Can we talk about that old cast iron in my grandma's kitchen?

I visited my grandma's place last weekend and she still uses the same cast iron skillet she got as a wedding gift back in 1948. It's got this deep black patina from decades of bacon and cornbread. She just scrubs it with salt and a rag, never soap, and it's smoother than any new pan I've seen. Makes me wonder if we overthink all these fancy care routines when the old ways just worked fine.

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the_sean25d ago

Honestly, just letting bacon grease build up over time worked wonders for mine.

elliotl2425d ago

Swear my first attempt at seasoning a cast iron looked like I'd dipped it in tar and then tried to cook scrambled eggs. Grandma's pan is probably older than my dad and still outshines anything I can produce. If she ever passes it down, I'm putting a GPS tracker on it.