Why is it considered okay to eat off cast iron that has never been cleaned, aka seasoned? I think people would get sick if I didn’t wash my regular pans, yet cast iron is fine.
In: Chemistry
When you “season” a pan, what you’re really doing is covering the pan in oil, and then deliberately burning that oil until it turns into a kind of plastic. That’s what makes it non-stick.
You do still want to clean it after cooking food to remove as much food residue as possible. You can even use dish soap. But you don’t want to scrub too hard or use very strong soap to strip the special coating away.
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