Anybody out there grossed out with cast iron cookware?

[gyrafoam]

Jamie---

you said and I will quote you "Jews will immerse newly purchased cookpots (to kosher them ) in the same mikvah (ritual bath) where people (primarily women) have just immersed their bodies". THAT is a LIE. Now, whatever reason you chose to distort the truth to fit whatever your agenda (anti-semite) is, you should at least "own" it.
I don't care a thing about what you "think". I do care about spreading that kind of prejudice especially amongst people who may not know any better.

 

[gyrafoam]

Returning to the topic at hand--------

I just used my iron roaster to make a fabulous brisket tzimmes loaded with sweet potatoes, prunes and carrots. There is just something special about using my old cookware.

 

[jamiel]

Fair point...term is the same, I misinterpreted the distinction.

 

[eurekastar]

I have my Grandmother's cast iron skillet that was a wedding gift to her and my Grandfather in 1920.  I never wash it with soap and water.  Sometimes I just wipe it clean.  Other times, I will scour it with hot water only and then dry and oil.  My favorite go to skillet is a carbon steel pan.  I have two of different sizes.  I've never washed with them soap and water either.  Just hot water and scour.  They get better with each use!

 

[norgeway]

you can bet

If you ever get to eat at Steves house you will be in for a real treat!!!

 

[mrboilwash]

When I come to think of it I`m not grossed out of my waffle iron either which is much harder to keep clean than any cast iron cookware, but I hate the rancid smell it leaves in the cupboard so much that I wouldn`t want to have anything else in my kitchen that requires an oil film.

So it`s only Teflon pans for me as they can go into the dishwasher.
Needless to say that anything you want to fry crispy in a thin Teflon pan sucks compared to cast iron.

 

[stan]

Superocd

Don't want to add stress to ur OCD
But I really think your better off concerning yourself with kitchen sponge or dish cloths.
These are often over looked, and can be more worrisome than cast iron cook ware.
A quick fix can be..Kitchen sponge can be wet, and put into the microwave to kill bacteria.
This saves having to replace, or bleaching the sponge.

 

[norgeway]

The real issue about cast iron

Is the new Lodge stuff is to my mind, worthless, its as rough as sandpaper and all the seasoning in the world wont make it useable, All mine is ancient...and smooth as silk, All of my Grandmothers cast iron is Griswold, and I also have some Wagner, None of the new junk.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

AMKrayo-Kast I-Ron:

This small pan here came with a brownie mix that I bought and made long ago, and is genuine cast iron, though probably ranking with the inferior new stuff...

As for whether or not it's reusable, I don't know... So being fraught with the high maintenance Iron demands, after that brownie came out, it (as shown in the second photo) just became used as a (and appropriate for a kitchen) wall decoration...

-- Dave

 

[stan]

Dave

Not sure I'd say it's inferior..it may be compaired to the old stuff?
My cast irin is all old smooth stuff, and I have 7 different pans.
What I do know is that once the pan is seasoned, their fairly low mantainence
I also know that the best thing you can do for cast iron pans is to...use them.
More they get used the better they perform
You may get a good pan out of it by just cooking in it.