Sticking to the thing is literally the intended way, its supposed to stick and create a natural anti stick surface, thats why you don’t wash these pans with soap.
With modern dish soap it’s fine to wash cast iron pans. I think “don’t wash cast iron with soap” is a throwback to old lye based soaps.
Exactly. Lodge agrees with you
Nah, it’s because the taste sticks and you shouldn’t scrub the layer of burned in away. The longer a cast-iron is in use the more of a unique taste it develops by itself, you can taste which cast-iron was used for cooking when you know them.
I have three and can taste the difference.
And no, its not dirty, its the intended use of cast-iron.
Seasoning is not about taste. You’re just using a dirty pan if it has stuff burned onto it. Your pan should not be imparting any taste into your food.