Scouring expert knowledge - domestic goddesses help!

A bundled up bunch of plastic onion bags works just as well or better imo and doesn't disintegrate.

String vest type onion bags, that is.

If you can cope with the scratching noise scrunched up tinfoil is very effective.

Yellow E-cloth pad with scratchy side (clean it in the dishwasher - lasts ages) or just a microfibre cloth and sugar!

I used to get those brightly coloured knitted plastic doughnut-shaped ones until they completely vanished from the shops. They must have been condemned as not environment friendly, though I am sure the tattered remnants of green sponges must be just as bad. Currently I have a couple of coconut fibre scourers, (see pic) which work well unless food has been cooked on really hard. They hang round the kitchen tap, which keeps them from staying wet and getting manky.
For stubborn burnt-on stuff I keep a steel version (non-rust) of the plastic knitted ones. It is only used as a last resort, and on pans that are not non-stick.

I have just bought a Scrub Daddy from the Range.
It can be used in cold water for a firm feel and hot for softer.
I think is was £3 and seems it will last for ages.

This made me smile!

I bought a pack from Waitrose and the next thing I know they sent me an email asking me to review my recent purchase of Waitrose Own Brand pan scourers which are still in the cupboard.


What will be the next review request?

I'll save onion/orange bags, and look for the yellow e-cloth thing. I knew somebody would have better ideas!

Metal pot scourers are my first choice.

They last well, and if you feel they are too dirty, you can boil them up, or scald them in boiling water.

My nails

I save the net bags that come with lemons, satsumas etc. It's surprising how many you accumulate so I use then once then throw it away. A really bad scrubbing job is dealt with by putting a dishwasher tablet in the saucepan/dish and filling to the the top (if necessary) with boiling water, left overnight and it just needs a light clean with a washing up sponge in the morning.

Half fill pan with warm water with a drop of washing up liquid in it, then simmer gently on the hob for a 10 or 15 minutes.
That should get rid of most stuck-on food.

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Soak in vanish.

Put the cold pan on the lawn overnight. It works on oven tins but DH became irritated when I would forget them for days on end!

Hetty58

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My DD gave me some, Hetty58, just brilliant.

She didn't give me one for pans though, thank you for the link.

nandad

Put the cold pan on the lawn overnight. It works on oven tins but DH became irritated when I would forget them for days on end!

We'd get seagulls pecking them!

Calistemon

Half fill pan with warm water with a drop of washing up liquid in it, then simmer gently on the hob for a 10 or 15 minutes.
That should get rid of most stuck-on food.

This is my trusty method as well, although I find a dishwasher tablet and hot water effective as well.

Another thing I’ve found is that is I put a casserole dish with crusty burnt bits in the dishwasher, it comes out with some bits still stuck on but they come off very easily with a sponge and hot water.

Put washing up on the kitchen floor, send in dogs to do the ‘pre wash’ .
Works like a dream

I read a fool proof tip years for making a burnt dish as good as new again…

Make an apple pie in it and give it to your neighbour. The dish will be returned gleaming, ?

I also put the pan with soapy water on the hob it works every time.

Make an apple pie in it and give it to your neighbour. The dish will be returned gleaming, ?