kmealy Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Hmmm. Lots of opinions here, too. http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadio Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Thats an all day process,Keith, maybe into the wee hours of the night. Herb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmealy Posted August 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Linseed oil in your skillet! Because it's a polymerizing oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadio Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 What are "Lin"? Is that for Linen, Do they make linen out of flax? Herb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred W. Hargis Jr Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 I can't imagine anyone using BLO to season a skillet. Even so, I've had a couple over the years and used some of the methods she swears are flat wrong, yet they seemed to work for me. I had to give up our cast iron at our last house due to a glass top electric range. Same here, I hope to change to gas and get back to using cast iron skillets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmealy Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Yes, flax is the plant responsible for both linseed oil from the seeds and linen from the stalks. I'm pretty sure they are using raw linseed oil (article says she bought "organic" flaxseed oil, probably at a health foods store). The other thing I've heard of using is beeswax. Like I said, the kooks come out of the woods on things like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadio Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Wonder if bear grease works? There was a lot of cast iron seasoned before Organic Flaxseed oil came to be. My mom had a set of different cast iron skillets that she seasoned long before I came along and I am sure she used one of the unaccepted methods. The first donuts I ever had were fried in a cast iron skillet in lard. Herb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmealy Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 And sawdust in the dairy -- http://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/news/woodworking-industry-news/judge-tosses-out-nearly-50-lawsuits-about-wood-pulp-parmesan-cheese My BIL worked for a while at a bakery that made "Roman Meal" bread. The "cellulose" listed on the ingredients -- sawdust. Cal, HARO50 and Fred W. Hargis Jr 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Keith, I am going to have to start reading the labels closer! Cal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadio Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 10 hours ago, kmealy said: And sawdust in the dairy -- http://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/news/woodworking-industry-news/judge-tosses-out-nearly-50-lawsuits-about-wood-pulp-parmesan-cheese My BIL worked for a while at a bakery that made "Roman Meal" bread. The "cellulose" listed on the ingredients -- sawdust. Could you order Maple,Oak, or hickory flavored Roman meal? Herb Fred W. Hargis Jr, HARO50 and Cal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadio Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 The Pulp/Paper mills that used to be here made an edible paper product for the food industry. All the mills are gone now to other countries, to evade pollution regulations, but probably still making edible paper, Herb Gene Howe and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Geeze, I guess coconuts and bananas are still safe....maybe. HARO50 and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARO50 Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 19 hours ago, kmealy said: My BIL worked for a while at a bakery that made "Roman Meal" bread. The "cellulose" listed on the ingredients -- sawdust. Back in the 60's, a Russian gentleman told me that wheat flour was very hard to find in his country due to several years of poor crops. As a result, bakeries were using alternatives, and the most common item used was sawdust. Not by itself, but in combination with corn flour, barley, or whatever. The ongoing joke at the time was: "they're trying something different in the bread this week.... FLOUR!" John Cal and Dadio 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmealy Posted August 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Speaking of bread (NSFW) https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/why-do-witches-ride-brooms-nsfw/281037/ Cal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred W. Hargis Jr Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 If that gets out, there will be a whole new epidemic to solve. Cal and kmealy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmealy Posted August 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 Waiting for the news: A 2017 Cadillac SRX with Florida registration was stopped for a marked lanes violation on Interstate 70. A probable cause search revealed 198 pounds of moldy rye bread Gene Howe, Cal and Fred W. Hargis Jr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 And, a trunk full of broom sticks. Cal and Fred W. Hargis Jr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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