Funny cast iron skillet thread in teh Lounge

[sazemisery]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8613354

[japple]

1. That is hysterical. What a good morning laugh. Thanks

for posting it here. Would have missed it otherwise.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Some really inventive ideas in that thread.

Seriously, I know a guy who uses the dishwasher for his cast iron. I gasped when I saw what he had done to it. There are still a few pieces of the old patina on the outside, but they are flaking off. The inside is completely bare and dry looking. When I asked him about it he said that the traditional cleaning method "took too long".

Another cast iron story: I found two skillets that had been left out in the rain and weather for months. They were both heavily rusted and in terrible shape. I worked on those skillets off and on for a couple of weeks with various scrubbers trying to remove the rust and wound up using sandpaper to get it all cleaned off. I just knew that they were ruined beyond repair, but after finally getting them clean I used my tried and true method of heating and coating with vegetable shortening to season them. It took more than one application, but now both of them have acquired a nice patina again and are stick proof.

[Phentex]

3. I stood up for us...

sniffa is banned from this forum, lol! :)

Bi Baby, where art thou?

[Lorax]

4. Oh no!

Some people are not deserving of the joy of owning cast iron cookware. That's it. I am going to start a movement for the protection of abused and neglected cast iron.

[sniffa]

5. I finally got it clean

It took Ajax, a brillo pad and lots of elbow grease.

[sazemisery]

6. Bad, Sniffa, Bad

:spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank:

[kentauros]

7. You might want to put a coat of clear enamel on it so it stays clean.

Or, get out the wire-wheel brush, a buffing pad and a stick of jeweler's rouge and polish it up all nice and shiny. Then coat in hard clear enamel

[troubleinwinter]

8. Now I am embarrassed.

Mine looks all old and dark.