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I was thinking about this old cast iron skillet that I have sitting on the back burner of my stove top. Out of all of the cookware I have in my home, this is by far the most used piece I own. In fact, if something were to happen to this trusty old skillet, I may honestly get a bit teary-eyed.

You may even go as far as to say that I like this piece of cast iron cookware more than I do some people.

You see, unlike people or even most animals, you can expect cast iron to stick around for the long haul. My trusty old skillet has been camping with me, helped me prepare a wide variety of meals when I entertain, which are always a hit, and even been loaned out to family and friends when they are in need of a piece of cookware that will add that extra something to a meal. And my trusty old skillet always returns, and usually in better shape than when it left.

This is why I am so upset that I have done wrong by my friend, the skillet.

You see, last night we had some vicious thunderstorms move through the area, and I thought that I would enjoy listening to them as I lay in my bed last night.

And so, I left some windows open.

What I woke to was a scene that, if skillets were human and cast iron wasn’t so resilient, would have been dubbed involuntary manslaughter.

The humidity had caused said skillet to form a light layer of rust, which would mean the end to any other piece of kitchen cookware.

But not my friend, the skillet.

Today when I return home I will simply wash my cast iron skillet with soap water and some steel wool and then repeat the seasoning process. And then my friend will be good as new, having survived an assault that would have meant the (gulps) landfill for a lesser kitchen accessory.

So, dear readers, raise your trusty cast iron skillets, dutch ovens or bakeware high and give them the respect they deserve.

Our trusty allies in the battle for decent meals…Cast Iron Cookware.

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