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Lilith Hudson

How to care for your cast iron cookware so that it lasts forever – 7 rules every owner should know

Yellow cast iron cookware set on a kitchen shelf.

A selection of cast iron cookware is the marker of a seriously stylish kitchen. For the more culinary inclined, owning a matching set of these durable pans is the stuff of dreams, and they can really bring a kitchen to life from a design perspective, too. The only slight inconvenience, however, is that they can be notoriously tricky to care for. 

Introducing cast iron cookware into your modern kitchen comes at a cost, but for good reason. As the most durable type of kitchenware out there, a set of cast iron pans could last you your whole lifetime - if you know how to treat them properly, that is. Compared to your standard aluminum or stainless steel pots and pans, there are a few extra pointers you need to know about when it comes to looking after your cast iron, and there are some common mistakes first-time owners always make. 

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