|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge |
Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:03 AM Original message |
This oughtta be a good flamewar - wash your cast iron pots with soap, or not? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. I dunno...what does Brett Favre do? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. He can't make up his fucking mind either... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not if treated properly to begin with... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. Soap never touches my cast iron skillets. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Mine neither. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Hey I cook with Cast Iron too |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. Heretic! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Yes? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. lol! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kedrys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
5. Soap, and then re-season with oil |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. Nope. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. I like to soak them in a tub of dish detergent suds then let them air dry. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Blasphemer. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Stoves are like telephone land lines. So 20th century. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SCantiGOP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. can't remember where I read it |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. i do whatever they recommend at the Olive Garden |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Hospitaliano! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
11. I only scrub mine with river sand |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
14. Sometimes... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. Only if it is incredibly nasty |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. Wash with soap and hot water. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
17. Hot running water and an abrasive pad. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
19. My pots are recycled aluminum and I cook with solar energy. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Not free range aloe? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. VERY free range |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Killing poor defenseless aloe just so you can wash your fucking pots? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. I heard he eats baby greens too. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I won't front, babies are delicious. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
48. Aluminum!? Do you have any idea what the mining/smelting of aluminum does to the planet? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Oh, that's rich. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Unless you're eating raw foods that you've grown yourself, you suck as a liberal and a human. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. raw that fell from the mother plant of it's own free will |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Oh, so breathing in innocent microbes and insects is fine? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
23. If you buy brand new, wash it with hot soapy water. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. no soap- rinse, heat up to dry, re-oil |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. No way. No how. The truth is soap will and does hurt it. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
55. scrub with salt, rinse, oil, wipe dry, hang nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
easttexaslefty (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. No soap on cast iron!!!! n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
29. i never use soap on either my cast iron pans, or my wok. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
47. Wow, that looks awfully abrasive... won't it take off the seasoning too? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
30. Depends on how long it's been sitting in my fridge with rotting food in it. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. OMG, NO!!!1 |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. From those who say that soaps "ruins" cast iron, show me some proof. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. it does not ruin the cast iron |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #34 |
67. this is probably more info than you are looking for, but here you are |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
35. Always with soap, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. I don't use soap. I don't know if soap hurts the pan - but it gets clean |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. Throw it in the dishwasher, and if that doesn't... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
39. You know, I've never cooked with one. Anyone want to tell me |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:13 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. First of all the heat distribution is great. Things will cook really evenly. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. The ONLY way to cook decent cornbread is in cast iron. period. I would |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #56 |
64. As I stated upthread, I have four different sizes plus a griddle. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-12-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. If you spray them with teflon, you'll never have to worry about it. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
42. the New Yorker washes its cast iron with soap. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Yes, but only with satirical intent. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
63. it's not satirical if you have to reseason the pan. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
43. No soap for either cast iron or stoneware.... n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
45. Flame away, but |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. How do you make chili? You are not civilized. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
46. I don't soap mine, or my pizza stone or wok unless they get really nasty somehow |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
49. Hot water and some course salt usually work well for me. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
52. I don't even use mine, I just hang it up on the wall and get all smug about my Grandma's Cooking |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
53. Soap not needed. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
57. I love my Lodge iron pans |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. I don't own any cast iron pots but I would think if after washing one |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Saphire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
65. My cast iron skillets have to be at least 70 years old....I use soap |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
66. no! soap ruins the pan.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Fri May 03rd 2024, 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC