Stainless steel is nigh invulnerable to just about everything, doesn’t require seasoning, and can be put away soaking wet without a concern. I’m not knocking cast iron, but cast iron is more of a hobby than it is practical everyday cookware. It’s the cooking equivalent of preferring vinyl records over other music formats that are literally just as good if not better.
Get a thick bottom stainless steel pan and don’t be afraid to use butter, it’ll take care of all your needs and doesn’t require special or gentle treatment.
Oh, no, it looks like basic math wins again. If only literally every mildly intelligent person had been pointing out that this is exactly what would happen the entire time, we probably would have done better, right? The good news is now we all know and have learned that this is how things work and we will never make this exact same mistake ever again.
Sure.