When I was young my grandmother used nothing but cast iron for cooking and cleaning. I remember helping build the fire under the hanging, well I guess you would call it a cauldron, to heat water for laundry. That was poured into the old wooden crank washtub. Boy that thing must have weighed 80lbs or more so the wash tub was always next to it. She used to give us kids little buckets to haul up water from the stream where we went for the water. And that was how our clothes were washed. Come hog week or harvest time that old thing was used 24/7. Her stove was an old cast iron wood stove gramps got her after a hotel burned down and thats what she used to cook for 11 kids till the day she passed, and how I grew up cooking. Best thing to use and will always love it. Good times and good memories.
Yes, a scrap metal yard that 1) takes iron and 2) sells to the public. It is also a great place to buy weights. They have huge piles of weight lifting equipment for 35 cents a pound, much less than in stores.
It's a rather amazing process. While removing the rust is great where it impresses you is getting rid of years of baked-on grease. Within a day the stuff is flaking off.
The way you cleaned the pans was really cool! I'll have to look into that, I through out an old pan that was rusted. Didn't know about doing it this way.
Wow! This was amazing I live in Pinellas County FL so all of the weeds in this video are practically outside my front door. I'm gonna try it on my cast iron skillet tonight! Thanks, Green Deane.
Great video Dean, your videos have provided many of hours to my own learning and collection of knowledge and have helped me in my quest to become proficient in foraging. It is a long process but slowly over time I wish to become completely knowledgeable in self sufficiency, foraging, and providing for myself through nature. Thanks for the video and keep it up.
Man that is awesome, I love your videos please keep them coming, I have watched you for about a year now and love every video you do. You have really taught me a lot. Thanks again.
So great to see what was foraged beding cooked and eaten too. Plus what you demonstrated for the cast iron pan was fantastic! What exactly is a recycling center that would have cast iron pans? Is it like a scrap metal yard?
Great video Deane. I have an old rusty cast iron pan. Now I'm inspired to break it out. I normally cook with 'Glass' or a good 'Stainless'. But I 'like what you're preaching' here. Loved the illustration with the 55 gallon drum and rebar-rods. Nice set up. I will do something like that. Also loved that you put some 'Pork' with your 'Pigweed'. Who says 'Cast-IRONy' can't be funny and at the same time, 'tasty'? LOL Thanks for another wonderful show. Love them all (no doubt about it). Peace!
@trollforge 1) The battery charger draws very little current but more importantly 2) it replaces metal. It cleans while doing no harm. A wire brush damages the cooking surface which also make it harder to season. 3) Cleaning a collector item with a wire brush ruins its value as well as degrading its function.
@ConcernedMushroom Metal rcycling centers. It depends upon the state. Florida just made it more difficult by requiring significant paperwork for all recycled metal, even a little frying pan (because of theft et cetera.)
Welcome back. I sure missed you and your vids. You, the content and your manners make your vids a pleasure to watch. Should emphasize: DO NOT USE SOAP to clean the pan. That's my understanding.
Gotta remember, some people take whatever they can find, seen it a good bit, not trying to sound to "paranoid" but just be carefull. Love your video's, I've learned a lot, Always looking for another to watch. Keep up the good work!!
@EatTheWeeds you r right .diffusa is called punarnava in ayurveda which means Again new.the tender shoots n leaves are cooked inlentil curry called dal.eatenraw it irritates the throat a little.roots are strong medicinal.you r doing great work,sir.
Good vid. Learned something! LOL Been doing electrolysis for number of years in 55 gal barrel. Like to reseason, using the grill as an oven. Keeps smoke out of the house. Never tried reseasoning using a high output propane burner. Looks like better approach. Know it's faster than going through several cycles in grill/oven to build seasoning coat. Thumbs up for comments on using campfires and destorying value of collectables. Easy to turn a $1,000 Griswold into a $5 hunk of iron.
@FatGuyWithAKatana I installed a 2 tera byte external hard drive and was having uploading issues with Imovie but once it caught I didn't want to stop so I stayed up until it was loaded.
I’m using my moms griswold cast iron skillet, which had belonged to her mother. I got it after mother passed away five years ago. That’s some awesome vat to clean a rusty skillet.
I love case iron pans, I got one other day, nasty to, I put water in pan and boil and then wear gloves and use clean steel wool pad and run water and scrub, and no soap and then boil more water and repeat, then put on stove and let water dry and then wipe with paper towel and then use some oil and wipe again tell clean, then oil very good put in oven 350 for one hour and let cool in oven and it turn out like new, I only use cast iron, it good for iron in our body, older people never was low on iron....
@starshock01 No because it can damage the surface. I've never had to resort to that because the electrolysis works so well. My goal is to damage the pan as little as possible so once restored it has a good cooking surface. There may be some reallly bad pans that need it but I've never had a reason to use sand blasting. I own a snadblaster and use it for other things but not cast iron pans.
@scotchheather Using my setup would clean them. But so too would oven cleaner. You put them in a strong plastic bag, spray them thoroughly with the oven clean, seal the bag and wait a few days. Be careful, the lye is strong. Or you can have them sandblasted.
@fegolem I never use soap. Actually, I never have to clean them per se, Usually just a wipe, occasionally a little water to loosen a little this or that... or wine...
@ShamanCola My first pan was bought by my grandmother in 1914 and was washed in HOT SOAPY water, and left to soak every time it was used for 70 years before I got it, and it has even been in the dishwasher a few times in the almost 30 years I've had it. Any properly seasoned cast doesn't care about soap and water, as long as it is properly dried and oiled after.
five years ago I got rid of all my teflon stuff and picked up some lodge cast iron cookware. I have never looked back. I have a few stainless pots and pans as well which I like to use for some things but no more 'non stick' pans or anything made of aluminum for me.
@kolomaya Years... or at least many, many months. If it evaporates some I add some water. It looks cruddy whether you do a few pans or a lot. I do dump now and then to get rid of sediment and the occassional things I drop in.
does the henbid have an fiber like stalk?i think i just mowed a whole lawn full of it,lol. nice vid on the cast iron pan.i have only one but use it regularly
i just started a old dutch oven style cauldron in electrolysis. I put a meter on the battery charger and discovered that it is pulling about 3.5 amps at 12 volts DC. When checking sites like Northen Tool and Harbor Freight I found 50 watt solor panels. 50 watts equals about 1 amp. 3 panels together (harbor freight) will be about 3 amps in good sunlight. just adding trivia since you mentioned 'green'
Deane, I could have sworn you used the tank in my blacksmith shop. I have one that is pretty much identical to clean metal before working with it (blacksmiths are some of the original recyclers). I use a cast iron dutch oven when cooking while camping. I heat up some rocks in the campfire (not rocks from a body of water, they'll explode when hot) put them in a shallow pit I've dug, placed the dutch oven on top of them, add more rocks on top and cover. Everything cooks with ambient heat. 5 *'s!!
do you have any idea how much energy the electrolysis gizmo uses if its left running for 2 weeks? I mean is it comparable to letting a 20 watt light bulb on, or is it more like a swimming pool pump??
what would happen if I didn't get all the rust off and used the pan? the reason I ask is that I did the electrolysis thing and it seemed to get all the rust off. I tried brushing off all the bluish black stuff that was left over but I couldn't seem to get it all off. Also, on the underside of the pan there seems to be a thin film of rust...if I go ahead and season the pan, will I have any issues? should I throw it back in the vat for a while longer?
Thanks....I am not so sure it is so much what I do but what I don't do... I don't move the camera around too much and I work hard to get rid of most of the urrs and ummm and ahs....
Please someone tell me that in the comments somewhere there is a joke about the irony of eating fried bacon with "pig weed". And the reason I believe Green Deane is great is his calm and friendly attitude! Love these videos.
@svtcontour The more I am around the more I overlook the short comings of cast iron and the more I cook with it. I have the credentials to cook on ships, and I am a kitchen junkie foe equipment, but if the world came to an end and I could have only one, just one, kitchen tool it would be a dutch oven. It can be used as a frying pan, as a stew pot, as a casserole dish, everything. Nearly every meal I use some cast iron pan or pot to cook with.
That depends on what food is being cooked, what nutriment might be losted, and in what amount. For example cooking some roots makes the starch more available for digestion. Cooking some vegetables takes away toxins or chemicals that make it otherwise taste bad. Sometimes something with water-soluable chemicals can be cooked other ways. Personally, I do not eat food for nutrition.
I've learned through experience... managed to break 3 cast iron skillets! Not intentionally, just didn't know what I was doing and learned "what not to do". For instance, do not toss a flaming hot skillet into a snow bank at -20 degrees - it did put the fire out but split the skillet clean in half...
Hey Green Dean you forgot to mention that you have to use DC current for the electrolysis process. You can't use AC. Also, I guess you used a standard 12v car battery to power the bath? Anyways, using electrolysis to get rid of rust on a pan is genius. I'm planning on using that too (once I set up my solar panel system). Again awesome video, thanx.
Here is a question about electrolysis. What current have you used there 110V or 12V from an old battery charger? I have one Cast iron skillet just like that one #8 with a bit rust on it....
@ZombiedustXXX I used a 6 gallon plastic container. used 2 boxes of converted baking soda. learned a couple of lessons. first keep the copper on the positive terminals out of the water and second brush the fuzzy rust off the steel parts on the positive side if the current draw increases dramatically. the loose rust will settle out of solution once that is done. when current increases the bubbling activity decreases. I am working on a heavily scaled piece of cast iron.
you mention the other name of this weed is 'lamb's quarter' that's the name i know. and i love it. from early spring to late fall i'm enjoying it from saute to soups and the best of all is free from my yard.
@EatTheWeeds Thats very true. I was telling someone the other day actually that if I had to keep only one piece of cookware, it would be my cast iron skillet over all the others. Although the only problem I have is that sometimes I find the seasoning tends to weaken or flake off if I simmer something in it too long. I once made pasta sauce and I simmered it for hours over low heat and I had some problems....but I guess its not a big deal because I just lightly scuffed it and reseasoned :)
@isawanangel2 ... well.... feed the earthworms flour for a while, lettuce to the snails and cook them thoroughly (I have an article on eating snails on my website in the other edible index.) But clover.... it must be totally green or totally dried. Never eat wilted or fermented clover. It can thin your blood to a fatal degree.
8:44 "...a half bottle of wine or an hour, whichever comes first." lol : ) Interesting process! I use my self cleaning oven feature, then use a little baking soda and a scrubber to get rid of the rust, followed by wiping it with oil til the rust is gone.
Well... the goal is to have a smooth surface to make it easier to make it non-stick. Sand paper leaves a rough surface making it more difficult to make non-stick (even fine sand paper scours the surface.) From my point of view sand papering is a lot of work and damages the surface. If the pan is a collectible sand papering ruins the value totally. I have a companion article on my website that addresses these topics.
we call those Lambquarter what your calling pigweed ..but my question is about the seedheads --they are easy to harvest when fully ripe and a lot of them ...every try them as sprouting food for winter live food ?? Great channel BTW !!
Thanks... passed on pans are not only heirlooms but items that helped to sustain your family every day.
When I was young my grandmother used nothing but cast iron for cooking and cleaning. I remember helping build the fire under the hanging, well I guess you would call it a cauldron, to heat water for laundry. That was poured into the old wooden crank washtub. Boy that thing must have weighed 80lbs or more so the wash tub was always next to it. She used to give us kids little buckets to haul up water from the stream where we went for the water. And that was how our clothes were washed. Come hog week or harvest time that old thing was used 24/7. Her stove was an old cast iron wood stove gramps got her after a hotel burned down and thats what she used to cook for 11 kids till the day she passed, and how I grew up cooking.
Best thing to use and will always love it. Good times and good memories.
If I am really conscentious sometimes it take a full bottle of wine to season a pan...
EatTheWeeds an inexpensive Shiraz seems to work fairly well.
Yes, a scrap metal yard that 1) takes iron and 2) sells to the public. It is also a great place to buy weights. They have huge piles of weight lifting equipment for 35 cents a pound, much less than in stores.
It's a rather amazing process. While removing the rust is great where it impresses you is getting rid of years of baked-on grease. Within a day the stuff is flaking off.
@edvais Lamb's Quarters is also called pig weed, but a lot of plants are called pig weed. The specific plant is Chinopodium album.
This kind of stuff is the reason I watch youtube videos. There is so much to be learned on the internet. Great information, sir. Thank you.
The way you cleaned the pans was really cool! I'll have to look into that, I through out an old pan that was rusted. Didn't know about doing it this way.
Wow! This was amazing I live in Pinellas County FL so all of the weeds in this video are practically outside my front door. I'm gonna try it on my cast iron skillet tonight! Thanks, Green Deane.
Great video Dean, your videos have provided many of hours to my own learning and collection of knowledge and have helped me in my quest to become proficient in foraging. It is a long process but slowly over time I wish to become completely knowledgeable in self sufficiency, foraging, and providing for myself through nature. Thanks for the video and keep it up.
Man that is awesome, I love your videos please keep them coming, I have watched you for about a year now and love every video you do. You have really taught me a lot. Thanks again.
He was eating Chenopodium album L. "lambsquarters". In my part of the country "pigweed" is one of the amaranths. That's the trouble with common names.
A weed eater and a scuba diver... knew there was something I liked about you :-)
So great to see what was foraged beding cooked and eaten too.
Plus what you demonstrated for the cast iron pan was fantastic!
What exactly is a recycling center that would have cast iron pans? Is it like a scrap metal yard?
Great video Deane. I have an old rusty cast iron pan. Now I'm inspired to break it out. I normally cook with 'Glass' or a good 'Stainless'. But I 'like what you're preaching' here. Loved the illustration with the 55 gallon drum and rebar-rods. Nice set up. I will do something like that. Also loved that you put some 'Pork' with your 'Pigweed'. Who says 'Cast-IRONy' can't be funny and at the same time, 'tasty'? LOL Thanks for another wonderful show. Love them all (no doubt about it). Peace!
@trollforge 1) The battery charger draws very little current but more importantly 2) it replaces metal. It cleans while doing no harm. A wire brush damages the cooking surface which also make it harder to season. 3) Cleaning a collector item with a wire brush ruins its value as well as degrading its function.
nice tips sir..
@ConcernedMushroom Metal rcycling centers. It depends upon the state. Florida just made it more difficult by requiring significant paperwork for all recycled metal, even a little frying pan (because of theft et cetera.)
Welcome back. I sure missed you and your vids. You, the content and your manners make your vids a pleasure to watch.
Should emphasize: DO NOT USE SOAP to clean the pan. That's my understanding.
Gotta remember, some people take whatever they can find, seen it a good bit, not trying to sound to "paranoid" but just be carefull. Love your video's, I've learned a lot, Always looking for another to watch. Keep up the good work!!
That was a VERY cool video Deane! Thank you very much!
Great video! Love my Cast Iron pan. I use almost everyday. Looks like good eatin.
@EatTheWeeds you r right .diffusa is called punarnava in ayurveda which means Again new.the tender shoots n leaves are cooked inlentil curry called dal.eatenraw it irritates the throat a little.roots are strong medicinal.you r doing great work,sir.
Good vid. Learned something! LOL
Been doing electrolysis for number of years in 55 gal barrel. Like to reseason, using the grill as an oven. Keeps smoke out of the house. Never tried reseasoning using a high output propane burner. Looks like better approach. Know it's faster than going through several cycles in grill/oven to build seasoning coat.
Thumbs up for comments on using campfires and destorying value of collectables. Easy to turn a $1,000 Griswold into a $5 hunk of iron.
@FatGuyWithAKatana I installed a 2 tera byte external hard drive and was having uploading issues with Imovie but once it caught I didn't want to stop so I stayed up until it was loaded.
I’m using my moms griswold cast iron skillet, which had belonged to her mother. I got it after mother passed away five years ago. That’s some awesome vat to clean a rusty skillet.
@nathuwjohn It is usually used raw in salads but can be cooked.
That statement alone makes him my favorite man on the planet! LOL Best timer ever!
@wizardangel I call them lambsquarters, too, The sprouts can be soapy.
I love case iron pans, I got one other day, nasty to, I put water in pan and boil and then wear gloves and use clean steel wool pad and run water and scrub, and no soap and then boil more water and repeat, then put on stove and let water dry and then wipe with paper towel and then use some oil and wipe again tell clean, then oil very good put in oven 350 for one hour and let cool in oven and it turn out like new, I only use cast iron, it good for iron in our body, older people never was low on iron....
@vidaripollen No, chenopodium album. B. diffusa is edible if cooked, though.
Why can't I find a fellow like you, you'll never be hungry for sure, and your entertaining! And you like wine, and make it, lol!
@btsseeker Sand blasting a pan will clean the surface but also makes it rougher.
@starshock01 No because it can damage the surface. I've never had to resort to that because the electrolysis works so well. My goal is to damage the pan as little as possible so once restored it has a good cooking surface. There may be some reallly bad pans that need it but I've never had a reason to use sand blasting. I own a snadblaster and use it for other things but not cast iron pans.
@scotchheather Using my setup would clean them. But so too would oven cleaner. You put them in a strong plastic bag, spray them thoroughly with the oven clean, seal the bag and wait a few days. Be careful, the lye is strong. Or you can have them sandblasted.
@fegolem I never use soap. Actually, I never have to clean them per se, Usually just a wipe, occasionally a little water to loosen a little this or that... or wine...
Could you use olive oil to season the pan? I typically don't use lard, but we use olive oil all the time.
@ShamanCola My first pan was bought by my grandmother in 1914 and was washed in HOT SOAPY water, and left to soak every time it was used for 70 years before I got it, and it has even been in the dishwasher a few times in the almost 30 years I've had it. Any properly seasoned cast doesn't care about soap and water, as long as it is properly dried and oiled after.
@Sillybillydilly I read somewhere that the salt can be corrosive but I really don't know.
five years ago I got rid of all my teflon stuff and picked up some lodge cast iron cookware. I have never looked back. I have a few stainless pots and pans as well which I like to use for some things but no more 'non stick' pans or anything made of aluminum for me.
@hydrobell No, olive oil has to much particulate matter and too few long-chain fatty acids. Animal fat is the best though you could use peanut oil.
I just subscribed. I love you videos. I will be watching them daily.
My Mom would pick PigWeed in the spring and sautee it with onions and then add fresh cream. Oh, so good!! I now see it everywhere and enjoy it too!
@kolomaya Years... or at least many, many months. If it evaporates some I add some water. It looks cruddy whether you do a few pans or a lot. I do dump now and then to get rid of sediment and the occassional things I drop in.
EatTheWeeds ::: body part's?? Maybe that's why they can't find Jimmy Hoffa !!! LOL
does the henbid have an fiber like stalk?i think i just mowed a whole lawn full of it,lol. nice vid on the cast iron pan.i have only one but use it regularly
i just started a old dutch oven style cauldron in electrolysis. I put a meter on the battery charger and discovered that it is pulling about 3.5 amps at 12 volts DC. When checking sites like Northen Tool and Harbor Freight I found 50 watt solor panels. 50 watts equals about 1 amp. 3 panels together (harbor freight) will be about 3 amps in good sunlight. just adding trivia since you mentioned 'green'
@RoyalDragonusa I like it cooked. It also tastes a bit green and strong raw.
Great video; such fabulous commentary from Deane every time! ROFL when you pan-fried the bacon to serve in PigWeed!! lol 5*
@ShamanCola I did NOT forget to do so. I cover the topic extensively on my website.
Happy 114th vid! Nice job, as always!
@gypsy1961 It should, though I would not use a cast iron pot used for melting lead.
Deane, I could have sworn you used the tank in my blacksmith shop. I have one that is pretty much identical to clean metal before working with it (blacksmiths are some of the original recyclers). I use a cast iron dutch oven when cooking while camping. I heat up some rocks in the campfire (not rocks from a body of water, they'll explode when hot) put them in a shallow pit I've dug, placed the dutch oven on top of them, add more rocks on top and cover. Everything cooks with ambient heat. 5 *'s!!
No! Steel wool would damage the surface (those minutely.) I was using folded paper towel.
Great Video,How long is the electrolite solution good for or how often do you change it?
do you have any idea how much energy the electrolysis gizmo uses if its left running for 2 weeks?
I mean is it comparable to letting a 20 watt light bulb on, or is it more like a swimming pool pump??
were those keen sandals you had on ? nice
@horrorbusiness420 The "rust remover" in Coco Cola is citric acid and can etch the pan if not careful.
what would happen if I didn't get all the rust off and used the pan? the reason I ask is that I did the electrolysis thing and it seemed to get all the rust off. I tried brushing off all the bluish black stuff that was left over but I couldn't seem to get it all off. Also, on the underside of the pan there seems to be a thin film of rust...if I go ahead and season the pan, will I have any issues? should I throw it back in the vat for a while longer?
Thanks....I am not so sure it is so much what I do but what I don't do... I don't move the camera around too much and I work hard to get rid of most of the urrs and ummm and ahs....
loved this video! where do you find cast iron cookware sold by the pound?
Please someone tell me that in the comments somewhere there is a joke about the irony of eating fried bacon with "pig weed". And the reason I believe Green Deane is great is his calm and friendly attitude! Love these videos.
ok that's what I thought. I recently got a dutch oven that is too big to season in my oven, so I'm going to try your method. Thanks!
@svtcontour The more I am around the more I overlook the short comings of cast iron and the more I cook with it. I have the credentials to cook on ships, and I am a kitchen junkie foe equipment, but if the world came to an end and I could have only one, just one, kitchen tool it would be a dutch oven. It can be used as a frying pan, as a stew pot, as a casserole dish, everything. Nearly every meal I use some cast iron pan or pot to cook with.
That depends on what food is being cooked, what nutriment might be losted, and in what amount. For example cooking some roots makes the starch more available for digestion. Cooking some vegetables takes away toxins or chemicals that make it otherwise taste bad. Sometimes something with water-soluable chemicals can be cooked other ways. Personally, I do not eat food for nutrition.
I've learned through experience... managed to break 3 cast iron skillets! Not intentionally, just didn't know what I was doing and learned "what not to do". For instance, do not toss a flaming hot skillet into a snow bank at -20 degrees - it did put the fire out but split the skillet clean in half...
@jdwheeler42 No, but I started a fire once by lighting the gas that came off a glass of tap water, aliminum foil, and a common drain cleaner.
@VonLeachim I have no control over what ads are shown. I have made my objections but...
Hey Green Dean you forgot to mention that you have to use DC current for the electrolysis process. You can't use AC. Also, I guess you used a standard 12v car battery to power the bath? Anyways, using electrolysis to get rid of rust on a pan is genius. I'm planning on using that too (once I set up my solar panel system). Again awesome video, thanx.
Here is a question about electrolysis. What current have you used there 110V or 12V from an old battery charger? I have one Cast iron skillet just like that one #8 with a bit rust on it....
have you ever tried sandblasting? i guarentee that cast iron will look good as new lol or maybe even steel wool would work for light rust spots
Timeless information! Thanks
@ZombiedustXXX Yes it does remove old dcrusty carbon layers.
i love your vids and i link people to them all the time!
@MESoap1911 It is a Redehead Washed Bass Easy Care Shirt...
Excellent. Great how to video.
@ZombiedustXXX I used a 6 gallon plastic container. used 2 boxes of converted baking soda. learned a couple of lessons. first keep the copper on the positive terminals out of the water and second brush the fuzzy rust off the steel parts on the positive side if the current draw increases dramatically. the loose rust will settle out of solution once that is done. when current increases the bubbling activity decreases. I am working on a heavily scaled piece of cast iron.
you mention the other name of this weed is 'lamb's quarter' that's the name i know. and i love it. from early spring to late fall i'm enjoying it from saute to soups and the best of all is free from my yard.
@nathuwjohn henbit... yes, purple flowers.
@EatTheWeeds Thats very true. I was telling someone the other day actually that if I had to keep only one piece of cookware, it would be my cast iron skillet over all the others. Although the only problem I have is that sometimes I find the seasoning tends to weaken or flake off if I simmer something in it too long. I once made pasta sauce and I simmered it for hours over low heat and I had some problems....but I guess its not a big deal because I just lightly scuffed it and reseasoned :)
@isawanangel2 ... well.... feed the earthworms flour for a while, lettuce to the snails and cook them thoroughly (I have an article on eating snails on my website in the other edible index.) But clover.... it must be totally green or totally dried. Never eat wilted or fermented clover. It can thin your blood to a fatal degree.
@EatTheWeeds and what can you do with this henbit? we have a ton of this in our yard...
green deane you are the man
Actually very specifically made cast iron tools were made for melting lead. They usually don't look like the coooking pans at all.
what were you using to wipe the pan while seasoning? Steel wool?
@slowtaknow Emphatically NO! I think you may be confusing it with Fumaria officinalis, a non-edible medicinal plant.
8:44 "...a half bottle of wine or an hour, whichever comes first." lol : )
Interesting process! I use my self cleaning oven feature, then use a little baking soda and a scrubber to get rid of the rust, followed by wiping it with oil til the rust is gone.
Well... the goal is to have a smooth surface to make it easier to make it non-stick. Sand paper leaves a rough surface making it more difficult to make non-stick (even fine sand paper scours the surface.) From my point of view sand papering is a lot of work and damages the surface. If the pan is a collectible sand papering ruins the value totally. I have a companion article on my website that addresses these topics.
at :15-henbid (spelling?) -does this produce purple flowers?
thanks again!
@TheBhannah From a lot of scuba diving I have a neuroma in my right foot. Keens don't aggravate it.
"Pig Weed" also known as Quelites great sauteed with red chile seed and chopped onion. Well known among the hispanic community on NM.
@EatTheWeeds lol I think that was her point. She was stating the abuse the pan has suffereed.
Good videos, man. Thanks!
Pig weed resembles what I've always known as Lambs quarter. Are they the same?
Love your videos.
good job!
Wat kind of cloth for seasoning, or was it steel wool?
Question, why did you cook the pig weed?
Great video
we call those Lambquarter what your calling pigweed ..but my question is about the seedheads --they are easy to harvest when fully ripe and a lot of them ...every try them as sprouting food for winter live food ?? Great channel BTW !!
Very interesting and very informative!! Thanks so much for this video.
Glad to see you're not afraid of bacon. I love my 3rd generation cast iron.