Season Your Skillets

Someone new left a comment on my post Off to a Good Summer Start!  I love comments and had to head over and check out her blog Eco Friendly Homemaking.  I must say we aren't nearly as eco friendly as we should be, I like convenience way more than I should, but as I scrolled through some of her recent posts, one in particular caught my eye.

In her post What Do You Cook With? she shared a YouTube video showing how to season your good ol' aluminum skillets.  About a year or so ago, I noticed that my non-stick, coated pans were starting to peal and rust.  That really grossed me out and made we worry about the food I was cooking in those pans.  So, I began to slowly weed those pans out and replace them with stainless steel pans.  The only major problem is that everything, and I do mean everything, sticks to those stainless steel pans. 

I thought seasoning your pans was limited to iron skillets, which I don't really like to use.  So, I am very eager to try this seasoning technique on my stainless steel skillets.  The only thing I am concerned about is the cleaning aspect.  In the YouTube video, the woman says that the skillets will be non-stick until you wash with soap.  Well, wouldn't you want to wash your pans each time you use them....with soap and water?  In her video she makes an omelet and then simply wipes out the pan with a paper towel.  I gotta say that kind of grosses me out. 

I wonder if I could just season the pan each time that I'm going to cook?  Then put it in the dishwasher for a good cleaning?  That sounds kind of labor intensive and wasteful, though.  Maybe Alicia will read this post and leave a comment to guide me!

This post, Salt, also caught my eye.  Though we've never tried Himalayan Pink Salt, I did see it at our local Rural King once and must say I was a bit curious.  I mean, it's pink, who wouldn't be curious!