tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043568022746474816.post1531865692303456340..comments2023-08-24T01:57:17.727-07:00Comments on The Wild Harvest Table: How to season your cast iron skilletUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043568022746474816.post-67000233457411242052009-10-28T06:22:51.738-07:002009-10-28T06:22:51.738-07:00I oft use bacon grease...probably not the healthie...I oft use bacon grease...probably not the healthiest, but it is fun fooling the kids into thinking I am cooking bacon yet again...<br /><br />VicarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043568022746474816.post-31955155488032950092009-10-07T16:54:26.292-07:002009-10-07T16:54:26.292-07:00Your point on the healt benefits of olive oil is e...Your point on the healt benefits of olive oil is excellent. It's my favorite cooking oil by far.<br /><br />But would it matter for cast iron seasoning? Wouldn't the seasoning, given its incorporation into the pores of the iron, not matter much one way or another?<br /><br />On other seasonings, using a dutch oven as a pie tin, and thereby having the pie crust in it, does wonders for them (although the sticky fruit does not).Yeomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907293659510877574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043568022746474816.post-88223418183101720652009-10-07T09:20:03.438-07:002009-10-07T09:20:03.438-07:00Thanks for your comment, Yeoman. I have heard of ...Thanks for your comment, Yeoman. I have heard of peanut oil to season cast iron as well, but it does have a strong flavor and is not the healthiest of vegetable oils. Good, old lard works very well, but again, not the healthiest choice. So I use a good olive oil, and just a few drops does the trick.momoxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933291853123426681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043568022746474816.post-23102208220319800682009-10-07T07:05:31.081-07:002009-10-07T07:05:31.081-07:00Cast iron pans are great. I think I and the famil...Cast iron pans are great. I think I and the family could easily get buy with just a cast iron frying pan and a cast iron dutch oven, and perhaps some sort of cast iron flat sheet. Indeed, when I cook on the stove top, I only use a cast iron frying pan, dutch oven, and a stainless steel pot.<br /><br />I often see peanut oil referred to as the ideal seasoning oil, and I've used that myself. Apparently this is based on it not smoking at seasoning temperatures, although I really dislike the smell of it.Yeomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907293659510877574noreply@blogger.com