On washing cast iron skillets…
I might change up the oil I use to season it though.
“One of the ever present myths is that you should never use soap to clean cast iron. This notion comes from a time when soap contained lye and could easily damage a pan’s seasoning. However this doesn’t apply to the use of modern soap on a properly seasoned pan.”
https://news.vt.edu/content/news_vt_edu/en/articles/2024/08/cast-iron-myths.html
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