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Hi, I'm Rikki and I'm new here, and a new prepper. I'm looking forward to meeting and learning from you all. I hope I put this in the right place.
I have a square iron skillet I've had for over 20 years. It was perfectly seasoned and the bottom was smooth and no-stick -- until my roommate got ahold of it. She burned something in the bottom and now there is a spot right in the middle that looks like all the seasoning has just been stripped away and almost looks like the iron is etched. I tried re-seasoning it, but it was still sticking. Then yesterday, she turned the wrong burner on right under the pan which was full of oil. Now it's worse than ever.
I've scrubbed the inside out with salt until my arms ached. I don't think I can fix it. I've never had to completely rehab a pan, but looks like I will have to do this one. Not necessarily a bad thing, since it had a lot of buildup around the top and outside.
How do I strip it down and start from scratch with re-seasoning it?
ETA: I live in the city, don't have a way to build a fire to burn the gunk off and don't have a self-cleaning oven.
I have a square iron skillet I've had for over 20 years. It was perfectly seasoned and the bottom was smooth and no-stick -- until my roommate got ahold of it. She burned something in the bottom and now there is a spot right in the middle that looks like all the seasoning has just been stripped away and almost looks like the iron is etched. I tried re-seasoning it, but it was still sticking. Then yesterday, she turned the wrong burner on right under the pan which was full of oil. Now it's worse than ever.
I've scrubbed the inside out with salt until my arms ached. I don't think I can fix it. I've never had to completely rehab a pan, but looks like I will have to do this one. Not necessarily a bad thing, since it had a lot of buildup around the top and outside.
How do I strip it down and start from scratch with re-seasoning it?
ETA: I live in the city, don't have a way to build a fire to burn the gunk off and don't have a self-cleaning oven.