Cleaning Difficult to Remove Pan Stains With Baking Soda

[unspeakablehorror]

Baking soda is so useful.  Was washing dishes today and one of my pans had burned oil in the bottom of the pan.  While I had made an attempt to remove it by scrubbing alone, this was not adequate. So I put some water and enough baking soda to cover the bottom of the pan and cooked it on medium heat about 20 minutes until it was boiling.  Then I put it in the sink, cooled it off a bit, and scrubbed with the sponge.  Had to repeat that one more time, but was able to get the burned oil off.

Comments

[rugessnome]

This topic reminded me of the segment of an Anne Readon/How to Cook That video reviewing various methods for reviving stains from pans. (this video starting at about 14:00) Although she doesn't do the baking soda boil, which I have done before.

[unspeakablehorror]

Yeah, it seems like way too much trouble to mix up a custom soap when there are plenty of easier ways to accomplish the same thing. I've done the baking soda at room temperature too, but yeah, I prefer boiling it, as that seems to get faster results.