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

[Yesitsbess]

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 have a very old cast iron Dutch oven that belonged to my grandparents. Some years ago I decided the "seasoning" from the previous 100 years was too thick and bumpy.

I cleaned it off with oven cleaner and re-seasoned. It worked well and it performs beautifully. It was a tough job as I recall but worth it.

@GalaxyPostcard

It looks a bit like a crescent moon now, doesn't it?

I can see the face of Jesus.

Though, this could be due to the wine I've had

@Mariell

The very least he can do is put himself under the patio without further ado.

Made me chuckle

@sashh

I am taking baby pan and removing it to my wardrobe. It's too late for big pan #thoughtsandprayers

I feel your pain @Yesitsbess.

I'll be your alibi

Netherton Foundry re-season their own pans for a fee - maybe see if they will also do others?

If not you could stay on their website to select the pan that he is going to buy you as a replacement

What's this all about. I've never heard of such a thing. I feel like I'm not a real woman now

That baby pan is absolutely adorable. I have a tiny one I use for single eggs sometimes which someone recently told me was manufactured as an ashtray... and I looked it up, it's true. Oh well! I guess the ancient ghosts of cigarette ash adds flavour.

@SpindleWhirl

At what point did he realise he'd fucked up? Or did you interrupt his folly of the wire wool and scream?

He did not realise he had fucked up. It is now just referred to as "the pan which you get cross about". I GET CROSS ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOU RUINED IT AND THE WOK IS USELESS BECAUSE YOU RUINED THAT TOO AND I NOW HAVE TO HIDE THE BABY PAN (for lardons, garlic and spices) BECAUSE YOU ARE CLEARLY INSANE.

Deep breath. And exhale.

[quote Yesitsbess]@sashh

I am taking baby pan and removing it to my wardrobe. It's too late for big pan #thoughtsandprayers[/quote]
It's probably for the best, a shame you have to do it but you really most protect it, poor baby pan.

No, no, no! This is relationship ending stuff. What madness possessed him?

@Herecomesthesun70

What's this all about. I've never heard of such a thing. I feel like I'm not a real woman now

To be fair most of the cast iron nerds I know are men! I think because it's manly to cook a steak in one or whatever. OP may be one of the few other women I've come across, at least here in the UK.

Did any one ever read the story of the old lady who killed her husband with a frozen turkey, then cooked it and fed it to the police so they couldn't find the murder weapon.

Threads like this always remind me of that story!

Worst of all it was one they made us read in primary school.

Anyway, if this were my husband I'd be getting a turkey out of the freezer.

@Couchbettato

I have one (1) Mackerel.

But I do have two pans

My cast iron pans are my favourite possessions. DH had to have words with MIL for me after she 'left that pan which was in the oven in the sink to soak, it took ages to cook down mind' 🤦‍♀️

She is never to touch said pan again, and dh bought me an additional griddle one as apology. Mine are by lodge, the poor amazon guy must have wondered what I'd ordered - small parcel, huge weight!

@Deadringer

Fry his liver on it and enjoy with fava beans and a nice chianti.

Lovely quote there especially if you're referencing the cast iron pan in book 3!

Yess! When Hannibal talks about the seasoned pan to Clarice!

Just placemarking for pics of Wroxie’s pans. Sorry about yours OP. I can’t believe your DH is so unrepentant.

@SuperCaliFragalistic

I don't really understand seasoning a pan. Can someone explain?

I’m so glad someone else asked this!!

It was a leg of lamb, Tales of the Unexpected

OK. I'm feeling a little stupid. Does this seasoning apply to enamelled cast iron? Should I be rethinking my treatment of my beloved le creuset casserole?

@Couchbettato

Did any one ever read the story of the old lady who killed her husband with a frozen turkey, then cooked it and fed it to the police so they couldn't find the murder weapon.

Threads like this always remind me of that story!

Worst of all it was one they made us read in primary school.

Anyway, if this were my husband I'd be getting a turkey out of the freezer.

Ronald Dhal tales of the unexpected. She came home and her husband was sitting in the armchair and comfortably told her that he was leaving her. So she went to the freezer and got out a leg of lamb and thumped him hard enough to kill him. Then she put it in the oven and popped out to the grocers for something she’d forgotten, had a little chat. When she got back she phoned the police and did the poor little woman left at home routine. When the lamb was cooked she fed it to them so it wouldn’t go to waste. Such a good story teller. If you have anything to hide, hide it plain sight.

@Wroxie get your pan pics out!

@Doopedoo

Cast iron pans (riveted or not) are a thing. It may be a hugely niche and nerdy thing (and some people are hugely anal about them. Not me....oh no...)

They are a joy to cook with if you accept their needs, you can't sling them in a dishwasher. I get that they are not convenient. But if you love them then you love them.

You certainly dont fail any kind of homemaker test if you haven't heard of them, just don't ever use them to cook bolognese...

@SunshineCake1

I feel your pain *@Yesitsbess*.

I'll be your alibi

Thanking you!