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

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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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mazylou · 04/10/2021 11:27

I am very sorry for your pan pain, OP. My ex-husband was a very devil for pan abuse.

BruceAndNosh · 04/10/2021 11:27

[quote Yesitsbess]@Thehogfatherstolemycurry

I've been reading the responses and his responses started with "mumsnet can fuck off" and as they've gone on hes getting more and more sheepish.

I have little pan on my lap.[/quote]
Poor little orphaned baby pan.
First Daddy Wok, now Mummy Saucepan

LizBennet · 04/10/2021 11:17

Flashbacks! I “cleaned” my mum’s pan like that when I was 14, I thought I’d done such a good job getting it back to what I thought was the original colour 😑

snowballer · 04/10/2021 11:09

The Christmas gravy!! DH did this to me once - I'd made enough to eat with all the leftovers for at least a week and he poured it all down the sink while clearing up. I actually cried.

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Yesitsbess · 04/10/2021 11:09

@Mamanyt I may have done a slightly romantic sigh there reading about your sourdough starter.

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Yesitsbess · 04/10/2021 11:06

@Meercat3

I'm loving this thread!I have dreamt of having a cast iron pan for many years. Can anyone recommend a good one?
I've got one you can have! Needs some work though...
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Yesitsbess · 04/10/2021 11:05

Oh lordy! I have a huge stock pot (with a tap!) for that very purpose and I'm just trying to imagine my reaction to someone throwing my stock away.

I think I'd be behind bars...

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poohaloo · 04/10/2021 11:01

@Yesitsbess it was better than that as I'd saved bones from various roasts of very nice meat from local grass fed animals!! And yes cooked it very lovingly it was amazing.... I will never let him forget it was like he'd binned our whole relationship 😂😂

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Yesitsbess · 04/10/2021 11:01

@AndStand I laughed in spite of myself then Grin

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AndStand · 04/10/2021 10:57

Having looked a bit harder at your photo OP, can I say I think your DH missed a bit..

Mamanyt · 04/10/2021 10:56

@Meercat3

I'm loving this thread!I have dreamt of having a cast iron pan for many years. Can anyone recommend a good one?
None that you can get in the UK I don't think. And mine belonged to my great grandmother, as did her sour dough starter and the crock it lives in. My kids grew up on homemade bread from a sourdough starter that was first made and proofed in about 1865, and it is still healthy and going strong. Eventually, I will buy another crock and split it for my DILs.
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Yesitsbess · 04/10/2021 10:49

It was gravy made lovingly from meat juices, a fine stock and a little alcohol to deglaze the pan. Then boiled down to just the right consistency to allow the dish to really sing whilst simultaneously bringing it together, wasn't it @poohaloo ?

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poohaloo · 04/10/2021 10:38

My ex
Threw away the Christmas gravy
Used my dressmaking scissors to cut paper
And scoured my le cruset, non stick and enamel and cast iron dying pan with a Brillo pad

We are still good friends.... he's stopped mentioning gravy gate now as he knows it was a nail in his coffin

ColitisSucks · 04/10/2021 10:37

[quote SunshineCake1]@PL15namechange using it sounds less aggressive than you cleaning and seasoning actions. Use and enjoy![/quote]
I know, and you're right. I need to fry bacon lardons in it or something I think to get it really slick.

I really don't want to have to attack it again because I did something stupid - it took bloody ages and gave me a dead arm!

SunshineCake1 · 04/10/2021 10:09

@PL15namechange using it sounds less aggressive than you cleaning and seasoning actions. Use and enjoy!

PL15namechange · 04/10/2021 09:55

I have a very old cast iron pan - it's actually DPs. When we moved in together it appeared from his loft, covered in bat shit, and rusty.

It got shoved in our loft for 10 years until we moved again and I decided to try to save it.

The seasoning was flaking, and there was rust everywhere. I scrubbed it with salt and lemon juice and wire wool to get back to clean metal, then wipes it over with a high smoke point oil (can't remember which one!) and stuck it in the oven on max for ages.

Pic attached (teaspoon for scale) it's an amazing thing, apparently DPs GGF made it for his GGM. DPs DF would be over 100 now if he was still alive, so it's really really old and very sentimental.

As a result I'm scared to use it!

I am going to launch DP into the SUN for this.
SunshineCake1 · 04/10/2021 09:34

That's a relief! Thanks @sashh. My friend had said to be careful putting it in the dishwasher but the only issue I've had is needing to tighten the handle a couple of time.

sashh · 04/10/2021 08:39

@SunshineCake1

I have realised my dh is a spooner fucker but he has only done it once..

I'm more open mouthed with horror as I put my wok in the dishwasher. Am I cast out!Shock.

Nope, I house shared with a Chinese guy, he threw his wok in the dishwasher and had never heard of seasoning.
BoomChicka · 04/10/2021 07:54

I was on a thread a few years ago trying to find a mythical lasagne dish and I don't think one was ever agreed on, I think someone even contacted Dolmio regarding the ones they used to give away Grin

BoomChicka · 04/10/2021 07:52

@FelicityBeedle @mathanxiety this is the biggest tragedy! It was brought to mine for a party buffet and never claimed after, the owner clearly did not understand the value GrinSad and now it's gone.

Meercat3 · 04/10/2021 07:49

I'm loving this thread!I have dreamt of having a cast iron pan for many years. Can anyone recommend a good one?

SunshineCake1 · 04/10/2021 07:45

I have realised my dh is a spooner fucker but he has only done it once..

I'm more open mouthed with horror as I put my wok in the dishwasher. Am I cast out!Shock.

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Yesitsbess · 04/10/2021 07:01

YES. Padlock for the fabric scissors. genius

Am also incorporating "spoony fucker" into my vocabulary. You are all wonderful.

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Yesitsbess · 04/10/2021 06:56

@AmandaHoldensLips

Give his car a nice clean just like he did your pan.
BWAHAHAHAHAAAAA. Seriously considering this.

I also would like to know the make of the mythical lasagne dish (and have second hand rage on your behalf).

Still catching up on the rest.

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echt · 04/10/2021 06:19

I use the pans lovingly seasoned by my late DH. There's one solely for toasting spices before grinding.

OP, YANBU. A swift, though not necessarily merciful dispatch is order. :o