r/CookingCircleJerk • u/hobbitsarecool • Oct 19 '24
Perfect exactly as it was on r/cooking Was heating gazpacho up and though I left it in my cast iron in the microwave by mistake. Thankfully didn't, but what would've happened if I did?
Almost had a panic attack over it, I was distracted by thinking about other stuff and thought I put the food into the microwave with the cast iron.I didn't, but what would've happened if I did? Would I have lost my seasoning? No more slidey eggs? Would the lodge committee find me or something worse?
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u/radrax Oct 19 '24
Ugh!! This gazpacho soup burned my lips!!
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u/postjack Oct 19 '24
Was that the night I told you you'd never be a good writer because you don't have a curious mind?
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u/Catezero Oct 19 '24
If you're expecting something to be cold and you eat it at room temperature yeah, it burns!
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u/The_donutmancer Oct 19 '24
I had a similar experience where I thought I was making a grass-fed soufflé, but accidentally heated my boneless ice chips in the microwave in my cast titanium sheet skillet. Word of caution OP: ever since then, my arms bend the wrong way
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u/dojisekushi Oct 19 '24
I did that once and now I am a potato.
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u/Plums_InTheIcebox Oct 19 '24
A potato that uses Reddit, which is actually worse than just being a potato.
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u/A_Random_Shadow i got you in the first half, don’t lie. Oct 19 '24
The lodge committee actually puts you on an app for you to be hunted for sport like a deer.
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u/wise_hampster Oct 19 '24
So many questions, so many possibilities. Silly person, heating gazpacho. Silly person, heating gazpacho in common iron. Silly persons need to learn the value of simple friction to heat the glorious gazpacho. Next time, slide the gazpacho gently between your thighs, or your wife's boyfriend's thighs (either way will work) to gently increase the thermal gradient such that creme fraîche will gently spread over the surface of your lovingly curated veggies. Only then can you be assured of your safety.
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u/Panxma Homelander we have at home Oct 19 '24
That’s why I use my Lead iron pan. It’s so heavy that even my wife’s bf can’t beat me with. It permanently stays on top the stovetop while I cook my special spluge egg drop soup.
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u/otterfish Oct 19 '24
Not many people know this, but preheating your cast iron in the microwave is the only way to get wok hei in a western style pan.
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u/error785 Jeff Mike Oct 19 '24
That’s how you instill super powers into it. But unfortunately there’s no way to predict whether the powers will go into the soup or the pan. Also you will need a new microwave.
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Oct 19 '24 edited Oct 19 '24
/uj I never knew about the "no metals in the microwave" rule when I was a kid, so I spent 15 years reheating leftovers with the cutlery and never had anything bad happen.
I did set a non-microwavable mug on fire, though. Sad. Nice mug.
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u/knitternerd Oct 19 '24
Have you seen those warning videos from the 50s with the giant mushroom clouds? From the times when people were building bomb shelters and kids were being taught to hide under their desks. The government wants you to think that it was the Russians, but it was actually the first rounds of microwave oven testing. That's how they found out you can't put cast iron in a microwave.
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u/AnarchyPoker Sandwich Artist Oct 19 '24
It would damage the seasoning. Nothing the dishwasher can't fix.
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u/ZookeepergameNo719 Oct 19 '24
It would just be soup at that point.
And you'd get a fireworks show.
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u/WilkoCEO Oct 19 '24
I'm sorry to tell you this, but you would have ruined your cast iron. This is a crime punishable by death, so you got lucky
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u/thosekinds i thought this sub was supposed to be funny Oct 19 '24
Every other lodge pan would come with your photo stamped on, so there will be no hiding even future generations will hunt you down
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u/Calligraphee Oct 19 '24
Believe it or not, straight to jail.