[Sca-cooks] Advice on cleaning deep frying pots

[Bonne de Traquair]

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A F Murphy <afmmurphy at earthlink.net> wrote: Well, to be honest, that's what I do with mine, since that's what my
grandmother did to the same skillet just as her mother did (to the same
skillet...)

It appears to have survived the treatment...
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> I once lived with a woman who grew up on a farm and her mom used cast
> iron a lot. She nearly jumped out of her skin one day when I came home
> one day and into the kitchen, and screamed. Shewas washing the skillet
> in a sinkful of soapy dishwater.....just like her mom did, she always
> claimed.
Yes, I have also always dismissed the NEVER WASH.  Of course you wash cast iron.  But only a light, quick wash in soapy water to remove the fresh oil.  It will be 'dirty' by dinner plate standards, still oily. Then dry very well and wipe with oil if you live in a humid area and/or aren't likely to use the pot again for some weeks. I use mine daily almost, so I don't worry about that.
That's how we treated grandmomma's cast iron skillets too.
Bonne


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