Every housewife has at least once experienced that a pot has been set on fire. You have just put the food on the stove and just want to hang up the laundry or clean the apartment with the vacuum cleaner, then you pick up an all too familiar scent, leave everything and rush into the kitchen. Then you see the mess! Not only is the food gone, but no, but the pot also doesn’t seem to be salvageable, either.
Grandma’s advice on burnt pots
She said to me, “Child, you’re going to clean the pot as much as you can. Fill it halfway with water and add 2-3 tablespoons of washing powder. Mix well. Bring it to a boil on the stove and let it soak overnight. The next day you boil the liquid again and try to slowly loosen the bottom of the burnt with a flat wooden spoon. It will be all right.”
And she was right. The pot came out like new again and I didn’t have that much scrubbing or scraping work. Because that way the burned-in substance comes off almost by itself and the pot is not damaged. Also, note tips for overcooking and preventing food from burning.
