Grandma’s Kitchen Wisdom: What You Should Never Cook in a Cast Iron Panr

My grandma has always treated her cast iron pans like treasures. To her, they weren’t just kitchen tools — they were part of the family, seasoned with decades of meals, laughter, and stories. One afternoon, I decided to make dinner and grabbed one of her skillets, thinking I could cook anything in it.

She walked into the kitchen, spotted what I was doing, and shook her head with a mix of surprise and amusement. “You can’t cook just anything in a cast iron pan,” she said. I laughed at first, but then she sat me down and explained why.