Ladies don't be hatin' because of what I got my wife

[underpants]

:shrug: She asked for it!!!





You have to be REAL nice after buying a woman THAT :spank:








Oh and I got her this (as well as other things)

[sohndrsmith]

1. you need a few years to have that thing seasoned just right, though...

THEN it will be priceless.

My mother would defend to the death her beautifully seasoned iron pans (handed down from my dad). They're treated like gold in our house. Soap never touches them... they're absolutely gorgeous.

It's a great present that offers decades of enjoyable food. : )

I think it's grand.

[underpants]

2. This one *please forgive me* was pre-seasoned

I couldn't find the unseasoned kind :shrug:

My wife is cool with it but she gave me strict instructions to let HER wash it

[BOSSHOG]

3. Underpants, you are an inspiration but

Why the necklace? Nothing says love like getting the wench a new frying pan.

[underpants]

4. It was on her list

DVD player
colander insert (I bought her a three piece set)
New Scarpeta book
Pyrex storage bowls
CD carrier

etc.

[BOSSHOG]

15. I got my wife

a new pair of garden gloves and a new handy dandy super duper garden trowel. She loves getting dirty in the spring time and I'm all too earger to make her task as easy as possible. She previously got a mostly complete set of Rachel Ray Pots and Pans so she'll be happy for awhile.

[Danger Mouse]

5. Psh. Slacker. Why didn't you buy her a new Lexus?

[TZ]

6. So uh...

You got your wife a four leaf clover pendent to remind her how lucky she is to have a hubby that buys her cool gifts like an iron pan? :P


Seriously, I do know how attached some people get to their iron pans, so good on you on getting something your wife really wanted

[Inchworm]

7. Cool thing about cast iron is...

it can NOT be destroyed. I know this because I've tried :P

Good job!

:hi:

[JCMach1]

8. Hate to shatter the myth, but my mom had one destroyed in the 1980's

by a lightning strike that grounded out in the stove burner... I knocked a one inch rectangular hole in the bottom. Thank the diety she wasn't touching it at the time... She wouldn't be here otherwise...

She was cooking with it at the time, so it was a near miss.

[underpants]

9. Wow

My mother-in-law got blown back 10 feet once unlocking the front door of the house when lightning struck the house. At least that was the story.

[JCMach1]

18. lightning is strange stuff... the area of Florida I grew up in is pretty much

the lightning capitol of the world...

Crap I even knew people who were struck dead there... :(

[Inchworm]

14. Well.. extreme acts of nature may destroy them

:rofl:

I found my dutch oven (I think that's what it's called)in some broken down barn in the middle of the woods. A wire brush, some Crisco and a little time in the oven brought it back to life. :D

:hi:

[JCMach1]

16. anything short of a plasma ball would not do it...

:)

[GCP]

10. Pfft - my brother got my S-I-L a power washer!

:rofl:

[Ellen Forradalom]

11. The Wal-Mart idea of 'feminine spray' ?

http://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahmorgan/this-ones-from-walmart-canada-and-its-terrifyin-aut-d8

[GCP]

12. OMG - I thought you were kidding!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[kaiden]

13. For Mother's Day one year, my dad got mom vacuum sweeper bags.

That resulted in a trip to the jewelry store, a $4,000 diamond and French porcelain ring, a stop at the local Elk's club to drink shots of Wild Turkey to forget the $4,000 hit to the wallet, a brief respite at the filling station where he fell out of the car trying to purchase enough gas to get home to present the $4,000 diamond and French porcelain ring --

[GOPisEvil]

17. Is that a Lodge?

I bought my cast iron skillet at a resale shop. :)

[MorningGlow]

19. One of the first years we were married

Mr. MG asked me what I wanted for Christmas, and I told him, in all seriousness, that I wanted an all-wood, natural-bristle toilet brush I saw in one of the eco-conscious catalogs we received. He had it delivered to his workplace and said he caught hell from his coworkers--they mocked him incessantly and told him that I was going to kill him for actually buying it for me as a present. He said a thousand times, "But she asked for it!" And they told him I was going to be mad all the same. I wasn't--I was thrilled!

This year I asked for a set of Calphalon pots and pans. I also asked for an amethyst ring. Both were of similar monetary value. Guess what I got. I'm happy, but I think I would have really enjoyed the ring... :( Oh well. That's where my next freelance check is going! :D

[Catshrink]

20. Nothing wrong with that -- those are great pans.

I thought you were going to say an Olive Garden gift certificate.

[Gormy Cuss]

21. If it's a Lodge pan, you done good.

Their pre-seasoning does give the recipient a jumpstart.

My newest cast iron pan is 30 years old and I could throw it in the dishwasher without ruining the seasoning (well, it would set it back for a bit and I'm NOT going to try it...)

My oldest is my grandmother's pan from the 1930s.

[alphafemale]

22. I have four now. In various sizes. Plus a skillet.

I love them. The smallest is probably only big enough to cook a single egg, or maybe two. (about 4 inches across) but I picked it up second hand and it is so well seasoned it's a beauty to behold.