[Sca-cooks] "virgin" cast-iron cookware - help, please.

[Stefan li Rous]

Julian Wilson asked:
> Our Group has bought a new, "virgin" cast-iron cauldron for 
> cooking-use at our medieval camps.
> I do recall fairly recently seeing considerable discussion on the SCA 
> Lists to which I subscribe - concerning the "seasoning" of virgin 
> cast-iron cookware, and thought I'd saved the discussions into a  
> file. If I did, I cannot now find it.
> So, to assist our Companie's cooks, I would be very grateful if 
> Listers could download to me for the benefit of our Cooks, their 
> preferred methods of "seasoning"  unsealed cast-iron cookware.

Check out these files in the FOOD-UTENSILS section of the Florilegium:
iron-pot-care-msg (26K)  3/26/05    Seasoning and caring for iron pots 
and
                                       skillets.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/iron-pot-care-msg.html
iron-pot-srcs-msg  (8K) 11/20/03    Sources for iron pots.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/iron-pot-srcs-msg.html

Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
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