how to season:
Wash skillet in hot, soapy water. Rinse thoroughly and dry completely.
Apply a thin coating of melted shortening (Crisco, for example) or vegetable oil with a soft cloth or paper towel.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place skillet UPSIDE DOWN on top oven rack.
Place foil on a cookie sheet and place on bottom rack of oven. This will catch the drippings from the skillet.
Bake in oven for one hour.
Turn oven off. DO NOT OPEN. Allow skillet to cool down in oven (several hours). There may be a film on your cookware, this comes off after use. You will have to use it a couple times as a test.
tips after use:
Clean skillet after use while still warm with hot water and a plastic scrub brush.
DO NOT put in dishwasher or wash with soap or dishwashing detergent.
Dry cast iron cookware thoroughly after washing, then spray lightly with vegetable oil (Pam, etc.) Wipe dry and store. Never store cookware with lid on; cast iron cookware needs air circulation.
Reseason cookware after cooking beans or acidic foods (such as tomatoes). Frying or cooking foods with fat content helps expedite the seasoning process.
Do not use cast iron cookware for storage of food.
Happy cooking....you can start now and pass down a seasoned pan to your daughters or daughters-in-law. my cast iron skillet is probably 40 years old and they are very hard to wear out. one day it will be squirt's if she wants it. i also have one for freddie from my big granny.
This reminds me of a camp out story that N. and I went on. It was our first camp out experience as the adults. So it was harder than expected. Our sweet camp neighbors brought us some beans cooked on an open fire in a cast iron skillet. Those beans were awesome. If it weren't for their kindness, we may have starved. Or went for take out.
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