Things You'll Need:
- Cooking spray
- Paper towel
- Steel wool
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Step 1
The first step to having a beautiful set of cast iron skillets is to remember to keep the soap away. Soap will "dry out" the cast iron and may eventually cause it to rust. Water is another enemy of cast iron but may, at times, be a necessary evil in order to clean your pots, pans and skillets.
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Step 2
Keep the skillet face down so that the moisture doesn't create a puddle.If you cook something that sticks to your cookware, use a pad of steel wool. The steel wool will remove the stuck on food without having to use soap. If the food is really stuck on, put some water on it and then scrub with the steel wool. Once the skillet is clean, immediately take a dry piece of paper towel (or cotton towel) and wipe out any moisture. Then set your skillet out to dry either hanging up, on a table top or in a dish rack.
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Step 3
Skillet, olive oil and paper towel. These are the tools of the trade.Once the skillet is completely dry, lightly spray it with cooking oil. Take a piece of paper towel and rub the cooking oil all over the skillet, both inside, outside and on the handle. You may also pour a small amount of olive oil on a piece of paper towel and rub the olive oil all over the skillet.
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Step 4
Properly stored cast iron cookware.Finally, be sure to store your cast iron cookware in a place where it can "breathe". The best method for this is to hang them up. You may either hang them up with rubber-coated cup hooks under your kitchen cabinets or you may hang them from a pot rack. Just remember that you don't want your cast iron to come in contact with each other because this will lead to rusting.
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konakai said
on 6/2/2009 Very detailed and information article. Thanks! 5* and Recommended. Feel free to drop by and rrrc an article of mine when time allows.