Thanks for that, Louise. Sally Louise <[email protected]> wrote: I do not use soap, it removes some of the oil but also gives it a soapy taste not very good.
I only use olive oil, the other types tend to get a rancid taste to them. I pick up a lot of used cast iron for this reason alone. I strip them down (sand blasting is the best way to clean them up) if the bottoms are rounded at all I make them into clocks to give as gifts (I use the inside as the front and make a special hanger and hang the back of the clock mechanism to the wall to keep it parallel to the wall. Makes a great gift. As for the frying pans I do use I coat with oil and put in the oven to start to get a "patina" of oil on it. Then I only use hot water and stainless steel wool to clean off the pans (well not quite true as I also use an old sink drain strainer with sharp unrolled edges to scrape off the surface first, center post removed) then wipe it dry with paper towel put on round and dry (not on high just enough to make sure it is very dry) then give a little wipe of olive oil. This will keep them nice and stick free (well always remembering that the pan needs to be warmed up before use and not to put stuff in a cold pan, then they always stick and you then lose a little of the coating cleaning it) As you can see I love my cast iron frying pans and have a collection of them. I give them as gifts and teach people how to care for them so they also will have great love of them. Louise -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com/a
