Cast Iron
Posted in Garden Antiques on 02/08/2010 04:00 am by adminHow to effectively clean cast iron?
My great grandmother just sent over some Old Cast iron pans and a kettle Power - and many of them old grease and rust on them. They also have some disappeared over time - there is no method effective for cleaning? We want to keep them in the best possible information is useful. Thank you all for your replies, they are all appreciated.
With clean (without soap) to the steel wool and cooking oil (do NOT use oven cleaner, WD40 or any other solvent / oil you're not ready to eat!) to remove all rust. (Otherwise, you can burn pans, as others have suggested, but if you do not have space for a bonfire, the steel wool is the way to go.) Rinse under warm water if necessary. If you need really, you can use soap at this stage just to get the pan clean. However, never use soap or detergent on your pans after you have them cleaned and seasoned. It damages the layer of oil that you try to put in place, and the taste of soap tends to "stick" to a seasoned Pan ... This does not taste food very well. : P Dry thoroughly and heat over low heat over the burner to ensure that no water remains. Season pans by coating lightly (all surfaces, inside and outside) with oil or lard (do no butter for this). Place the pans upside down in an oven at 350 degrees for one hour (I would put a griddle on the grate below right, just in case you drop), then turn the heat down to 200 and let sit for several hours. Cool. You can repeat this step 2-3 times to accelerate the process of seasoning. For the first month or two of use, cook little acidic, high-fat foods in skillets. Preferably bacon. Lots of fat and low potential for friction. 
After cleaning: unless that food is stuck to the pan, try not wash. Simply clean with a clean cloth or paper towel. Add a thin layer of oil or lard and hang back. If a stove has some something stuck to it, gently scrape with a plastic scraper or scrub under hot water with a brush with nylon bristles. Do NOT rub with steel wool, unless you want to go back and Reseason the thing from the beginning. If you wash the pan, use only hot water, no soap or detergent. Dry thoroughly and heat over low heat over the burner to ensure that no water remains. Once dry, but while still hot, coat pan with a thin layer of oil or lard and stay back in place. If burns food to the pan (which may occur once time to time), while the pan is hot, pour boiling water in and scrape the bottom gently with a spatula or spoon timber until the food press. Whatever you do, never, never put cold water in a hot frying pan - and not a scoop cast iron skillet hot off the stove and place it in a sink full of cold water! Iron can and will, break.
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