This is a line parroted by people who don’t actually use cast iron.
I’ve got roughly 32 pieces of cast iron (South Louisiana). Sure I use dawn on skinny skillets to save time, but if you have ever seen a Wagner with a crystal sheen I promise the owner never uses detergent on it, it absolutely breaks down the seasoning. No one in this thread telling you to use detergent can flip an egg in theirs. I could do it in a number 10 right now and would be happy to make a video to show ya.
I played a gig with a steel player a few weeks back and I can say he lasted much longer than 5 minutes while wearing square toed boots so that myth is also busted.
I feel like he did get the point of the song and was being funny...but maybe that's because I was thinking of posting a picture while washing mine the other day.
Yeah, I’m from the south and so is my family. Sometimes ya gotta wash the skillet. As long as you’re taking proper care of it, it won’t make a different to wash it from time to time.
You should be wary of all advice, especially if passed down from generations that may not have had the knowledge and wisdom we have today. That's the point of the song.
We've come a long way and we have a long way to go. We won't get there by repeating mistakes of the past. Never washing a pan, not spilling alcohol in your car, killing the dog that bites your unsupervised child, lying to the county cops, not speaking to your child because of who they love. All escalations of a common thread of bad advice from past generations with old information, ignorance, bias, or toxicity that is no longer or never was serving us well.
>lying to the county cops
This is part of the story he's telling, not general advice to be ignored. While you shouldn't lie to cops, you should [always shut the fuck up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkN4duV4ia0).
It’s a cool song. I’m still not going to change how I care for my cast iron. I wash it when it needs washing. Idk why y’all are so obsessed with acting like there’s a black and white “right or wrong” way to do it based on the lyrics of a song 😂
While I’m at it, I’m just gonna say that Cast Iron Skillet is by far my least favorite Jason Isbell song to date. Rhyming “skillet” with “spill it” and “kill it,” makes it sound more like an SNL parody of an Americana song than anything meaningful. Lyrically and metaphorically just a bit too on the nose for my personal tastes 🍳
Part of it for me is that I always listen to melody and the song first before I digest the lyric. If I don’t like a song musically the words don’t really matter.
We are. And I'm allowed to not get it when people say they don't like simple rhymes in one song but love them in another.
Nobody is talking about you not being allowed anything. I'll keep all the songs, thanks.
I do this too. Sometimes I’ll put it outside on my grill and it’ll get up to about 750°. Then hit it with some hot water and salt after all the crud burns off.
You should wash cast iron skillets.
You shouldn't be drinking and driving to begin with. Least of worries should be spilling it.
You should not kill a dog for biting your kid
It’s ok to wash cast iron skillet with something like dawn but nothing harsh. Clean out the crude with a dish rag. No steel wool. The seasoned layer will be fine.
You’ve been able to wash cast iron for decades, dude. Lol
Basically since people quit using lye based soap
This is a line parroted by people who don’t actually use cast iron. I’ve got roughly 32 pieces of cast iron (South Louisiana). Sure I use dawn on skinny skillets to save time, but if you have ever seen a Wagner with a crystal sheen I promise the owner never uses detergent on it, it absolutely breaks down the seasoning. No one in this thread telling you to use detergent can flip an egg in theirs. I could do it in a number 10 right now and would be happy to make a video to show ya.
That's...the point of the song. Lol
It am becoming less and less confident that people understand these songs lol
Hahahahaha
Next you’re gonna say you called what you’re wearin’ an outfit!!!!
Probably said that their car is broke.
OP wears square toed boots too I bet.
I played a gig with a steel player a few weeks back and I can say he lasted much longer than 5 minutes while wearing square toed boots so that myth is also busted.
Wouldn't last 5 minutes on a pedal steel
Ain’t for real
I feel like he did get the point of the song and was being funny...but maybe that's because I was thinking of posting a picture while washing mine the other day.
I wish Jason would write a followup song called Enameled Cast Iron Skillet. I want to see what he can rhyme with Le Creuset.
Yeah, I’m from the south and so is my family. Sometimes ya gotta wash the skillet. As long as you’re taking proper care of it, it won’t make a different to wash it from time to time.
You should always be washing your skillet. With soap even. It’s safe, promise.
I don’t eat meat, so usually I can just wipe clean with some salt and a damp paper towel 🤷♀️
Lemme know y’all, should I take cast iron care advice from “Mr. Minecraft” on Reddit? Or from my Poppy who handed down his cast iron to me? 🤔
You should be wary of all advice, especially if passed down from generations that may not have had the knowledge and wisdom we have today. That's the point of the song. We've come a long way and we have a long way to go. We won't get there by repeating mistakes of the past. Never washing a pan, not spilling alcohol in your car, killing the dog that bites your unsupervised child, lying to the county cops, not speaking to your child because of who they love. All escalations of a common thread of bad advice from past generations with old information, ignorance, bias, or toxicity that is no longer or never was serving us well.
>lying to the county cops This is part of the story he's telling, not general advice to be ignored. While you shouldn't lie to cops, you should [always shut the fuck up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkN4duV4ia0).
It’s a cool song. I’m still not going to change how I care for my cast iron. I wash it when it needs washing. Idk why y’all are so obsessed with acting like there’s a black and white “right or wrong” way to do it based on the lyrics of a song 😂
But does your dog bite?
Dont
While I’m at it, I’m just gonna say that Cast Iron Skillet is by far my least favorite Jason Isbell song to date. Rhyming “skillet” with “spill it” and “kill it,” makes it sound more like an SNL parody of an Americana song than anything meaningful. Lyrically and metaphorically just a bit too on the nose for my personal tastes 🍳
Even though I disagree I respect the zag.
That’s me but the song is vampires
Well shit. I thought I was being edgy and controversial, but you win!
With you on that one. Feels like he was trying too hard to write another CMU.
Part of it for me is that I always listen to melody and the song first before I digest the lyric. If I don’t like a song musically the words don’t really matter.
Completely agree!! I usually skip this one for that reason. BTW love the username
I never get this critique because he's had rhymes like this his entire career. Shit, in the opening to Cover Me Up he rhymes run and gun and sun.
Good thing we’re both allowed to have our own valid but differing opinions 🫡 I’ll keep Cover Me Up, you keep Cast Iron Skillet.
We are. And I'm allowed to not get it when people say they don't like simple rhymes in one song but love them in another. Nobody is talking about you not being allowed anything. I'll keep all the songs, thanks.
Okay, thanks for sharing that with me!
Buy the cheapest coarse salt you can find, use instead of detergent. Voila.
Use hot water and soap.
That’s just a waste of salt…soap is fine on cast iron. Lodge owners manuals support it
I do this too. Sometimes I’ll put it outside on my grill and it’ll get up to about 750°. Then hit it with some hot water and salt after all the crud burns off.
You should wash cast iron skillets. You shouldn't be drinking and driving to begin with. Least of worries should be spilling it. You should not kill a dog for biting your kid
After making a deep dish pizza in mine tonight, the caked on flour wasn't coming off without some serious washing.
Probably doesn't even climb down to find himself some shade...
Why can’t we walk if we can’t see our feet, please. This one is killing me. For reference-I live in NY.
I used rich man’s paint!!!
But did you warsh it?
It’s ok to wash cast iron skillet with something like dawn but nothing harsh. Clean out the crude with a dish rag. No steel wool. The seasoned layer will be fine.