacon and eggs from an old, seasoned skillet. MMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!
Robert Nowall Premium Member almost 8 years ago
What use is a skillet if you can’t wash it out?
yvonnembf almost 8 years ago
The way I learned cleaning cast iron is that you can rinse it out (use water in it) but not use soap on one, then dry it out well so as not to rust, and rub a little vegetable oil on it after the cleaning to protect it between uses. My son was a boy scout, I’ve been on lots of camping trips with his troop and watched/helped cleaning them. At home I personally use a copper bottomed stainless steel skillet (frying pan!) Using the same one for 20 years now…
aunt granny almost 8 years ago
Sea salt? Plain ol’ salt won’t do?
I’ve never used salt on my skillets; scraping with a spatula works better.
And a dish towel? That outfit shows that the comic book was written in the sixties, but we already had paper towels then. And before paper towels you’d keep washable rags; you wouldn’t ruin a dish towel every time you used your skillet.
I make soup in my skillets all the time. You wouldn’t want to boil liquid in an omelet pan, but a skillet does just fine if you wash it at once, using plain water and a pot scrubber, dry it with paper towels, and put on a fresh layer of oil.
Of course one does have to get the soup out of the ironware while it’s still hot. And I wouldn’t use iron to boil water for tea. (My skillet soups always start with frying something greasy.)
miscreant almost 8 years ago
I never have to scour cast iron, I have a dog. All I have to do is rinse put a dab of oil and heat on the stove to kill bacteria and make sure there is no residual water.
Diane in comics land Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Use the cheapest food-grade salt possible if you do this. In my store it’s the kosher stuff and the stuff labelled “sea salt” is expensive—I’ve heard that isn’t the case everywhere.
SeaFox10 almost 8 years ago
I can never make that work!
Teto85 Premium Member almost 8 years ago
I inherited about 6 iron skillets from my grandfather who was a chef. got his knives as well. I think he got the skillets from his grandmother, so that’s a good 100 years right there. Nothing better than bacon and eggs from an old, seasoned skillet. MMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!