Thanks to Dcarch, Danab, Lou and...
lsr2002
12 years ago
Custom Craftsmanship & Construction Solutions in Franklin County
...all the rest of you who have posted over the years about seasoning cast iron pans.
For the first ever I have NON-STICK cast iron. I'm thrilled. They are not as beautiful yet as some that have been posted with finishes that look like polished glass, but they are glossy and NON-STICK. I now pretty much understand the concept of creating a polymerized layer by baking on the seasoning oil just below the smoke point of that oil after baking on several layers just above the smoke point.
I posted on WFD a couple of days ago that I was trying to season two old cast iron skillets. They have now passed the test twice, last night for perfectly seared short ribs that just slid around the pan and tonight for rare tuna, seared plain for a very short while and then when my courage was high, brushed with a light layer of Gojuchang sauce, which has sugar and other sticky stuff, and very briefly seared again with no sticking. They were delicious, seared but not burned and totally rare inside.
Dcarch, your suggestion to add a thin film of oil to the hot pan and to also brush oil on the meat/fish worked perfectly. It didn't smoke as I had feared and cleanup was a breeze.
I like to cook in cast iron, but have mostly limited the use of my non enameled pans to roasts in the oven.
I really thought the concept of a non stick iron pan was a long perpetuated myth. As soon as we have a couple of cooler days I'm going to season a cast iron wok that I have never used and a fajita grill that always sticks.
The CF is a wondeful place!
Lee
Lars
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