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[Flysmallie]

59 minutes ago, Gavin said:

Nice skillets...have similar to both of those in the black iron collection. What do you use to season? Have had great results with flax seed oil.

 

Mostly bacon grease I would say. Haven't put much thought into it. 

[ness]

Haven't seasoned mine in years. They stay seasoned and I don't cook anything in them that diminishes the seasoning.

[snagged in outlet 3]

You can see your reflection on the bottom of mine.  I never let the women touch it.

I've never seasoned mine either.  It's never had soap in it. 

[rps]

4 hours ago, Terrierman said:

Coolest bowl ever.

Gift from my daughter. Maple turned from a stump. I love it.

[Flysmallie]

27 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

You can see your reflection on the bottom of mine.  I never let the women touch it.

I've never seasoned mine either.  It's never had soap in it. 

I still soap in mine and aggressively scrub it on occasion. Hell I even run it through the dishwasher from time to time. But it never loses it's season because I'm constantly adding to it. Cooking a greasy pizza in it occasionally doesn't hurt.  

[snagged in outlet 3]

I saw a cooking show the other day and they said they never need to be seasoned and using soap doesn't bother them either.

[ness]

57 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I saw a cooking show the other day and they said they never need to be seasoned and using soap doesn't bother them either.

I've gotta disagree. When I've had really bad, crusty buildup I tried soap and it did jack up the seasoning. Also, anything acidic (tomatoes, lemon juice, etc.) will eat away at it. Mine's pretty much relegated to frying chicken these days so I don't encounter those problems.

[Terrierman]

I'm a philistine and use my cast iron for anything.  Sometimes the seasoning gets wasted as a result.  I just coat with vegetable oil so they don't rust and carry on.

[snagged in outlet 3]

I use mine for frying like that catfish which was awesome.  I fry food in my garage like every normal hillbilly.

[BilletHead]

    Did someone say cast iron? 

My cast iron is near and dear to my heart. We have nine assorted skillets. Three not pictured are more modern lodge skillets. The others are hand me downs from my grandmothers. Wish I could hear some of the stories behind some of these. Use them all the time and yes there could be more clean up but the crust on a few of these are pure love and one could only imagine what has been cooked in them. the deepest one has no markings at all.

   The last one just says 10 1/2 inch skillet.   For those of you looking for info, http://www.castironcollector.com/trademarks.php

Go to the forum discussions on the above link too. More info here on cast iron than on the ned rig .

    I have my eye on a single handled square griddle. See there is an old crusty man living in a trailer. A trailer that is on its last leg, he may be too? So when we drive by and it is raining there is always laundry hanging out. We are thinking this is how his clothes get cleaned. TRUTHFULLY this is a fact only when it rains we see this. Well lately there is this square griddle hanging on the clothes line. I need to have a chat with him and get the scoop. May be something to add to the collection? Could be junk also ?

BilletHead