I love using cast iron for cooking. It is easy and it gives great results. As long as I can remember my Grandma always did this:
She DID wash her cast iron in hot soapy water. Then She placed it on the stove and added a little oil (or used the leftover margarine or butter stuck to the wax paper covering) or a piece of wax paper. She turned the stove on low and heated the pan--turned it OFF--and then rubbed a little oil in to it. When the pan cooled she ALWAYS stored her cast iron with wax paper stacked one on top of the other. All of them with wax paper stuck between.
Storing pans like this is wonderful. Nothing sticks--it works just like or better than Tephlon coating to pans!!!!
