Bob Myers wrote...
> Not QUITE Yet Another Post about how to season new cast iron...
> I came across some old cast iron that I can remember my Dad using
> thirty years ago

I was given a chicken cooker that had been sitting on a basement floor for
years. Rusty with unidentified lumps attached. I put it thru the
self-cleaning oven cycle and it came out cleaned. Then seasoned with canola
and it has been in serious use for 15 years.