Re: cast iron pan maintenance & refinishing question

As far as I can tell all the 'seasoning' business is so much hooey, I
just throw the cast iron pots and pans into the dishwasher with all the
rest, can't stand that fried on grease of seen on some of them.
--
wf.

L Beck wrote:

> My sister has a cast iron skillet that she loves to use when making
> spaghetti sauce.  It has high sides and she says it's perfect for this.
> Well, needless to say, it's not all that great for the "seasoning" of the
> skillet, especially when after the meal she throws the thing in the
> dishwasher for cleaning.  Our father saw this and about had a stroke.  He
> then "rescued" it and proceeded to give it the "propper" cleaning and
> seasoning that it should have.
> 
> And as soon as his back was turned, into the dishwasher it went.  Funny - -
> she's never had any problem with sticking or rusting or anything.  Perhaps
> she's just lucky?  Either that, or the darned thing was so well seasoned
> before she got ahold of it that nothing can touch it.