Never Season Your Cast Iron This Way Again — The 1940s Lard Method Nobody Uses Anymore

My grandmother had one cast iron skillet that was older than she was. Her mother gave it to her. She gave it to me. That skillet has been cooking in this family for longer than most people have been alive — and it works better today than any pan you can buy new. The reason most people's cast iron rusts, sticks, and ends up at a garage sale is simple. They were told to season it with the wrong thing. In this video: why flaxseed oil fails under heat, what my grandmother used instead, how she took care of her skillet in five minutes every single time she cooked, and the one thing she did before anything went in the pan that most people today have never even heard of. My name is Thelma. I have been cooking for this family for fifty years. The pan I cook in today is the same pan my grandmother cooked in. And I am going to tell you exactly how to get there with the pan you have right now.