Baking trays, casserole dishes

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Yesterday, I was looking at a recipes for the best Mac n Cheese after reading a thread here on the subject.
I came across 'live Almazan Kichen' and the guy doing the outdoor cooking uses stream water and leaves to clean the chopping board and pans. You MUST watch the Mac n cheese with crispy bacon video. It's sexy cooking although you never see him in that video. In another one, he's cooking chicken on a rope. I mean the whole thing is amazing and my mouth was watering just watching it. I bet it tasted a million times better than supermarket c***. I think He's Austrian.

Pyrex dishes go into hot water with some Ariel powder whisked in. Works like a dream. Just bought some new oven trays and so far they live up to their non-stick promise. Had to soak one of them when some mincepies got a bit stuck but easier than the old ones. Having got the bit between my teeth, I went mad on the Lakeland sale the other day and replaced my entire pan set which I have had for over 20 years and my stock pot. The old ones were Stellar with a 10 year guarantee. As I am now 73 not sure I will live long enough for another 10 year guarantee so settled for three years! DH will be staggering off to the recycling centre on Saturday.

Had my casserole dishes 50 years this year they were wedding presents. My roasting tin, Yorkshire pud tins are all soaked in hot soapy water and cleaned with those green scourers. My casserole dishes are given the same treatment they are Pyrex and have a slightly brown top.

Many moons ago, I had a baking tin that had gradually built up a lovely non-stick layer over the years. I lent it to a neighbour, who, on returning it, proudly announced, "Look how well I've cleaned it for you, it's back to its silver colour!" I was rendered speechless I never had the heart to tell her what she'd done!

My baking trays are all enamel. I put them in the bag with the shelves each time I 'Oven Pride' my oven. They come up like new, only needing a rinse. No elbow grease required.

Some of my tins and trays look a bit battered and will be replaced when I can’t hide my shame any longer. Casseroles etc are sparkly thanks to the dishwasher these days. I don’t have any cookware that is old and well loved as I’ve got rid of so much over the years during my many moves and incarnations. It would be nice to have one or two hand me downs but who would I pass them on to?

My baking trays have baked-in brown stains but I don't actually put food directly on to them so it doesn't matter does it?

Thanks for reminding me - my oven needs a clean - I was putting it off till after doing the Christmas roast.

On a similar subject, though, to save on electricity, I like to do a lot of cooking at once - sometimes spending a nice Sunday afternoon rustling up a quiche, a casserole, a risotto and a pie or a chicken ahead for the week. I wish all my casseroles were square, then I could fit 4 on a baking tray at once, instead of 2 round ones.

I have plenty of baking dishes and wouldn't buy any more, but even if I wanted to, I have never managed to find any square ones with lids, which would be perfect for batch cooking like that.

As for keeping them clean, all pyrex casseroles and the crock pot (ceramic) from my slow cooker go in the dishwasher.

Husband washes my 2 Pyrex casseroles and they're spotless.
The pot I use most is made of some kind of heavy black metal, with a glass lid, and is easy to clean. I bought it years ago at Fenwicks in Newcastle and it was expensive. But worth it.
Baking trays - not in very good condition.
Loaf tins - ok as I use paper liners (from Lakeland.)

kitty, me too (on baking trays).

This year I replaced my 50 year old turkey roasting tin, (the one with the folded metal corners, impossible to clean) for a seamless one. So far so good

I buy those liners in Sainsbury's but must look in Pounding - they are really good.

My trays go in the dishwasher and are jettisoned when I am too embarrassed by them.

I have baking trays and cake tins that were my husbands granny's and they just get soaked and wiped ,I bought some lovely non stick cake tins recently and they are really good so I might replace the old ones ...in the sales

I replaced my enamel baking tray with a non stick one the same size from poundland.

. I'm not too sure if the liners come in different sizes,
But must be quite large as they fit my biggish crockpot,
They could be cut to size to fit a smaller dish.

I have casserole dishes from when I married 43 years ago. Two Pirex that have some marks but still fairly white and a cast iron one which I always use for meat dishes. That's good as you can use scouring pad on it to remove everything.
I replaced nonstick trays with enamel ones, again they can be scoured if needed. I also have one with higher sides that is a catering make, aluminium and very useful and easy to clean.

I must say, washing out the slow cooker pot thing is a nuisance. I must get some liners.

Nor did I MissA! Do they come in different sizes Cherrytree? To fit casserole dishes and slow cooker crockpots?

I didn't know you could buy liners!

My oven tray is supposed to be non stick. It isn't. And it looks so awful I'm ashamed for anyone to see it. I cleaned the oven, just before Christmas, and I cleaned the oven tray at the same time. It looks worse now than it did before. Maybe another trip to the sales.
On a brighter note, my casserole dishes are sparkling!

I have pampered chef roasting trays.
Just wipe, can't wash.
I now use silicon baking trays they go straight in dishwasher.
I only use slowcooker crockpot (chucked out old casseroles when renewed kitchen last year)
When I remember I use a liner in the crockpot (from Home Bargains) Saves a lot of scrubbing.

All for an easy life me

Ah yes. My Nan's frying pan had its own non stick surface, created by years of cooking with it.

They don't stay greasy because the hot soapy water deals with that. They have built up a very efficient non-stick surface over the years. Scrubbing or scouring would destroy it.

My baking trays are definitely not gleaming but my casserole dishes are sparkling and some are years old.

Do you find that they stay greasy? Or maybe its just my washing up that does that to them?

I have well seasoned baking trays that belonged to my grandmother. They have never been scrubbed just washed in hot soapy water. Soaking them usually removes any stubborn stuck on bits.

I treat roasting tins in the same way, never trying to scrub them back to their original state. In time they hardly need any cleaning at all.

I can't remember when I last needed to replace anything.