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I am going to launch DP into the SUN for this.

235 replies

Yesitsbess · 03/10/2021 20:42

Ten years. TEN YEARS of careful seasoning of my cast iron pan and he has "cleaned it". With wire wool.

After I pay Elon Musk to devise a trebuchet large enough to launch him directly into the Sun, does anyone have any advice as to whether this is even vaguely salvageable?

I am going to launch DP into the SUN for this.
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ThistleTits · 04/10/2021 21:07

@Yesitsbess

I'm so pleased I'm not the only one who would be annoyed by this!

In his (pathetic) defense he did get himself a whole set of pans so he didn't have to deal with the "pans you get cross about" (two. There are only two pans).

He is good with housework and cooking except the bit about not cooking tomato sauces in a seasoned pan but cannot wrap his head around this particular pan.

You wrap the pan around his head then.
MrsPepperpot79 · 04/10/2021 20:35

Mine put my beautiful, rosewood handled, sabatier boning knife in the dishwasher. He now looks nervous every time I sharpen it!

Diva66 · 04/10/2021 20:23

I am shocked by the number of fabric scissors abusers out there!

TeaAndBiscuitsAndWine · 04/10/2021 20:17

OMG I would be FUMING! I inherited my cast iron pans and guard them jealously. Caught ex trying to put one in the dishwasher once. It wasn’t the last nail in the coffin, but it was definitely one of them! My dad spent 40 years seasoning them, and while he may have have been a terrible husband and not the best dad ever (well, he was lovely when he was there, he just just wasn’t there much much, my poor mum), he was a very good carer-of-pans!

Bontanics · 04/10/2021 20:07

This is my worse nightmare. I've just invested in a cast iron pan after lusting after one for years. I've twittered DHs ear off about its special treatment so much that when he went to use it for the first time he actually asked me for a lesson before using it for the first time.

Pebbledashery · 04/10/2021 19:49

I'd be doing a Pauline Fowler and knocking him round the stupid head with it.

TheChosenTwo · 04/10/2021 19:48

I put literally everything that will fit into the dishwasher. Wooden stuff, saucepans, whatever. He washes his knives separately himself, should bloody do his poxy pans too, they always look greasy and crusty to me anyway Confused

TheChosenTwo · 04/10/2021 19:47

Oh god dh is a cast iron pan seasoning bore, I just sling them in the dishwasher. Life’s too short. He moans, I tell him to wash the fucking things up himself by hand if he’s that bothered.
Pans. They’re bloody pans!

Georgyporky · 04/10/2021 19:37

Got room for another stupid DH in the trebuchet?
Marble & wooden stuff in the dishwasher as well as a cast-iron griddle pan ?

StrawberrySanta · 04/10/2021 19:33

I've learnt so much from this thread after googling what seasoning a pan is. Does anyone season non stick pans?

sueelleker · 04/10/2021 19:17

They think they are the next Gordon Ramsey, but usually have the cooking skills and palate of a labrador. Grin

supersop60 · 04/10/2021 19:07

@Leeds2

He needs to buy you a new one. Although I will acknowledge his heart was in the right place!
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Harleyband · 04/10/2021 19:01

They take their cast iron very seriously in the Southern US states

NotMyCat · 04/10/2021 18:51

My ex once used metal utensils on my non stick pan. And then half a 500ml bottle of my limited edition ££ shower gel as "it smelled nice"
Yeah, that's why I don't use 250ml to shower, I mean who needs that much?!

monarchoftheglen · 04/10/2021 18:47

@IncyWincyGrownUp

A friend of mine now locks her fabric scissors together with a small padlock. Apparently having to deal with grumpy children and husband is much easier than dealing with fucked scissors.
I'm so stealing her idea. They cost a small fortune!
Lulu1919 · 04/10/2021 18:39

That unforgivable

dementedmummy · 04/10/2021 18:28

So after laughing out loud at this thread and reading the non sweary bits out to my children, my 8 year old has just said why would you soak wooden utensils? They will go yucky! 😁 Im feeling mamma pride right now (and breathing a sigh of relief that those utensils are safe in my house!)

Bertiebiscuit · 04/10/2021 18:21

Hit him with it - then insist that the least he could do is buy you a new one learn how to treat it and get busy making it use able for you - and refuse to cook anything in the meantime

Elle8344 · 04/10/2021 18:02

@LegoCaltrops

DH & I are in agreement (a rare event). No excuse for this. DH suggests you get today's pan in one hand, the wok in the other, & flatten your DP for a better trajectory towards the sun. Frisbee style.
Loving this Pangate post. I'm cracking up here! 😂 🤣 🤣 I'm learning so much too!!
BouleBaker · 04/10/2021 17:58

Reading this just made me go check my frying pan and griddle. They are safe... DH has learned from past misdemeanours.

Empressofthemundane · 04/10/2021 17:42

The answer is this:

  1. Strip it right down. You can do this by putting it through a pyrolitic oven cleaning cycle
  2. Then you re-season it.
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Yesitsbess · 04/10/2021 12:25

This thread has taught me that the solution is a padlock! And also that the perfect lasagne pan exists. And also that I have many many alibis should my trebuchet plan fall short.

Silver linings eh? JUST LIKE MY PAN.

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Prancingponies · 04/10/2021 12:17

[quote Yesitsbess]@NeverDropYourMoonCup

He cut his hair with my fabric scissors.

My. Fabric. Scissors.

Shall we just both launch him into the sun?[/quote]
I'm with you on the seasoned pans. On the wooden utensils.

But this. Fabric scissors.

I'd go into an apoplectic rage.

Thankfully my husband knows better.

AngeloMysterioso · 04/10/2021 12:13

[quote Yesitsbess]@NeverDropYourMoonCup

He cut his hair with my fabric scissors.

My. Fabric. Scissors.

Shall we just both launch him into the sun?[/quote]
My DH used my fabric scissors to cut the stems on a bunch of roses and assorted foliage he bought me for our anniversary a few years ago.

No-one’s seen him alive since…

Franklyfrost · 04/10/2021 11:49

I like the food all gone when I clean a pan. So, my sympathies but I can see dh’s thought process although he did miss a bit! I just assume that thick black crust is 10% dog hair and 90% suet. (My mugs are white inside too).