After my grandparents died, while we were cleaning out their house, I remember seeing a pile of rusty cast ironware: muffin pans, cornbread pans and a skillet or two.
I think I know where one pan went. But the rest probably went to the trash. Oh, how I kick myself for letting go of any of those grimy, rusty diamonds in the rough.
Had I only known what Rhoda Peacher shared with Hobby Farm readers: Cast iron can pretty easily cleaned and restored to its power cooking glory.
Peacher shares a step-by-step process for cleaning and refurbishing even the most challenging rust and baked on mess.
The article makes me want to start rummage sale and salvage store hunting to add to my cast iron inventory.
For now, I have a grand total of one piece of cast iron cookware, an extremely versatile, medium sized skillet.
I got it from my mother-in-law’s estate. Rust and all, this time I jumped at the chance to refurbish and re-season the piece.
It’s now one of my favorite cooking vessels for everything from white chicken chili to green chili/cheddar cornbread and even pumpkin pie.
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