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Mom cooked in cast iron.  Friends parents too.  Now me.  Love it.

My mother cooked everything in it. Country fried steak, fried chicken, cornbread, biscuits cake and even pies.

Been using old cast iron over 40 years

“The pebbled texture on a new pan is a line item on a spreadsheet…”. Yes!  I’ve sanded down every Lodge and other rough pans before seasoning and they work great.  Thanks for the validation.

This video is so helpful. I don’t know how many times I’ve felt guilty because I used dish detergent in my pan. Now I’m cured!
My biggest problem is the outside of my skillet. I’m embarrassed to admit they have a thick coating. The inside looks great but that outside could use some serious help. My iron skillets are used every day. I’m 82 and can remember my granny slipping hers in a brush pile that papaw was starting to burn. She would leave it there a couple of days. Obviously I can’t do that today.
A video showing how to do that would be awesome.

Great Cast Iron video!

I use my cast at least twice a week and I will until I am too feeble to lift it. I also think back in the day when a woman hit a man with a fry pan he probably changed his ways....if he lived😅

I love cast iron. And love seeing the evolution of my skillet through usage.

This video is absolute money , the cast iron gospel !

My great-grandma made the best cornbread ever in a cast iron skillet. Her daughter inherited it and now HER daughter has it. I don't know her rules because I was so young when we lost her. I recently scored three cast iron skillets for $12 at a yard sale. I am learning how to restore them and use them properly. Since I am now 70, they will go to my nephew. I am leaving a notebook to tell him how to use and keep them. He's a great cook already so they will be well used and probably go to his daughter.

Loved your video - thumbs up 👍👍
Please do a seasoning video, I fight with that day in and day out!

I read that another reason for Lodge finishes being so rough was that they changed the casting sand some time ago to a coarser grit. This was because the older, finer grit was an environmental hazard to the workers when it got airborne in the factory. The rougher surface took longer to make smooth. so was eliminated. The time invested with a sander is well worth the effort.

This is spot on advice and almost exactly how I maintain and use my pans.  We've gone through so many nonstick pans through the years.  I haven't used anything but my cast irons for a few years now.  I have 7" and 8"pans that I alternate daily for breakfast, and a 10" i use for dinner once or twice a week.  The smaller pans are like glass at this point.  Water beads, and eggs lift off without sticking whatsoever.  The only thing different I do when cleaning, is use hot water and first a stiffer nylon bristle brush, then a softer nylon brush before drying, reheating and  eating lightly with oil as in the video.  Cast Iron pans rock!

I cook on new Lodge skillets with the rough surface and they have done great.  No sticking.

Most of my cast iron cookware has been passed down from four generations. My favorite is my great grandmother's Griswold waffle iron that fits the burner of a caste iron stove. And I never pass up a vintage skillet.

That was great! good information, well written and delivered. ThX

Totally agree with everything in this video! Keep it simple.  If you watch the gurus on YouTube,  you'll be convinced that renewing a cask iron piece is beyond your means.  Just strip it bare, put light oil (grapeseed works great), buff it off like your allergic to it, and bake it for an hour. Do it like the man said, about 3-6 times, letting it cool in-between. Then use it. 😊

The old pans were cast with much finer sand than the newer ones. That's why that there is so much difference in texture. The old finer sand method was discontinued because of health issues when breathing the fine dust.

Make mine a Lodge!