panpact
/ˈpænpækt/nounVerified NewAlso in: Pfannenpakt (Deutsch) · sartepacto (Español) · poêlpacte (Français)
The binding household law that the seasoned cast-iron pan shall never meet soap.
The panpact is enforced by whoever seasoned the pan and feared by all who borrowed it. Guests reaching for the sponge are intercepted at the sink. The pan does everything — sears, bakes, defends itself — and in return the household washes it with water and a prayer, and it outlives them.
Etym. — pan + pact — the covenant between kitchen and cast iron.
Rel. — panhoard
Novelty check: APPROVE
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