Oh Christ I have done something incredibly stupid, please can I have some advice?

[CripplinglyStupid]

Cooking this evening. I am not a big cook. Made a delicious dinner, and then went to move the pot off the glass hob.

The cast iron casserole dish won't move. It appears to have welded to the glass. It overboiled a tiny bit when cooking and I thought nothing of it but now I cannot fucking get it off.

I live with flatmates in a rented house. A quick google warns me the glass will probably shatter if I just wrench it, not that I think I can anyway because it is stuck fast. A website recommended a long thin razor and some aerosol lubricant - which I do not have and can't easily get on a Sunday evening, but I have had a try with a sachet of sex lube and a fish slice.

Please help me! I absolutely cannot shatter the glass and the pot belongs to my flatmates so I can't just leave it there. We all use each other's things so she won't mind that I've used it, but I can see her becoming alarmed if I have to admit I can't get it off the glass. Pot cost nearly £90 and I do not want to have to replace it.

What should I do? What might work?

"Sex lube and a fish slice" omg I can't breathe!!!!!!!
Good luck op!

Oh what a shame you've name-changed for this. I'd always have remembered you and thought, "oh that's the sex lube and a fish slice lady" whenever you posted.

What sort of casserole is it?

Let it cool, then wrap the base in wet dishcloths.

I'm going to buy some lube tomorrow just in case of a kitchen emergency.

I can just picture all the housemates crowded around the fish slice trying to figure out why it smells of spermicide and burning

I'm amazed to learn you can buy sex lube in sachets.

How handy is that!

dragons indeed you can, they look like boxes of condoms except it's sachets of lube. They are most convenient, I assure you.

Is it an induction hob? If so, don't flood it with liquid, it will flow underneath and trio the electrics. It's ok to have moisture, but not sopping wetness.

Also reboiling the pot won't make any difference.

The first step is to cool everything completely. Let it contract. In fact, if there's space in the pot I'd add ice cubes and cold water.

Then damp soapy cloths. Dental floss underneath might work too. Don't go in with a knife or you'll scratch the hob to buggery.

Trip, not trio.

Can you use a knife to sort of 'saw' away the cooking liquid? Would some kitchen spray not help dissolve the dried up liquid more?

Bio washing powder in hot water should break down the burnt on food.

Sex lube and a fish slice

I think is probably some of the boiled-over liquid that has stuck it to the hob. I doubt if a £90 pot would melt. Try waiting til it is cool and then wipe all round where it is stuck with a very wet cloth and some washing up liquid.

If ever a thread separated the wheat from the chaff - half of the posters giving sensible, practical advice whilst the other half focus on the sachet of sex lube/fish slice.
No practical advice OP but you did make me lol.

Hydrogen peroxide will bubble away anything stuck, drip it on and leave overnight.

If you don't have that, vinegar and bicarb of soda.

If you don't have that then a dishwater tablet dissolved in a small amount of boiling water, cooled then applied.

If you don't have that, laundry detergent.

Or all of the above left on overnight

Vinegar.

Just because it seems to fix everything and it hasnt been mentioned yet

DAMNIT! Xpost with wotoodoo

Vinegar is probably not the best solution for ones lubing needs however.

OP, puhleeese change your name to "sex lube and fish slice" , I'm begging you.

On a constructive note, I would try boiling water under the dish and some washing soda crystals

" I have had a try with a sachet of sex lube and a fish slice" haven't we all!!

Agreed!

I would worry about turning it back on with lube all over it, is it flammable?

What was in the pot? Just let it cool and do some cleaning. Aerosol lubricant is wd40. Bet you can get that on a Sunday night. They'd have it at a filling station.

Now, to more important business...

Why is lube in a sachet a good thing? Surely it's yet another bastard-difficult thing to open in a darkened room when time is a wasting? What if you need more or less? Oh nononono. I'm not seeing the sense in this at all.

Just trying to think of all the situations in which I would have reached for the WD40 where sex lube would be better.