By miss_strauss - 25/01/2016 18:21 - United States - Conroe

Today, my boyfriend moved in with me. I just walked into my kitchen to find my thirty year-old, perfectly seasoned cast iron skillet completely submerged in soapy water in the sink, presumably from last night when he washed the dishes. FML
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OP here. I had cooked a dinner in a sort of celebration of our first night living together, and he offered to do the dishes afterwards. I happily agreed and asked him to leave the skillet for me because it requires extra TLC. When I woke up and found it this morning, I went to work making sure there wasn't too much damage done, and he was horrified when realized what he did. I couldn't be mad at him, because he was only trying to help. Also, for those wondering about why I've kept a skillet for this long. I'm only 23, but it was my grandmothers and then my dad inherited it when she passed away. He passed it on to me when I went to college and got my own apartment. Cast iron, if maintained and loved properly, can be the best tool of a good kitchen and can last forever. It's really not strange to small town southerners to have cast iron pans that are older than them:P

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Top comments

andits 21

Hmmmm I don't think many people would know what's wrong with that. Lol I honestly don't. But now I know not to do that.

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wrongmove 11

Blasphemy, he needs an exorcism to drive out the devil that compelled him to commit this heinous act against your cooking implement.

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Comments

cassbird09 12

I don't do a lot of cooking but I don't really understand this. Is the pan basically always dirty - just rinsed off? So that the flavour transfers through to other food?

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Hiimhaileypotter 52

You can wash a cast iron skillet with soap, but you have to rinse it very well (obviously cannot let it soak) and you have to heat the pan on the stove to dry. You can't just let it air dry.

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imsafeuphigh 1

It will be fine. Just put some lard in it, heat it then wipe it clean

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shinicat 11

All those people saying it's a simple mistake and she shouldn't be angry, I'm pretty sure OP knows that - but a perfectly seasoned cast iron skillet (and a family heirloom, from OP's other post) potentially being ruined, even by a simple mistake, is still an FML. I don't think OP is 'blaming' her boyfriend, just lamenting the skillet.

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BenAflac 14

Why you bitching he did the dishes you twat

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BrotherPhil 35

Reminds me of when I was Head Porter at a restaurant. I had specific orders from the Head Chef that I was to grab the Yorkshire pudding tins the instant service finished on a Sunday, and put them in his office before somebody tried to wash them.

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ChakatBlackstar 29

Was he supposed to put it in the dishwasher instead?

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peithecelt 28

As a devoted fan of cast iron, this is bloody heartbreaking... Hopefully he was apologetic?

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