/ck/ - Food & Cooking

So I bought this lodge a month or so ago, been cooking nothing but bacon on it. I have some concerns though.

First, I feel like I may be cleaning it wrong. I always have this gunk at the bottom of it, today was even worse (more on it later) I usually try to just scrape it with q spatula and wipe it off, but never works. Don't think it is rust. Pretty sure it is just the bacon grease. How do I get it clean perfectly? Tried running some scaling water in it after it cooled.

Also, should I try seasoning with something other than flax oil? That's what I used as my initial seasoning, and after cooking the last time, i decided to heat some flax on the burner. It was insanely sticky this time though, which was distressing.

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