I am looking for some knowledge and help.
Our family has hosted a soup cook every few years. The soup is a mock turtle soup…essentially vegetables, chicken, and beef. We cook in a 20 gallon cast iron kettle that we borrow. In the past I have noticed a faint cast iron flavor I the soup. This year the flavor is either much stronger, or I have a higher sensitivity. The soup has tomatoes paste and ketchup ingredients, so it is acidic.

Further research indicates that the kettle we use may need to be seasoned again. This is most likely the cause of the metallic flavor.

My question is does anyone have a recommendation on anything that can be done or added to decrease the metallic taste in the leftover soup?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Jonathon We use chicken, beef, and ground beef. Chicken and beef were fresh. Ground beef was frozen less than 6 months. Same ground beef used over the last few months has been fine, so I doubt that could be it. We did use some frozen vegetables, but they were recently purchased as well.

Thank you the replies. I’ll plan to season it the day before my next use.

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