levelwave wrote:
> Katra wrote:
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>> After a good scrubbing, they would coat the pan heavily with oil,
>> and bury in the red hot coals for a couple of hours.
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> Wouldn't "red hot coals" extrude enough heat to *remove* the seasoning
> from a Cast Iron pan?... The same as a self-cleaning oven cycle...
>
> ~john!
>

Yes. I've cleaned nasty cast iron skillets by burning them in the
wood-burning stove. Wipe out the ash and grease the pan thoroughly with
Crisco. They reseason much quicker than the first seasoning when they were
new.

Best regards,
Bob