stainless steel spoon warped while stirring hot soup

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I suck at sciences so can anyone please tell me why my stainless steel spoon was bent when I took it out from stirring my tomato soup for 5 minutes? It’s still bendy now when I tried to put it back in shape. Have I just eaten a bowl of metals? Can cutlery melt/leech? It wasn’t bendy before I stirred my soup, so my health anxiety is going wild now and I’d love someone smarter to explain

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Were you cooking on gas or an induction hob? Metal utensils shouldn’t be left in induction-cooking pots because they’ll get currents induced in themselves (if they’re the right metal) and get very very hot.

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