New to cast iron cooking

[3legged_lab]

So like I said before I got a lodge cast iron skillet for Christmas. I know you don't want to cook fish in it because the smell/taste will linger. My question is: do you guys refrain from cooking taco meat in your cast?

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[Olly]

I got everything in my skillet. I've never noticed a fish taste after words.

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[3legged_lab]

That's good because I don't want my eggs and hash browns to taste like tacos.

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[Olly]

After I cook in mine I always wipe it out with a rag and then take a very small amount of oil and run it around in there and let it cool.

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[3legged_lab]

After I cook in mine I always wipe it out with a rag and then take a very small amount of oil and run it around in there and let it cool.

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I don't use any soap either. I got some "cast iron conditioner" with it to keep it seasoned. Its a mixture of palm oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, and vitamin E.

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[Olly]

After I cook in mine I always wipe it out with a rag and then take a very small amount of oil and run it around in there and let it cool.

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I don't use any soap either. I got some "cast iron conditioner" with it to keep it seasoned. Its a mixture of palm oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, and vitamin E.

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Sounds like skin lotion.

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[3legged_lab]

My skillet likes coco butter.

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[rozzo842]

I've been using Crisco on my cast. It seems to work real well.

[Bad17]

I always use bacon grease. Not the healthiest but seasons real well.

[jehler]

After I cook in mine I always wipe it out with a rag and then take a very small amount of oil and run it around in there and let it cool.

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I don't use any soap either. I got some "cast iron conditioner" with it to keep it seasoned. Its a mixture of palm oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, and vitamin E.

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I can hear the board meeting now, "I'm telling you, there are suckers that will but this shit if we call it cast iron conditioner"

[Flightstopper]

After I cook in mine I always wipe it out with a rag and then take a very small amount of oil and run it around in there and let it cool.

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I don't use any soap either. I got some "cast iron conditioner" with it to keep it seasoned. Its a mixture of palm oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, and vitamin E.

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I can hear the board meeting now, "I'm telling you, there are suckers that will but this shit if we call it cast iron conditioner"

Might as well use astroglide

[BrewGUN]

After I cook in mine I always wipe it out with a rag and then take a very small amount of oil and run it around in there and let it cool.

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I don't use any soap either. I got some "cast iron conditioner" with it to keep it seasoned. Its a mixture of palm oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, and vitamin E.

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I can hear the board meeting now, "I'm telling you, there are suckers that will but this shit if we call it cast iron conditioner"

Might as well use astroglide

Depends on where your from it could be one and the same

[3legged_lab]

After I cook in mine I always wipe it out with a rag and then take a very small amount of oil and run it around in there and let it cool.

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I don't use any soap either. I got some "cast iron conditioner" with it to keep it seasoned. Its a mixture of palm oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, and vitamin E.

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I can hear the board meeting now, "I'm telling you, there are suckers that will but this shit if we call it cast iron conditioner"

I got it for Christmas with the skillet. Once its gone it'll be plain old vegetable oil.

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[aunt betty]

I'll share what little I know.

I read that the old timers would take a new skillet and use a brick on it. Scrub and polish the metal well before you start.
New skillets are bumpy and a bit rough. Ideally you start with something smooth. After you season a skillet that's smooth like that it gets like "black glass".

Once you have it seasoned you never want to wash it.

Here''s something that took me years to discover and my damned wife is such a clean freak...won't allow me to keep a skillet "right". She insists on washing them. (boooo)

At camp I have MY WAY! This is something I learned thru trial and error about bacon, eggs, and skillets.

When you start out to make breakfast you MUST have bacon grease to get started. That's why you save the grease and here is why. If you DON'T start out with old bacon grease your pan gets sticky and you can't turn an egg w/out breaking. (been there, done that) When you start out with good bacon grease, the pan stays slick and turning the eggs is easy-peasy. When you get done cooking, let the skillet cool, pour grease into a tin can, and wipe the skillet out with a paper towel. Save that for starting your next fire. Put the skillet into the stove and grease where you keep the bacon grease at. (my grandpa TRIED telling me this but I ignored him)

Apparently I know quite a bit about cast iron cooking.

[aunt betty]

Looky what I found. Sweetness. Smooth like glass. Cant wait to use it.
Never seen such quality in a skillet.
Griswold....never heard of it.
Teach me.

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[rozzo842]

Looky what I found. Sweetness. Smooth like glass. Cant wait to use it.
Never seen such quality in a skillet.
Griswold....never heard of it.
Teach me.

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Griswold is highly sought after. Supposed to be the best. That skillet would fetch close to $100 around here although I'd never pay that. Gotta find em at garage sales.

[Eric Haynes]

Looky what I found. Sweetness. Smooth like glass. Cant wait to use it.
Never seen such quality in a skillet.
Griswold....never heard of it.
Teach me.

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You sonofabitch! You stole my pan. Had my name casted in it and everything!

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[BrewGUN]

Looky what I found. Sweetness. Smooth like glass. Cant wait to use it.
Never seen such quality in a skillet.
Griswold....never heard of it.
Teach me.

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ill give ya $5 and pay for shipping.

[aunt betty]

Looky what I found. Sweetness. Smooth like glass. Cant wait to use it.
Never seen such quality in a skillet.
Griswold....never heard of it.
Teach me.

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ill give ya $5 and pay for shipping.

My wife made a little begging noise and the "I want that" face.
Its not going anywhere.
Nice try tho.