Sterilizing cast iron

[EweSheep]

Crackel Barrel sells Lodge pans only that I know of for sure! I love Lodge pans.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

pot it in the oven on 400 an its as sterile as its getting.

 

[Moabite]

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I am with you 100% except all my cast iron is cheap and less then 60 years old. I have Navajo friends who will pay top $ for old casting #7, 3 legged bean pots.

I have fire issues, so the thought of putting the skillet on the stove top and making it smoke kind of freaks me out. I'm a fire wuss. Strong chance I'd either burn myself or burn the house down.

Grease it, put it in the oven on 450 to 500 for about hour, oil it again (don't use olive oil to season CI pans) It is gonna smoke up the place a little. I use bacon grease if it is available or veggy lard in a pinch. It will be sterile after that heat, you can also use salt to scrub it.​

 

[wildeflowers]

Gosh, gotta love that cast iron. I know most of my friends think I'm nuts, but I looooove my cast iron. Most of mine are old, too, from my parents, but probably not that old. In one the seasoning got messed up somehow, it came to me that way, and it's taken me a long time to get it just right. Of course, I didn't burn it in a big fire.

I agree, clean it up with just hot water, oil it and put it in the oven. It will be plenty sterilized.

PS I hate house mice. They are find out in the fields where they belong, but when they come it the house. It's on, brotha!

 

[Organics North]

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Ahh... Yes! We collectors are always shocked when the ole 3 legs go and get destroyed.. Wow they go for a lot to the drum makers.

I have never paid over $60 or so for a pan or dutch oven.. I am partial to pre Griswold stuff marked only "ERIE" It is thin light iron, with a very smooth finish...

Seriously, Make rice in an old cast iron #7 dutch oven once and you will never go back to teflon. Flash fry a stir fry in a glassy smooth #9 and fall in love..
A scrambled or fried egg in a little #3 is heavenly..
Yes I love my cast iron..
My spouse loves it too, cause I insist on washing and drying my babies...

ON

 

[greathorse]

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My suggestion is to give the iron to someone that can honor what it is and has some idea how to use it.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

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Wow. That was pretty snarky.
Life is a learning process. I am learning. Play nice or go start your own thread.

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

Organic North- the larger of the two skillets that I have says

5
Martin
Stove & Range Co.
Florence, AL


That's the one I got from my parents. They are from outside of Florence so I'm sure they bought it local.

The little one says Cracker Barrell on the bottom. It clearly is newly made.

 

[can you hear me now?]

Well the years I have worked in restaurants says beach water will sanitize anything. The chlorine content does it. If you are using b?each to.sanitize you will want to put the bleach in luke warm water. If the water is too hot all it will do is kill off the chlorine, making it useless for sanitizing. Clean it like normal with soap and water, let i soak in a sanitize solution for at leasr a minute, then reason it and you should.be good to go. I have been certified in food safety, so I am not guessing here, I would say use a quarter cup of bleach for a normal sized sink, it is a little overkill but safer is better than sorry. And I agree there was no reason for a derogatory post in this thread. Life is aearning process and we all sure weren't born knowing all of these things.

 

[Tala]

Heat kills everything that matters

If you are afraid of burning the kitchen down, build a bonfire or crank up the BBQ outside.

Routine cleaning for us is to "feed" the pan to the dog for a bit, then heat on the stove to "sterilize" and then lightly re-oil for storage

There's nothin in dog slobber that's worse for me than the raw hamburger meat I'm about to fry.