u/TiredOfLivingHelp

First time cooking in a new cast iron pan that I seasoned twice. I let the pan heat up for a few minutes until the handle was warmed up and tried the water droplets test, and they would dance for a second or two before evaporating. I only cooked in sunflower seed oil and nothing else, maybe except for the bit of grease the bacon released. The bacon got a bit stuck at first, but eventually released fully after I flipped it over.

Then I added the egg. This is the bottom side of the egg btw, which I'm used to being less crispy and would prefer it that way, like in a nonstick pan. Is that achievable? I cooked this on the lowest heat possible for a few mins with a lid on. At the end, nothing remained stuck on the pan, but the egg didn't release itself on its own, I had to scoop it up with a spatula.

What can I do to improve my egg frying skills?

I bought these vintage secondhand cotton pillowcases and have washed them for the first time(detergent with lipase+oxygen bleach on 40° 2h cycle), before putting them in the washing machine I've rinsed them by hand so many times I've lost count because each time the water would just come out full of foam.

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They arrived stiff as cardboard and a bit yellowed so I expected a lot of product buildup on them but it was worse than I could've imagined. After the machine wash they came out with these weird crusts in places that are hard to remove by hand and look and feel disgusting, I think they've been starched...?

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How can I remove all of that, hopefully without having to wash them 10 more times?

Does anyone know what the hell these laundry balls are? It says they're 50% ceramic and after a few searches they allegedly wash clothes without the need for detergent?? How would that even be possible? Anyone that has tried them?

I bought a new detergent and I'm trying to figure out the dosage. This is almost 1h into the cycle(out of 3 in total). I have pretty hard water(~150ppm I think) and the detergent(powder) recommends 80ml for soft water+light soiling.

I initially added around 75ml+30ml of an oxy bleach+the water softening recipe recommended by u/KismaiAesthetics (2T wash soda:1T citric acid). Initially there was a very light trace of bubbles so after a few minutes I dissolved a few more grams of powder into some water and added it, which made it sud a lot more and stayed like that

Should I add less detergent next time? Should I increase the water softener mix to have to use even less detergent?