Shoutout to the guy who told me I wipe my griddle wrong

I used to scrape my flat top dry after every shift, just hit it with a brick and call it done. Some old cook at a dive bar in Denver watched me and said, "You're seasoning the rust, not the steel." He made me oil it while it was still hot and let it smoke off. Now my eggs slide like glass after three months of doing it his way. Has anyone else had some random person call out a basic habit you thought was fine?

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piperwhite2mo ago

Oh man, that hits way too close to home. I used to dry-scrape my cast iron pan and wonder why everything stuck to it like glue. My roommate caught me doing it and just shook his head. He was like "you're basically sanding the flavor off." Now I do the oil-smoke thing and honestly I feel like an idiot for all those years of dry scraping. I guess we all have those "wait, that's the wrong way?" moments.

evan_campbell2mo ago

Find myself wondering how many other things I've been doing the hard way without realizing it. Maybe it's just me but seems like most of the stuff we think we know ends up being half wrong.

daniel85726d ago

I gotta push back a little on the "half wrong" thing. I think my messy way of doing stuff is just how I learn and get it right for me. Like, I still dry my cast iron with a paper towel after washing even though people say not to, and my eggs don't stick because I just keep at it until it works. There's something to be said for figuring out your own shortcuts even if they're not the "right" ones on paper.