Hectic Heaven

cleaning up the cast iron

I was pulling out the dutch ovens I want to take camping with us this weekend and noticed that  they are rancid:<  I have not used them for quite awhile,   so now I am preparing to reseason them..   I use our gas BBQ to do all my burning off and reseasoning, it doesnt stink up the house that way...

They are currently in the BBQ burnging off which means I have it as high  as I can get it to burn off the old seasoning, that will take about an hour,  Once that is complete I will let them cool and then I will reseason them.. I will spread a fresh  coat of oil on them and  bake them again...    A couple of the things I plan on doing this weekend are  chicken pot pie,  biscuits for a B&G breakfast one morning , monkey bread,  maybe a pizza,  and very likely a pot of chile verde.   

The heat wave has finally passed and it is a comfortable day, in fact they are calling for rain tomorrow.. OH I do hope it rains... I LOVE the smell after a rain in the summer.. everything smells so fresh. 

I better get some laundry going.. have a wonderful day!

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08:15, 2008-Aug-20 .. Posted by abmiller

Any idea what to do with cast iron that has rusted? Can it be saved the same way you did yours by burning off the seasoning?
Thanks!
~Anissa