the only pans I clean immediately are cast iron skillets

This is soo funny

because I don't want them to rust

Oh, cast iron is a different matter

Season it

if you cook any meat in it, there's always shit all over it afterward

even with seasoning, you still have to run water over it

season it and all you do is wipe it down

hm

I must be seasoning it wrong then

because I always get gristle

it takes a LOT of oil to season a pan

and it won't come off

heat it for a few hours in a warm overn (like 200 degrees) and get it to soak all the oil it can then let it cool

I love cast iron though because it sears meat like no other

but it's a bitch to take care of

the food shouldn't really touch the metal itself

I'll try the 200 degrees. I've been putting it in at 400 for an hour so maybe that's too hot

cast iron makes the best pineapple upside down cake

@EndangeredProdigy way way way to hot, that breaks down most oils into a rancid mess

I could share my recipe for cornbread with y'all

it's really good

i am interested in your cornbread recipe

400 is above most smokepoints

200 is enough to make the metal porous and soak the oil into it

ok so you use a small cast iron skillet and preheat it with 2 tablespoons of cooking oil at 435 degrees. Then combine 1 cup of cornmeal, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, and 1 cup of buttermilk and stir. when the skillet is fully heated, sprinkle some cornmeal in the heated skillet and then pour the mixture in afterward. cook it in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the top of the corbread is light brown

best cornbread you'll ever eat

make sure you put the skillet in the oven when the oven is cold and allow the skillet to heat to 435 with the oven

before adding any ingredients other than oil

using nixamalized cornmeal?

I just use bagged cornmeal let me go see exactly what kind I use one sec

been using masa harina myself for my upside down cake

maseca brand

btw, mixing in a can of creamed corn makes corn bread even better

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I use Martha White self rising white cornmeal @Misomania