Re-seasoning my carbon steel pan
Me: You now have access a stand mixer, food processor, and…(thinking)…and an old Chinese man that cooks for you.
Her: Oooooh, that last one’s my favorite.
Steel and I are friends for two reasons: (a) We both hate people, and (b) we both like to cook – although I’ll be the first to admit that he’s a FAR better cook/chef than I.
One thing that he did turn me onto was a carbon steel pan, because I’m always so worried about environmental factors when it comes to the kid’s health.
I’ve really learned to love this pan because it works so well and I know that the kid’s not getting anything but oil and steel from it.
Unfortunately, the Firecracker – because she’s always looking to help out around here – decided to clean the pan the other day and put a wet pot on it.
You can see the results above.
It took me pretty much all morning to grind out all the rust and then all afternoon to re-season it.
But it works good as new again.
Seriously, this thing rocks.
It turns out, though, that I’m not the only one with this issue.
Steel gifted the Surgeon a larger 12″ pan, and his wife put it in the dishwasher.
So, one night when we were all over, Steel rolled his sleeves up and took it back down to bare metal again and re-seasoned it on the stovetop.
Hey, everyone needs a hobby.
And this is one of my few hobbies that doesn’t involve either copious amounts of violence or massive nerdiness.
Ok, one outta two isn’t all that bad.
Location: 7PM, my local polling station, enjoying democracy…for now
Mood: exhausted
Music: light the match to watch it blow (Spotify)
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