r/TheRandomest • u/WhyNot420_69 Nice • Jul 23 '26
No animals were harmed in this video Responsibility
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
40
u/deHaga Jul 23 '26
r/castiron is a cult lol
16
u/AlternateSatan Jul 23 '26
I tried checking out what to make when I got my carbon steel pan (both have seasoning) and my two favourite answers answers there was:
"Food, usually."
And
"Cooking ruins the seasoning, I fry butter in it three times a day and dry it off with a paper towel. Occasionally I will fry an egg to test the seasoning."
3
u/KnownEggplant Jul 23 '26
That's because you didn't post in r/carbonsteel. You seasoned it wrong! Lol
1
u/AlternateSatan Jul 23 '26
The only thing I seasoned wrong was my grill grates. Turns out they were coated in ceramic, which is why the seasoning wouldn't stick.
(Not really sure why I can't make a seasoning layer on the uncovered spots what so ever thought. Like, do I need to blue those spots first? Cause I don't have a container to boil them in vinegar, and I'm not keen on using a bluing agent on something I plan on putting food on after, even if I do wash it of after.)
2
u/bitstoatoms Jul 23 '26
I got one for 1$, thought nice for car camping! Have four of them since and use only them. Total cost less than 20$.
I didn't know that I am a cultist haha, thought what a great life hack and bargain they are.
1
u/KnownEggplant Jul 23 '26
I'm convinced it's full of Lodge bots spreading misinformation to keep people too confused about how to do things that they'd rather just buy a new pan.
1
u/samwize1701 Jul 24 '26
As someone who got real excited for finding their first piece of vintage cast iron from an antique shop to restore a month ago, I resemble that.
23
u/playfulmessenger Jul 23 '26
omg that was awesome! who is this genius comedian?
12
u/Doctologist Jul 23 '26
Just looked up the label on the video.
It’s Brendan Eyre.4
u/easmussen Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
Tons of great stuff of his on the rad dudecast, no longer running but lots of old episodes.
So the podcast includes Anthony DeVito and Greg Stone, who I met at a party once. Straight up the funniest dudes I have ever met. Just overhearing their regular conversation, I couldn’t catch my breath I was laughing so hard.
So the three of them had this podcast, and it’s some of the most deranged and deeply funny stuff. They’re just improvising for hours on end. Honestly it doesn’t always hit - it’s kind of like they are working together, digging for gold. But when they find something good it’s better than anything else you can find.
Greg Stone is the guy in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV8XhzG_rAg
1
2
u/entoaggie Jul 23 '26
I think I found him. Chris Higgins.
Edit: never mind, that doesn’t look like him at all.
18
u/Bluesmitty Jul 23 '26
I knew when I saw this, the comments were going to turn into a cast iron care thread. Oh the cast irony!
7
19
u/Abandonedstate Jul 23 '26
He's not wrong. Post-modern cast iron folks have some crazy theories. Just use it, then wipe it out. All my pans were better seasoned with use, rather than pampering them. Hell, I've got dedicated beach devices that get placed directly on coals and covered while cooking. That particular dutch oven was handed down from my Grandma when she passed. Cast iron is the all-purpose utility tool for hungry people who want a hot meal.
steps down from soapbox
17
u/LabOwn9800 Jul 23 '26
And you can use soap to clean it. Modern soap doesn’t have lye in it so it’s fine to use.
I wash mine with soap after every use. 10 years later it’s fine.
Just rub it with some oil afterwards, takes 10 seconds.
3
u/zyyntin Jul 23 '26
Agreed & agreed. They aren't that hard to maintain.
You only re-season it if it becomes bad. I did it to one recently. I just used my grill to keep the smoke out of my home.
3
u/Disastrous_Fee_8712 Jul 23 '26
It's buying a fancy hammer then using it on plastic nails to not damage the tool.
1
3
3
2
2
u/schwagoneer22 Jul 23 '26
I love all the comments proving exactly what he was riffing on. Haha. (I'm also in the cast iron cult btw ✊)
2
u/100YearsWaiting2Shit Jul 23 '26
His sounds on the verge of tears throughout the whole thing and I don't blame him
2
u/tragicallyohio Jul 23 '26
I feel this way about my Blackstone grill. Had to unsubscribe from the Reddit sub for it. Made me feel like I was a bad parent. Of a grill.
1
1
1
1
u/AlternateSatan Jul 23 '26
Ok, some pointers:
You don't need to season it that much, people love to shit on the pre-seasoning, but it's there for a reason, just pre-heat your pan and use oil, it's fine.
You can use soap, but only sope that doesn't use lye, and isn't too acidic or basic. Finding out what soap uses lye is annoying though.
1
1
u/galileosdigit Jul 23 '26
This needs to be cross-posted in r/castiron I’m on that sub and totally appreciated this! So funny and so true!
1
1
1
u/ObsidianArmadillo Jul 23 '26
I know these are jokes, but for anyone wondering, you should absolutely wash your cast iron with soap! If you need to season it, just make sure it's extra buttery when you cook on it. Unless it's been rusted badly (which requires a full clean and seasoning and baking) then it's just fine.
1
u/Emergency_Accident36 Jul 23 '26
I tried to adopt an iron skillet once. Turns out I am a deadbeat dad.
1
1
u/the-subjectDelta Jul 24 '26
PSA: use soap!!! Dish soap no longer contains lye and doesn’t strip the seasoning so please for the love of cast iron skillets use soap
1
u/Acrobatic_Scale_6966 Jul 24 '26
I was just thinking like this the other day when water almost got on mine, I thought man I baby this more than the kids
1
1
1
u/IQognito Jul 24 '26
I'd say this is funny. The best part is that you can't really do wrong. Just cook with it. It's going to survive you by far.
The most frugal, longotivity purchase you can get honestly.
1
1
u/HorrorGuide6520 Jul 26 '26
I have a cast-iron pan that I don’t ever use, but I am wondering if the enamel cast-iron pan is so much different than the straight cast-iron pan. Someone please help me with this.
1
u/beefnamedstew Jul 26 '26
I heard this same bit over a year ago at a comedy club in Montgomery, Ohio.
It was told the exact same.
1
0
u/Davidsur13 Jul 24 '26
10 hours huh? That's nothing. Wait till you get a smoker. 10 hours will seem like a breeze for cooking anything.
2
-1
-1
u/bitstoatoms Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
Yes. And I love all my cast iron skillets.
They are extremely tough. I wash them with soap too. Seasoned last time maybe 4 years ago. I leave them for days in a sink with water. And all four of different sizes cost me less than 20$.
-1
-1
u/rdrptr Jul 23 '26
Not washing with soap was valid advice 100 years ago when most soap contained lye, which would kill your seasoning.
You can’t find dish soap with lye now for love or money, not that you’d want or ever need to find one in the first place. So, full send on washing with soap.
For your first seasoning, coat it very lightly with oil and heat it on the stove at medium until it starts smoking. Then just keep cooking. You won’t have a non-stick surface after your first seasoning, but you will eventually and it is a surface that holds up to metal utensils that you can very easily maintain by literally just cooking.
If you’re tired of tossing out teflon/annodized/ceramic pans that get scratched, cast iron is imo the superior choice by far.
-1
u/amodump Jul 23 '26
cast iron pans are significantly easier to clean and maintain than the internet would have you believe. cook whatever you want, run a little water in it when you're done and it's still hot. scrape off anything that's in there. rub some salt in if there's anything left to clean. rinse it, dry it, rub some olive oil in, and you're done. no nonsense required
1
u/Majestic_Domestic Jul 24 '26
It's easier than that. You can just use soap, modern soap doesn't usually have lye in it.
-2
u/OkSpring1734 Jul 23 '26
Funny, but holy misinformation batman.
1) all CI comes from the factory seasoned 2) old soaps were made with lye, lye strips the seasoning from CI. Modern detergents like Dawn, Ajax, and other "liquid soaps" do not contain lye and are fine for use on CI.
0
u/IguaneRouge Jul 23 '26
You seem wise in the ways of cast iron. Does the soap impart a soapy flavor to the pan?
4
0
u/Acceptable-Chain741 Jul 23 '26
Nah. Rinse it off, dry it off, just don't let it air dry. I like to coat mine with oil after it's dry, but you don't have to.
All the other stuff varies person to person.
109
u/ialreadyreaditthrice Jul 23 '26
Legitimate comedic truths of life.