4 Ways to Clean Scorched Cookware

Have you ever burnt a dish and scorched a pan? This is quite a common issue in young housewives' homes. I have personally ruined a few frying and roast pans when I first started learning how to cook. It was something extremely difficult and new for me, and I wasn't even paying attention at what I was doing. This is wrong and I don't recommend that anyone does it. Not only that you will ruin your dish, but might even burn your house down.

People love to do something else while cooking. It is a big mistake, though, as you get distracted very often and might forget that you have something on the stove or in the oven, and burn the meal. Not only that, but you will damage your piece of cookware, too. Most kitchen accidents happen because of distraction.

Anyway, here are a few techniques with natural products, recommended by one of the numerous professional cleaners in Kensington, on how to clean scorched cookware:

When you burn a dish, transfer it to another pan or simply throw it on the garbage. Fill up the pan with water and pour one cup white vinegar in it. Put it on the stove and bring the water to a boil. All baked-on food stains and crumbs will come off the pan. Wash as usual with warm water and dish-washing soap, afterwards.

If you've burnt something in a frying pan – get rid of the ruined dish and pour some white wine or white vinegar in the pan. This is a technique for making sauces, but you can use it to clean your pans, too. The acid in the wine and in the vinegar removes the burnt crumbs from your cookware. All you have to do, afterwards, is to wash your pan with warm water and dish-washing detergent.

Another effective technique for removing burnt food from pans is with vinegar and baking soda. Cover the bottom of the burnt piece of cookware with bicarbonate of soda, and pour one cup white vinegar over it. The two products will start fizzing and will unstick the baked-on food from the pan. Wash as usual, afterwards.

If you want you can prepare a paste of two tablespoons baking soda, one tablespoon salt and two tablespoons white vinegar. Spread it on the bottom of your pan and put it on the stove to heat it up. When the paste dries, use a spatula to remove it and wash as usual.