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Once your pan is well seasoned, do you worry about acidic food (tomato, citrus) damaging the seasoning?

• jandrese 9y ago
  I used to, but after trying it I no longer worry about it. Even boiling tomato sauce has no noticeable impact on the seasoning as far as I can tell.
  • ashark 9y ago
    We made a tomato sauce in a cast iron pan. Once. It was god-awful. It was like eating iron filings. You couldn't taste anything else.
    • knieveltech 9y ago
      Sounds like you used a rusty pan.
      • ashark 9y ago
        Very new, "pre-seasoned" plus oven-seasoned once.
        • jandrese 9y ago
          That was probably the issue. Pre-seasoning is mostly bullshit. The best seasoning is just using the thing daily for a few weeks/months IMHO. Very new pans have not had the time to build up a good solid coating.
        • knieveltech 9y ago
          New? Y'all don't have antique stores or flea markets where you live?
    • rectangletangle 9y ago
      Not exactly sure what you did wrong, but you did something wrong. You probably should have polished it with a metal scouring pad first.