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Scraping scraping scraping. (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 92 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

coat that sucker with avocado oil and bring it up to 200°C for a few minutes. Allow it to cool, repeat until the sides don't hold any oil, then switch to crisco solid shortening for a few rounds.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I love that everyone is showing up to give real advice to this post.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's the goal of the original picture, people can't help but give cast iron advice.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

The thing is, if you take care of it, the pan will outlive the owner. There's just not many products with that kind of life these days.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

What does the avocado oil base do? I’ve never seasoned a cast iron pan from scratch before.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago

You can use various different food oils, the important part is that it can leave a (food safe) polymerized coat that binds to the surface, protecting it from rusting as well as making it non-stick