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?

Acids dissolve protein, so the vinegar ideas should work.

I'm glad it's been resolved. I was going to say well done on choosing pineapple sex lube - because it is a known fact that one shouldn't put pineapple in trifle because the enzymes will prevent the jelly from setting. So no doubt those enzymes worked their magic on the congealed casserole. I have only taught DS1 (17) this important life lesson this very afternoon. The trifle one I mean, not the sex lube.

Sparkles, I had to explain the enzyme situation to DH eariler while informing him that a purely petroleum based product would be unlikely to work in the case of a ceramic hob/casserole fusion scenario, and despite his Chemistry A Level he looked very puzzled. But then again he looks at me funny when I boil up bio soap powder in burnt pans and so on. He probably things I am some kind of kitchen witch.

WizardOfToss Sun 17-Jan-16 22:58:47
Sex lube, sex lube, you're my sex lube..

Tom Jones' legal team will be in touch WOT, mark my words...

wiping away the rears has broken me!

Expires..

Hilarious! And resulted in my having to explain sex lube to my dd 15 who had this face then told me to stop talking

MNHQ nominate for classics.

OP glad you got it sorted. I've had similar catastrophes in flat shares.

I sent this thread to MNHQ For Their Consideration.

Brava OP, brava.

Boffin if you are literally boiling it then you are denaturing the enzymes rendering it a bit pointless using bio, maybe that's why he is looking at you funny?

Love the pineapple

Glad it's off .

Special mention for this brilliant post earlier on ?

DaggerEyes Sun 17-Jan-16 19:25:03
Get some plasticine, build a wall around it, fill with water?? If you let it soak in its mini pool long enough, do you think it will loosen?

Creative or what ?

My cleaning solutions used to solely be baby wipes or vacuum cleaner

Since MN, I have added bicarb and vinegar to my list

And now, best of all, sex lube and a fish slice. Thank you OP. I think they sit rather well alongside the baby wipes and vacuum cleaner.

rears, sex lube, slice and plasticene. Oh lordy lord.

So if fish slice is not a slice of fish, then what is it???? I need to know! NOW!

The blame for this is with the poster who mentioned "sex bomb"

Cook for me baby, my hob's all right
Beefy stew to get me through the night
Pineapple flavour, you know it's right
The pan's gotten stuck real tight

Sex lube, sex lube
Sold in a tube
It's a good alternative to lube in aerosol

Sex lube, sex lube
Sold in a tube
It solves all problems right

ettvatre See, that's what had me so confused!

It's a type of slotted spatula. I finally googled it.

I'm a little concerned about lube being flammable... What about if you use candles! That won't end well!

Too late on this occasion...but it is not advisable to use cast iron pots on glass hobs, in case you drop it (or the lid) and smash the hob...also the base can be quite abrasive. I agree with soaking and gently prying. Good luck!

Has anybody mentioned pineapple rings yet, or would that be reserved for a Friday thread?

This thread is hilarious! I've been properly belly laughing for the first time in ages .

It has to be a classic surely? Sex lube and a fish slice . Inspired choice.

I'm glad it ultimately came off in your hands OP.

Er, Santa, that last line was deliberate, yes?

Indeed .

Gotta have been a slip of the tongue Lorelei