yes -- clorox (bleach) and a bit of water... soak for as many days as needed
until you can scrub (with brillo or SOS or some metal scouring pad) all
scorches off.... it does work, eventually.. I can vouch for that... because
many years ago, I left a stew on a simmer in an 8 qt pot with cover on.....
went to a movie.. only 2 1/2 hrs away, and walking back home, I could smell
smoke a block away. Yes indeed, it was MY (rented) flat (in Amsterdam, NL)
and the smoke smell was so bad that I had to take the drapes to the cleaners
and wash all the linens etc... but I DID get the pot clean.. well, there may
have been a couple of tiny black specks left, but that didn't bother me.
This was a stainless steel pot with an aluminum bottom on the exterior (old,
used to be good, Farberware) -- boy did I learn a lesson!
karen, NJ
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I learned a lesson when my aunt passed away a number of years ago. She had a pot on the stove and went out to attend her garden. She collapsed and died in the garden. Nobody knew for hours. My mother, who was trying to phone her, got concerned when several hours later, my aunt still had not answered her phone. Mom managed to get hold of some neighbours to go check. They found my aunt in the garden, and the pot on the stove had melted over the stove and was within seconds of burning the house down.
Now, when I leave the house - even for a few short minutes, I turn everything on the stove off. Those few minutes won't make a difference to cooking time, but boy, you never know what might happen - you don't have to die, but you could sprain an ankle, or anything like that, and have your house burn down.
A lesson learned.
Brenda
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 6:42 am
Subject: Re: OT burnt pots.
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One time I put some eggs in my brand new Lagogstina pot that cost me a =
small
fortune, and left them with the timer on to boil. Then I decided just =
to go
and take a little look at my garden......... (can you see where this =
story
is going?) Oh I don't even know how long I had been out pulling weeds =
and
harvesting vegetables... when I came in for some water.... There was a =
few
very black eggs completely stuck to the bottom of the completely dry =
pot.
When I went to lift the pot from the burner, the bottom of it stayed on =
the
burner.... it completely fell of the pot!! WELL didn't I march back to =
the
store and tell them they sold me a lemon! I got a brand new pot! I =
didn't
mention to them how long I left the pot dry on the stove for though :)
Cindy in Peterborough ON 5a
karen
swaine
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 12:06 AM
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: OT burnt pots.
yes -- clorox (bleach) and a bit of water... soak for as many days as =
needed
until you can scrub (with brillo or SOS or some metal scouring pad) all
scorches off.... it does work, eventually.. I can vouch for that... =
because
many years ago, I left a stew on a simmer in an 8 qt pot with cover =
on.....
went to a movie.. only 2 1/2 hrs away, and walking back home, I could =
smell
smoke a block away. Yes indeed, it was MY (rented) flat (in Amsterdam, =
NL)
and the smoke smell was so bad that I had to take the drapes to the =
cleaners
and wash all the linens etc... but I DID get the pot clean.. well, there =
may
have been a couple of tiny black specks left, but that didn't bother me.
This was a stainless steel pot with an aluminum bottom on the exterior =
(old,
used to be good, Farberware) -- boy did I learn a lesson!
karen, NJ
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George, those pots sound wonderful - never saw anything like that.
Nowadays, when I buy a new pot, I go with Calphalon. But I've been using
Farberware pots and pans (SS with aluminum bottom) since 1965! I once had 2
La Creuset pots, an enameled cast iron Dutch oven weighed a ton... the
enamel finally started to crack on the inside bottom so I tossed it (and
have been lusting for one ever since), and a big frying pan which fell on
the floor one day and split into 3 pieces! That's when I realized a
concrete floor was not friendly to anything that fell on it... we were
renting a Levittown house they all had heat in the floors with vinyl
asbestos tiles on top. However, I digress.... had my pots and pans in
Holland for 5yrs, and when I left one of my co-workers asked me to sell her
the stuff. I did. Upon returning to USA I bought a new set (1979) and I'm
still using them. But I noticed that the Farberware they're selling today
is NOT made to the same standards. Infact, the co. went out of business, so
somebody else is making them (probabaly outsourced, in China)
I have burned stuff in all my pots and pans over the years, but because
Farberware pots have a layered bottom with aluminum on the outside, what
Margaret said doesn't hold true. I would NEVER use a plain, thin-bottomed
SS pot... not even for stock. I suppose boiling water for corn would be ok
tho. ;o)
karen, NJ
since 1979 and have never had a problem with it. Of course the set cost $500
when we bought it but has been worth it over the years. It's, IIRC, Wearever
Permanent ware. Stainless steel with a cast iron sandwich in the bottom and
carbon steel sandwich in the sides.
recreates it every time it's used. Toss it.
> Seriously, stainless steel isn't. I made the mistake of buying an
expensive Oneida one - kind with glass lid. I like the glass lid - except
that it makes an awful racket when boiling. But EVERYTHING sticks to it.
Never again. Only non-stick pans for me. I DO have a stainless stock pot
that I have and it probably looks very similar to yours...bottom is burned
black.
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Yikes, now that I'm scared silly, I will definitely keep that in mind, that
is, if I CAN keep it in my mind for long enough to remember it.. haha.
karen, NJ
had a pot on the stove and went out to attend her garden. She collapsed and
died in the garden. Nobody knew for hours. My mother, who was trying to
phone her, got concerned when several hours later, my aunt still had not
answered her phone. Mom managed to get hold of some neighbours to go check.
They found my aunt in the garden, and the pot on the stove had melted over
the stove and was within seconds of burning the house down.
> Now, when I leave the house - even for a few short minutes, I turn
everything on the stove off. Those few minutes won't make a difference to
cooking time, but boy, you never know what might happen - you don't have to
die, but you could sprain an ankle, or anything like that, and have your
house burn down.
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The staff at that store is probably still talking about you, Cindy... ;-)))
Really, it's probably lucky that a fire didn't start in your kitchen!
--Kathy K, mid-Missouri
small
> fortune, and left them with the timer on to boil. Then I decided just to
go
the
needed
cleaners
> and wash all the linens etc... but I DID get the pot clean.. well, there
may
> have been a couple of tiny black specks left, but that didn't bother me.
> This was a stainless steel pot with an aluminum bottom on the exterior
(old,
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My server has been down for a day or so. See there's been lots of talk
about burnt pans. I'm famous for doing that this past year - senility and
putting stuff on the stove and then going on my PC & forgetting about
dinner. Just put some dish detergent in the pot/pan with hot water, let it
sit overnight and use elbow grease to it next day. For me it works great,
but does leave little marks (discolorations) in the bottom of the pan/pot
than I can usually remove next time I use it. Hate to think what they'll
look like when I'm no longer around, but as one of my dear sis says I won't
have to worry. Remember when I first met my DH and spent weekends with him
(1300 klicks away) in his apt I couldn't stand cooking on his stove and
spent hours cleaning it before I'd use it. Love is blind.
Only thing I'm diligent about is not leaving fries unattended - too many
house fires due to that. Woops - doing Oktoberfest sausages tonight and
I've just burnt them. Gotta go.
Penny
.
The staff at that store is probably still talking about you, Cindy... ;-)))
Really, it's probably lucky that a fire didn't start in your kitchen!
--Kathy K, mid-Missouri
small
> fortune, and left them with the timer on to boil. Then I decided just to
go
the
needed
cleaners
> and wash all the linens etc... but I DID get the pot clean.. well, there
may
> have been a couple of tiny black specks left, but that didn't bother me.
> This was a stainless steel pot with an aluminum bottom on the exterior
(old,
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I made the mistake many years ago of buying a cheap SS pot - everything
burns in it. Not even sure if corn wouldn't burn :-)
Penny
I have burned stuff in all my pots and pans over the years, but because
Farberware pots have a layered bottom with aluminum on the outside, what
Margaret said doesn't hold true. I would NEVER use a plain, thin-bottomed
SS pot... not even for stock. I suppose boiling water for corn would be ok
tho. ;o)
karen, NJ
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