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Prepare an awesome dinner that somehow manages to fuse with your favorite pan in an unholy mixture of meat and metal.
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Soak the pan after it cools.
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Skip away while husband cleans the kitchen.
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Silently curse husband for leaving the pan soaking overnight instead of tackling the beast.
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Leave pan sitting in sink all day.
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Repeat steps 3 – 5.
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Discuss the elephant pan situation with husband.
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Realize that his Herculean scrubbing efforts have all been in vain.
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Google remedies to save my favorite pan.
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Try simmering milk in pan.
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Simmer milk about two minutes too long.
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Realize that the baked on crud now includes milk residue and blackened meat marks.
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Try boiling water with detergent in pan.
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Scrub scrub scrub.
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Break out the sponge with the brillo side.
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Scrub scrub scrub.
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Remove most of the milk mess, but make very little dent in the OG disaster.
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Scrub with determination.
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Scrub with delusion.
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Start googling for new nonstick pan.
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RIP Dear Friend
Roman Reboot 
I’ll let you use mine while you are here if you would like! It could ease the separation anxiety. đŸ˜‰
Sniff, it was the giant pan you guys got us. I love that thing so much I’m not even sure how to cook dinner without it anymore.
A few ideas:
1) Add some white vinegar to the water when you simmer, about 2 parts water to 1 part vinegar.
2) Cover the mess with oil and let sit for a while, then scrape with a wooden implement. A bit of gentle heat might help this process along, but you know, be careful with hot oil.
3) Scrub with a paste of baking soda.