Ex-Chef's Kitchen Showdown: Girlfriend Banned from Using Prized Cookware! 🔪🍳

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When culinary passion meets love, the kitchen can become a battleground. Our ex-chef, whom we'll call 'Gourmet Gladiator', has a collection of prized kitchen equipment, lovingly maintained over the years. But when his girlfriend moved in, his sanctuary started showing signs of distress. Scratches on non-stick pans, dents on knife edges, and deformed pots were just the beginning of his woes. But when his beloved 15-year seasoned cast iron pot was filled with soapy water, the Gourmet Gladiator had had enough! Let's dive into this delicious drama! 🍲🔪

A Chef's Precious Arsenal 🍳🔪

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Enter the Girlfriend, Enter the Chaos 🏠💔

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The Culinary Crimes Continue 🍴🚨

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The Kitchen's Cold War ❄️⚔️

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The Last Straw: A Soapy Cast Iron Pot! 🍲💥

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The Kitchen Ban: No More Expensive Equipment! 🚫🍳

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The Girlfriend's Response: A Question of Trust? 💔🤔

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The Aftermath: A Clarification and a Plea for Advice 📝🙏

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A Kitchen Battle Brews: Trust, Love, and a Bunch of 'Shit Pans' 🍳💔

In a tale that's part love story, part culinary drama, our Gourmet Gladiator finds his kitchen in chaos. His girlfriend's cooking habits have left his treasured equipment scratched, dented, and deformed. Despite numerous attempts to educate her on proper care, the final straw comes when his cherished 15-year seasoned cast iron pot is filled with soapy water. In response, he bans her from using his expensive gear, leading her to question his trust. While some argue that soap in a cast iron pan isn't a culinary crime, the real damage, according to our ex-chef, comes from rinsing hot pans under cold water. So, where does this leave their love story and the future of the kitchen? Let's see what the internet has to say... 🍲🔪💔

Kitchen Nightmare: Girlfriend's Soap Disaster with Prized Cast Iron! 🔪🍳

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NTA, if she persists, start wearing her clothes 👚

RatioNo1114 | RatioNo1114

NTA. Offer to gift her cooking classes with a famous chef! 😊

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NTA for wanting to protect your prized cookware! 🔪🍳

NuclearSky | NuclearSky

NTA. Setting boundaries on prized cookware, but hoping for compromise. 🔪🍳

winstoncadbury | winstoncadbury

Gift her non-professional cookware and make the kitchen neutral territory. 👨‍🍳

Lynfran | Lynfran

NTA: Disrespecting prized possessions is not funny. 🙅‍♂️

Imaginary_Stick9982 | Imaginary_Stick9982

"Soap doesn't damage cast iron." - A debate on proper cleaning methods.

Aggravating_Chair780 | Aggravating_Chair780

NTA: Girlfriend doesn't value your prized cookware! 😱

Joxem13 | Joxem13

NTA. Protect your prized cookware like a car enthusiast protects their car! 🚗

gotora | gotora

NTA: Girlfriend ignores boundaries, shows lack of respect. 🙄

jusinbello67 | jusinbello67

NTA: Girlfriend's lack of respect for prized cookware causing tension 😳

Reevadare1990 | Reevadare1990

Finding harmony in the kitchen: shared humor, separate tools 😊

amberallday | amberallday

NTA for making requests about cookware, but seasoning is easy to fix! 🔪

RatherNerdy | RatherNerdy

NTA but also info: Help her learn to care for cookware! 👩‍🍳

thebabes2 | thebabes2

NTA - Girlfriend doesn't care about your prized cookware 🍳

Cookiebandit09 | Cookiebandit09

NTA. Girlfriend damaging prized cookware, needs to be more careful! 🙄

BracedRhombus | BracedRhombus

Girlfriend damages expensive cookware, owner calls them 'Shit Pans'. 🍳🔥

KronkLaSworda | KronkLaSworda

NTA! 😮 Discover the surprising truth about cooling down pans!

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Cookware temptation leads to kitchen warfare! 🛡🍳

ScaryButterscotch474 | ScaryButterscotch474

ESH: Communication breakdown leads to kitchen equipment showdown. 🍳

ProfessorCreamholes | ProfessorCreamholes

NTA. Girlfriend can't handle good cookware, needs basic lessons. 👩‍🍳

PrairieGrrl5263 | PrairieGrrl5263

NTA: Protecting prized cookware from a nightmare cooking scenario 😲

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🔪🚫 NTA: Girlfriend's kitchen habits are a recipe for disaster!

ScreamingSicada | ScreamingSicada

NTA for valuing your cookware and expecting basic respect in kitchen 👏

Less-Day5167 | Less-Day5167

"NTA. Respect the instructions or don't use their equipment. Trust lost."

RiverSong_777 | RiverSong_777

Protecting prized cookware: NTA's kitchen rules and 'shit pans'

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Save the pan! NTA can restore cast iron cookware 🍳

RedHurz | RedHurz

🔪 NTA: A saint! I'd kick out my husband for that!

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NTA. Ask her if she respects you and your cookware! 😱

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NTA: Hilarious video teaches girlfriend the dos and don'ts of cleaning!

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NTA: Girlfriend doesn't respect your rules for equipment usage. 👍

RaysUnderwater | RaysUnderwater

NTA: Girlfriend lacks kitchen skills, compromise by buying her own cookware.

debdnow | debdnow

"NTA - Girlfriend's weaponized incompetence or lack of care? Create a laminated care-system for the pot!"

Rohini_rambles | Rohini_rambles

Educate her on proper use of cookware to regain privileges

halstarchild | halstarchild

Cutting without a board? That's a recipe for disaster! 🤪

GloomyNucleus | GloomyNucleus

NTA. Couple respects each other's rules for kitchen care. 👍

TransportationSecret | TransportationSecret

Teach her how to use them properly! ESH 👍

MarlyCat118 | MarlyCat118

OP, consider your tone and presentation when discussing kitchen matters 😊

NewLife_21 | NewLife_21

NTA. Baker explains why respecting personal belongings is important. 👩‍🍳

Inevitable-Okra-3229 | Inevitable-Okra-3229

NTA. Lack of trust with prized cookware leads to larger issues 👍

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Respect the cookware or get your own! 👏

Mrs_B8ts | Mrs_B8ts

NTA. She's been warned but still damaging prized cookware! 😱

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Ex's cooking sabotage leads to baking chaos. NTA takes action! 👩‍🍳

Violet351 | Violet351

Chef defends ownership of cookware against entitled individuals. 😎

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Expensive kitchenware: a serious matter. Trainable partners make life easier! 🙌

Oldnewinbetween | Oldnewinbetween

NTA... Show her the cost of cookware, gift her rusty cast iron 🍳

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Cooking showdown: Is the gift for her or for you?

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NTA. Soap won't ruin cast iron seasoning! 🤩

GoomerBile | GoomerBile

Secure your prized cookware to prevent girlfriend's kitchen takeovers! 🔪🍳

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Chef defends decision to ban girlfriend from using cookware

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NTA for protecting prized cast iron cookware from water damage! 👏

MuslimHippie | MuslimHippie

NTA. Respect boundaries! 🚫🍳 Don't let her ruin your cookware!

Choonabayga | Choonabayga

Everyone sucks here! Drama in the kitchen 😳

olivethedoge | olivethedoge

ESH. She needs to learn proper care and respect. 🍳

Glitteringintern89 | Glitteringintern89

ESH: Communication is key! Teach, don't just get annoyed. 👍

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