Cast Iron Seasoning, It Simply Must Be Done!

If you have been given a new set of cast iron cookware, you must do some cast iron seasoning before you cook in it. These cooking utensils are a great gift. They offer a great level of quality to your cooking by providing a good, easy to use surface to cook on. But, in order to make them non-stick, you simply must do some cast iron seasoning to them. How do you do this? Why should you do this? It is all quite simple in fact.

Just like you and seasonings to your foods, you must add seasonings to your pans. Cast iron seasonings is easy to do. You simply need to take your pan, rub it with cooking oils, such as vegetable oils, and then heat it for twenty to thirty minutes. This helps do several things. First, the oil will help to create a non-stick surface for you to cook on. That is an added plus! Second, this method will also create a smoother surface as well. Lastly, by doing this, you will also help to add a little flavor to your pan and your food each time you use it. A lot of Mexican foods are cooked in cast iron.

Have you ever seen your mother's or grandmothers pans? They are worn from use but they never do want to replace them, right? That is because the more you use them, the better seasonings they get. Seasoning is the start to getting your cooking equipment to this level. Then, when you cook your flavorful dishes such as Mexican foods or Spanish foods, you will have the proper no stick formula as well as you will be helping to further season your pans! So start enjoying those Mexican dishes now.

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