Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 1 month agoWhat are "buy it for life" items made in the USA?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareWhat are "buy it for life" items made in the USA?Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoLodge is pretty good, but the best cast iron is the old stuff. Most of mine has come from thrift shops.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoYes. I had a pan for almost 20 years and it was never great. In desperation I sanded it smooth. Turns out that was the problem. New pans aren’t sanded as part of their manufacturing.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI fucked up the seasoning on a newer lodge and just sanded it down with 80 then 120 sandpaper then seasoned from scratch. It is now as smooth as any older pan I’ve found.
Lodge is pretty good, but the best cast iron is the old stuff. Most of mine has come from thrift shops.
Yes. I had a pan for almost 20 years and it was never great. In desperation I sanded it smooth.
Turns out that was the problem. New pans aren’t sanded as part of their manufacturing.
I fucked up the seasoning on a newer lodge and just sanded it down with 80 then 120 sandpaper then seasoned from scratch. It is now as smooth as any older pan I’ve found.