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That’s fair. I have a Lodge, and I ground down the inner surface so it’s flat, so I had to re-season it.
~I guess I can probably stop re-seasoning it now. 😅~
Nah, if you are doing properly thin seasoning you really can't overdo it.
I have a lodge set of pans for the last 15 or so years and you can tell which ones are most used because they are flat and the less useful to me sizes are all still bumpy. I think over the years I've eaten a bumpy surface worth of cast iron off several pans
I mean, iron is a part of our nutritional diet. 🤣
I have the h&h of a Sherpa after a marathon. I breathe three times a minute. Sometimes i rust a little if I don't put lotion on right after the shower.
Unironically starting in the mid 40’s Norway began to add iron to their “Myseost” as they didn’t use ironpots to make it anymore and myseost was a substantial part of their diet.
I have heard you're not really supposed to do that - the texture helps the seasoning stick properly instead of flaking off.
Most vintage cast iron pans were ground flat, they only stopped doing that as a cost saving measure later on.
My vintage flat cast iron pan from the 30's keeps its seasoning just as well as my modern one, and is a bit more non-stick compared to the modern ones.
What determines if a seasoning will flake off is mostly due to the type of oil used to create the seasoning. Flax seed oil will create a much harder seasoning, but it is the most prone to being chipped or flaking off.
Most other types of fat, like Crisco (don't cook with it!) or canola oil, will produce a perfectly good and resilient seasoning on smooth or bumpy cast iron.
Wait, why shouldn’t I cook with Cisco?
Update! So the new Crisco uses Intersterified fat, which this study suggests promotes weight gain, increases blood sugar levels, and stresses the liver.
It also is now mostly made of Palm oil, which means buying it inadvertently supports the burning of rainforest for palm oil plantations.
Thanks!
From the studies I'd read on the new formulation, the thing they're doing to it to keep it solid at room temperature seems to also be very unhealthy, even if it no longer has trans fats.
It's been quite a while since I read them, so I can't recall the name of chemical or process that's harmful (agh!)
I'll see if I can find it.
There are a lot of pits in the surface of a Lodge. It’s much better now and food doesn’t get stuck as often. I guess it’s a preference thing. 🤷♂️