"peter" wrote in message
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"Janet B." wrote in message
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heat the pan in the oven first, remove, rub the hot pan with shortening
and immediately add your batter and bake. It works for me with a fiddly
cast iron pan.

Does it have to be shortening? Cooking oil doesn't work?
Maybe it does. I haven't ever tried oil. I just use the same shortening
that I used to season the pan.
Janet