I made a batch of Quince jam last night and left the pot unattended. I came out and smelt it burning. The bum of the pot has about a cm thick crust of burnt jam in it. Whats the best way to clean it, elbow grease, soaking, a small nuclear device or chuck it away? Matt
rainrain1,
Apr 30, 6:14pm
boil on stove with dishwash powder, somehow it lifts the burnt off
mas45,
Apr 30, 6:19pm
Legend! Thanks will give it a go. It's my favourite big stock pot
rainrain1,
Apr 30, 6:32pm
dishwash machine powder that is
mas45,
Apr 30, 6:46pm
Yep, got that it's on the stove as I type, Thanks
nzl99,
Apr 30, 7:02pm
Just don't inhale the steam...
anne1955,
Apr 30, 7:03pm
Mix a thick paste of baking soda and a little water and cover and leave a day thing bring to boilo and start the removal..oven cleaner sometimes works as well..the other thing I have been told is putting pot into ground fill with dirt and leave a week or so..no really had lots of oldies tell me that one over the years I seem to find the baking soda works..and it's cheap to buy...
mas45,
Apr 30, 7:27pm
No worries there, I took it that the reason dishwashing powder works is it has some amount of caustic in it.
mas45,
Apr 30, 7:30pm
Thanks I might give the soda a go if the dish powder doesn't work and I seem to remember my nana saying something about burying a pot to clean it. I just thought that out of sight out of mind and if you forgot where you buried it, you'd have the excuse to buy a new one.
omokoroa1,
Apr 30, 7:50pm
aint it funny ....i have 50 million pots in my kitchen and i only spoil 1..haha!!! i go nuts if my boys use it and dont wash the damn thingi mean theres still 49 million pots in the kitchen i just get so grizzle guts at them when they go use MY baby
kuaka,
Apr 30, 8:12pm
If it's aluminium, boil some rhubarb in it once you've removed the worst of the burnt stuff.
rainrain1,
Apr 30, 8:17pm
how's your bum now mas45 ?
mas45,
Apr 30, 8:22pm
Ha ha ha, Never had my bum so attentively looked after. Unfortunately I may have to try the soda thingy recipe. But thanks for enquiring ;-)
rainrain1,
Apr 30, 8:36pm
I wonder would paint stripper work
rainrain1,
Apr 30, 8:37pm
or oven cleaner even
mas45,
Apr 30, 9:11pm
I'll try the soda mixture then the burying the little sucker. Then last and certainly least the 12 gauge
gardie,
Apr 30, 10:08pm
Burying doesn't work - it just camouflages the black until you wash it again.
mas45,
Apr 30, 10:36pm
Bugger!
kay141,
Apr 30, 11:19pm
it does work. Maybe the worms eat the burnt stuff. Might depend on the metal in the pot.
korbo,
Apr 30, 11:21pm
wow, this happened to me last week, i just put baking soda and teeny wee bit of water in, over 2-3 days, and eventually got it clean. Did use one of those silver pot things steelo i think, and with a bit of hard rubbing got it clean. quince jelly is so yummy ....
mas45,
Apr 30, 11:40pm
Yep, I think I'll have to try the baking soda. I have a pot load of quince pulp draining now to make some jelly and because of this flippin thread. I'm sitting here watching the league and eating rice pudding with fresh cream on it...life is good
mas45,
May 1, 6:06pm
I made a batch of Quince jam last night and left the pot unattended. I came out and smelt it burning. The bum of the pot has about a cm thick crust of burnt jam in it. Whats the best way to clean it, elbow grease, soaking, a small nuclear device or chuck it away! Matt
mas45,
May 1, 6:19pm
Legend! Thanks will give it a go. It's my favourite big stock pot
mas45,
May 1, 6:46pm
Yep, got that it's on the stove as I type, Thanks
nzl99,
May 1, 7:02pm
Just don't inhale the steam.
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