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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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Catsrus · 03/10/2021 21:55

I have a pan which I had to hide so no one could use it, I got so tired of having to re-season it. I moved house, the now adult DC moved into their own places and I'm ON MY OWN with my lovely, seasoned, pan - which now sits in pride of place.

shooting him into the sun is too good for him, a slower punishment needs to be found which gives him time to fully reflect on his sins.....

Wroxie · 03/10/2021 21:55

@Iveputmyselfonthenaughtystep

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?
No no no. Only bare cast iron! Basically, an unseasoned cast iron pan will be silvery grey, everything will stick to it even if you use oil, and it will rust really easily. The seasoning is required- it's not optional for bare cast iron.

Enamel is baked on to the cast iron in your casserole so that you DON'T have to season it. You can't get it as hot as you can non-enamelled, though, without scorching it and turning it brown (which I have done to both of my knock-off le creuset pieces, LOL)

FreeBritnee · 03/10/2021 21:56

@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?

Grin
MadamMedea · 03/10/2021 21:56

@Mariell

The very least he can do is put himself under the patio without further ado.
🤣
mathanxiety · 03/10/2021 21:58

Yikes! My cast iron pans are my second family of babies.

DS and I share the job of cleaning and maintaining them. He takes his role very seriously. They are in terrific shape.

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Yesitsbess · 03/10/2021 21:59

@Wroxie

He got upset about the rust.

"Why is the pan rusting Bess? It's going on the food"

IS IT? IS IT NOW? Angry

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Iveputmyselfonthenaughtystep · 03/10/2021 22:00

Phew!
Mind you, boyfriend wants a proper wok and wok burner (super high heat? ) so I should probably learn this stuff so I don't end up under a patio in the future...

Thehogfatherstolemycurry · 03/10/2021 22:00

Dh just looked at your picture, pulled a very concerned face, said "ooo are they divorced yet"
He's had years of being educated nagged about the perils of even looking at my pan wrong.

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 03/10/2021 22:00

Did he know about the seasoning? I've never heard of it.

Shodan · 03/10/2021 22:01

I have this uncontrollable urge to tell you all that the cast iron pan that my mother bought me years ago now languishes in the garage Shock

Its sole purpose is to wait for chestnut and open fire season, when it gets brought out and ceremoniously plonked on the sitting room fire and filled with chestnuts. Sometimes I sing a little...

I never got the cast iron pan love I'm afraid.

NeverDropYourMoonCup · 03/10/2021 22:02

@Deadringer

Fry his liver on it and enjoy with fava beans and a nice chianti.
No point now. It'll stick to it.

I had exactly the same issue of cast iron and seasoned for years being steel woolled (badly). To add further insult, he refuses to clean the anodized, copper and enamelled pans, so they're all trashed with a thick black coating whilst the ones that were actually supposed to have it looked leprous. The wooden utensils all seem to be regularly put in to soak, too because I don't own any plastic ones.

I'm not allowed nice things.

Couchbettato · 03/10/2021 22:04

@FiveGoMadInDorset

It was a leg of lamb, Tales of the Unexpected
Thank you so much! For 21 years I've been wondering what this story was but have just been assured it involved frozen food and a clever old woman and that's not something 5 year old me could have dreamt up
minou123 · 03/10/2021 22:04

@Shehasadiamondinthesky

Did he know about the seasoning? I've never heard of it.
I suspect living with someone who seasons pans, is like living with a vegan or someone with allergies. You know about it! Grin

(I say this with love and as soneinevwho has a food allergy)

Wolfiefan · 03/10/2021 22:06

There is only one way to restore that pan. Season it with the blubber of the one who scoured it.
Then under the patio with the rest of him.

NannyOggsward · 03/10/2021 22:07

I now feel a bit bad about the, what I considered crappy old pan, in the back of the cupboard I’ve been ignoring as it’s all greasy and black and I CBA to clean it. I suspect this may be a cast iron my parents have lovingly left me from its weight and oldness.

I had no idea this was a thing…

NannyOggsward · 03/10/2021 22:07

Are you not just cooking bee food on old food though??

NannyOggsward · 03/10/2021 22:07

*new

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Yesitsbess · 03/10/2021 22:09

@NeverDropYourMoonCup kill him with fire. Only solution.

I didn't mention the soaking of the wooden utensils because I didn't want to go full LTB in the first post.

He soaks my wooden spoons, he's destroyed a wooden chopping board, he uses my steak knives to cut cheese.

There. I've said it.

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ForestDad · 03/10/2021 22:10

I've found my thread! Love my cast iron frying pans, bought them 20 years ago. Expect they will go on at least my lifetime. Good for hob, oven, campfire. DW used to try to "give a good clean", now keeps clear generally and leaves them on the side so perhaps the nagging/shouting works. Hadn't realised that acidic sauces deplete the layer - good info.
I find that doing pancakes is the best thing to build up the seasoning.
Wonder if I could interest a DC in them to carry on the magic.

sirfredfredgeorge · 03/10/2021 22:11

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

Lamb to the Slaughter I believe, by Roald Dahl,
www.classicshorts.com/stories/lamb.html

DappledThings · 03/10/2021 22:11

I have never heard of seasoning a pan. I suspect had I been left in charge of any washing up involving said pan I would have thought it was really filthy and needed a good go with the wire wool. I have learnt something today!

BlackForestCake · 03/10/2021 22:12

Isn‘t cast iron black ? That pan doesn’t look like cast iron.

Haffiana · 03/10/2021 22:13

My cast iron pan is SO seasoned it is actually safe from almost any bad treatment apart from the dreaded Wire Wool... It is from the 1930s, so pretty smooth surfaced - they made them properly in those days!

On the other hand, if I ever have to go away overnight or for longer, I hide all my decent cooking knives in the wardrobe. Otherwise they get put in the dishwasher by a DH who honestly thinks that saying 'sorry I forgot' will save him from being launched out of the window.

pastabest · 03/10/2021 22:15

@BlackForestCake

Isn‘t cast iron black ? That pan doesn’t look like cast iron.
Yes... when it's seasoned Grin
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Yesitsbess · 03/10/2021 22:16

@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.

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