re: Cornbread sticking in Cast Iron

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If your skillet is new it probably hasnt been sanded smooth like the old ones.

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His problem is that it is a figured cornbread skillet or pan. It makes cornbread in the shape of ears of corn and has all these little nooks and crannies in it. There's no way to smooth it, other than by building up seasoning.

One thing I have found helpful with those type pieces is to apply seasoning oil with a brush, like a bristled, natural hair paintbrush (new, of course). That gets the oil into all the crevices. Still, I wipe out as much of that as I can before seasoning it.