They were hand-poured into thin sand molds and then hand-polished to almost impossible smoothness. Today, cast iron cookware is still cast in sand but not always hand-finished, which is the labor ...

But seasoning cast iron cookware isn’t as it seems ... The oil should be a very thin polish - no pools or lumps.’ You should ...

Suzuki, 59, who has worked in the Oigen cast iron foundry ... the following days, the cookware, still rough, will be sent to other workers who grind off smaller burrs, polish the surface and ...