Response to how to season an iron skillet????

I season my cast iron with vegetable shortening. Thin coating of oil and in the oven she goes for a couple of hours. Also helps if I use it as a 'deep fryer', leaving the oil in between cookings. Unless I get some really bad stuff in my cast iron, I simply heat the cast iron up until it's real hot, just short of smoking, and pour some warm water in. All the food particles loosen, I rinse with fresh water, and towel out the moisture. I made the mistake of loaning out one of my cast iron skillets once, the lady brought it back clean. She said she'd had the hardest time getting it clean...all the way to the iron (after years of a hard seasoning).

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