Mama Kat Thursday: Rust & Iron
The Mama Kat blog writing prompt for today is to write something inspired by the word, "Rust." In a conversation about cast iron skillets, the topic of "rust" seems to always come up. Mostly how to avoid it. This past Sunday, one of the young men who attends our Sunday leadership team Bible study, named Randy, asked me how to go about "seasoning" cast iron skillets. We've known Randy several years, ever since he was in the Air Force. He's been working for Walmart now, for several years since getting out, and what prompted his question is he saw a 3-set of cast iron skillets on sale for $20, which seemed a good deal, and if he got them, how to go about seasoning them? To show him what he wanted to end up with, I showed him one of my skillets: (pictured) "This sheen you see," I explained to him, "is what you want to achieve." Of course, 2 of my skillets are 34 years old and one not included in this photo used to be...