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Just rub some oil and pop into the oven.
Plus, cast iron can 100% get dirty. Baked on food, rust, rancid oil, etc. Sometimes the easiest thing to do is just scrub it all off and re-season the pan.
The more people post about faux pas involving cast iron pans, the less I understand about cast iron pans.
Like are you genuinely telling me you have cooking equipment that you’re not supposed to clean? And you’re cool with that? That just sounds gross
I realise it’s a few days late, but Minute Food did an excellent video about this.
In essence, you do clean cast iron pans, but you don’t scour them. It’s the same difference between wiping down your walls and stripping off the paint. You might want to strip off all the seasoning if you for some reason need to re-season the pan. You shouldn’t be able to taste old food when you cook with it, and while it’s common to leave some oil on the pan after cleaning it, bacteria don’t really thrive in that, and whatever bacteria might end up on the pan dies when you heat it.
Honestly people tend to overcomplicate the usage. It’s as simple as
- Cook in it
- Rinse under hot water and brush gently with a nylon brush if needed
- Wipe off water with a paper towel
- Coat in a very thin layer of oil with a paper towel
The last two parts is just to protect it from moisture, and subsequently rust.
You can clean it in soapy water with a cloth or a soft sponge or whatever; it shouldn’t be obviously dirty. But you don’t want to scrub it so that you remove the seasoning.
