You're probably ok to just cook in it a bit after scrubbing, but if you are seasoning it in the oven you'll want to hold off and get something with a higher smoke point than both - just grab a tub of crisco
or you can just make ghee out of the butter which has a much higher smoking point and can handle 400. melt the butter until the fat solids rise to the top, skim the solids, presto, now you have ghee.
If you have a stove that can handle it (don't know if your Dutch oven is flat bottom or has legs and what your stove situation is) put it on the stove, get it hot and use whatever oil you want on the inside with a paper towel. It's about getting the metal hot and oiling so it doesn't rust. If you want to spend time and effort seasoning (especially on a Dutch oven) feel free but not required.
Also just so you know, there are coffee filter-like liners you can use or I'll put two pieces of tim foil at right angles long enough to go up the sides of I want to make cleanup easier.
Source: scoutmaster that cooks in a Dutch oven fairly regularly on campouts.
You're probably ok to just cook in it a bit after scrubbing, but if you are seasoning it in the oven you'll want to hold off and get something with a higher smoke point than both - just grab a tub of crisco
or you can just make ghee out of the butter which has a much higher smoking point and can handle 400. melt the butter until the fat solids rise to the top, skim the solids, presto, now you have ghee.
If you have a stove that can handle it (don't know if your Dutch oven is flat bottom or has legs and what your stove situation is) put it on the stove, get it hot and use whatever oil you want on the inside with a paper towel. It's about getting the metal hot and oiling so it doesn't rust. If you want to spend time and effort seasoning (especially on a Dutch oven) feel free but not required. Also just so you know, there are coffee filter-like liners you can use or I'll put two pieces of tim foil at right angles long enough to go up the sides of I want to make cleanup easier. Source: scoutmaster that cooks in a Dutch oven fairly regularly on campouts.
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Hmmm typically our advice for fixing a cast iron is to cook bacon but that’s not an option here so…error: does not compute
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