[TheForge] Cleaning cast iron cookware

[Walter Mullett]

I agree, I never wash my cast iron cookware with soap.  What I've found is
best is to use a stiff brush and hot/warm water on the cast while it is
still hot.  All of my cookware maintains a black color and is almost non
stick all the time.  

Some people may not like this but I don't do anything to my cast iron waffle
iron.  I don't even rinse them.  I don't apply any oil to the plates.  My
batter has a small amount of oil in it and my waffles don't stick at all if
you get the iron hot enough before you start.  I do keep the faces together
so the surface is never exposed and I use the iron at least once every two
weeks.  BTW - never let a waffle cool in the iron because when that sticks,
you have to scrub it out and re-season.

Walt

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Bruce, while your method is more or less what I'd intended to do, I'd like
to add that if you applied soap to anything that I seasoned for cooking
purposes, I'd have to consider murdering you ;-) Soap, particularly in cast
iron, gets into the pores and the coating and to sensitive people, the item
and foods cooked in it will forever after taste soapy- nothing you can do
about it except keep soap strictly away from seasoned iron/steel....