Use Baking Soda To Clean Pots and Pans
One of the most difficult tasks in the kitchen is trying to get the baked on food off of pots and pans after cooking. I used to spend way too much time trying to scrub those dishes with a sponge and simple dish-washing soap.
Baking soda solved this problem perfectly. I never realized how easy it would be to get rid of all the hardened food on my pots and pans with baking soda. It’s as simple and sprinkling baking soda on the dirty pot and pan and mixing it with a little warm water to form a paste. Scurb in the paste and it should remove all of the particles and make the pan shine. If the cooked on food still does not come off, it may require the pot or pan to be soaked in hot water and baking soda and then scrubbed off.
It can be used on almost any type of pan in the kitchen as well. Whether it’s stainless steel, copper, enamel and even cast iron (must be reseasoned afterwards), baking soda works well on them all. Give it a try and you won’t be disappointed.
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January 18th, 2010
I switched to cast iron about 6 months ago and it is now my favorite pan. I have never had a non-stick pan that was as easy to clean and actually non-stick before, so I am a true cast iron believer now.
However, I still haven’t mastered cleaning it yet, so I end up cleaning and re-seasoning it more than I need to. I hate to use soap on it and don’t have any coarse salt, so I am really excited to try out the baking soda method on it…
I like cast iron pans as well. They are so durable and cook extremely well It is a pain that you have to re-season the pan after cleaning it with baking soda, but I was able to get all the stuck on food off of it. I also read that it does a great job in getting off rust of the pan.
Wow! I’ve never heard of this tip before. As I do love to cook and bake, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had trouble cleaning up my pots and pans afterwards…That seems almost twice the job of cooking! I will definitely try this out as soon as I get home tonight as there are still some pans in the sink waiting to be cleaned…
Good cleaning tip. Nobody wants to waste their time scrubbing away at pots and pans. Since most people have baking soda in their cupboard already, this is a very easy way to tackle the problem. I’m sure it’s much better for the environment than the typical household cleaners that are loaded with bleach.
Wow interesting, I’ll have to try this in the near future!
Blessings,
Andrea
I was uber-lucky the past few weeks to have my in-laws staying with me and playing chef. However, as a result of their delicious culinary creations, the pots and pans have seen better days.
Thanks for the baking soda hint. I will definitely give it a try to clean up cooking set! Maybe I can make the stainless steel pans a little more shiny, too?
Baking soda is really effective ingredient when it comes to cleaning food remains which have stuck on pans. I had somewhere else that baking soda as well removes stains from the teeth when mixed with strawberry to form a paste. I will definitely try using baking soda on my pans the next time after cooking is done.
Even in many dish washer detergents they use baking soda.Yes it works really.
I’ll try Baking soda for clean pots. Thanks for information about it.
That seems almost twice the job of cooking! I will definitely try this out as soon as I get home tonight as there are still some pans in the sink waiting to be cleaned…