dara McCoy

Hi thanks for the suggestion but having just spent mucho dinero for Christmas gifts I don't like the idea of wasting that many eggs right now.  However, while shopping I did buy some bacon and will be trying that.  Also, I  found a slightly bigger and deeper small skillet at Walmart's that is a Lodge which I'm going to try making cornbread for one in.
In case I don't get in here again soon (thanks to the holiday shopping/wrapping thing), I wish you both a great holiday season.

Hi, thanks for the welcome Leah.  So far I've baked it twice with coconut oil (a tip from another site) after a good scrub each time.  Tried stove top after that with grape seed oil (don't remember where I saw that).  I've never been into baking so I don't have any Crisco or lard.  I would have tried frying some bacon in it as someone suggested but I also don't have any bacon just now and figured I'd be afraid to eat that too. Also the weather here has been too wet & gloomy to get out.
I guess another scrub and oven baking won't hurt since I hate to just throw it away.  Oh, and I've never had any of the teflon or other non-stick pots and pans - never really trusted them.  Have a great day.

First, thanks for the response.  Second, no, neither....  Did get some good news, though.  My sister got some of those new "green" pans and said I could have her little iron skillet.  Maybe I'll just give mine to a charity and hope somebody else can somehow manage to make use of it, though I hate to do that if it is in fact defective.  Here's hoping I have better luck with the Lodge grill.   Thanks again.  I will definitely keep your site in my favs because there are some really good tips here.

So thankful to have blundered onto this site.  I have the same problem mentioned above - the black/grey sooty looking residue.  It's a cheap pan I found at KMart  (the only place I could find one small enough for cooking for just me) .  My sister got the same pan and has had no problem with hers so I was thinking mine was just a lemon.
  I followed the directions that came with the pan but the first time I used it the white on my egg was that sooty grey.  I searched around the net for seasoning instructions and did the oven seasoning twice at 350 degrees just to be on the safe side.  However, I tried frying an egg again this morning and although it slid right out, the white was grey yet again (although I think not quite as bad as the first time, it still didn't look exactly edible)..  I tried after that to oil it up and heat it up about 4 times now but am still ending up with a grey paper towel.  I'm thinking maybe I should just give up and throw the darn thing away at this point..  I'm running out of paper towels and tired of wasting eggs.
I had also bought a Lodge grill pan with the slot thingys and since I've  had so much trouble with the little one I've been afraid to use it.