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Anonymous Fri Oct 3 21:46:16 2014 No.5853170 [Reply] [Original]

Made fondue in a cast iron pot. What's the best way to clean it?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 3 21:51:36 2014 No.5853183 >>5853170 Use fire.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 3 23:38:08 2014 No.5853450 >>5853170 Boil some water with it. Never use soap or washing detergent, it'll rust to hell and back

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 3 23:45:43 2014 No.5853469 >>5853170 coarse salt and elbow grease >>5853450 There's nothing really wrong with using soap, you just reseason it afterwards. Obviously this takes away flavor and reseasoning properly is a bit of a chore so it's a last resort.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 4 03:40:34 2014 No.5853887 >>5853170 Start scrubbing. use water only when you need to and make sure you dry it really well after that and rub some fat into it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 4 03:59:29 2014 No.5853907 Holy fuck, I'm never getting a cast iron pan/pot.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 4 10:31:38 2014 No.5854310 File: 32 KB, 500x576, 1344366994855.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5853907 Eh, it can be useful for a lot of things, but it's not the be-all-to-end-all pan that /ck/ says it is. >tfw meme cookware.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 4 10:34:40 2014 No.5854313 >>5853907 These faggots treat it like it's a delicate flower. It's not. Wash it, bang it, throw it at a vegan's head - doesn't matter.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 4 11:18:16 2014 No.5854414 File: 16 KB, 309x284, 1410536270002.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5853170 >using cast iron

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 4 11:20:35 2014 No.5854417 >moved into a small townhome >kitchen has minimal ventilation >can't cook with cast iron on higher heats anymore without setting off the smoke detectors I want to blacken some chicken breast so badly.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 4 11:23:12 2014 No.5854422 >>5854417 just put bags over the detectors until you've vented the place

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 4 14:53:43 2014 No.5854959 >>5854417 Take the batteries out if you can. Just be sure to put them back in when you clear the room of smoke!