Eco‑friendly tips to banish grime from your pans
Do you see persistent scorch marks or oil stains on your pan? A household product you likely already have might help remove them.
Burnt residue and dried fat are notoriously difficult to remove from the surface of a pan. Many such pans are not suitable for dishwasher cleaning, and in many cases, using only washing-up liquid is too weak to remove all the grime. That's when products, whose cleaning properties we might not have known about, come to the rescue.
A simple trick for a clean pan. It will shine with cleanliness
If you're struggling with especially stubborn fat dried onto a pan, wait until the pan cools down, then sprinkle a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda and a small amount of water into it. You will quickly see how effective this method is. Thoroughly scrub the dirty pan — everything should come off without any problems. The bicarbonate of soda will dissolve the grimy residue.
This is not the only method. If you don't have bicarbonate of soda on hand and the pan smells of burnt food, use vinegar. Soak paper towels in the vinegar and apply them to the dirty areas. Leave the pan for several minutes. After this, wash it thoroughly under running water. The vinegar should dissolve the dirt and make it easy to remove. Moreover, this liquid will work not only on internal but also external pan stains.
A surprising method
There is yet another way to tackle stubborn grime clinging to the pan, and it's environmentally friendly too. All you need are eggshells, washing-up liquid, and a little water.
Crush the eggshells into a fine powder, add a few drops of washing-up liquid, and a bit of water. Mix the ingredients, and rub the resulting paste into the pan with a sponge. Then thoroughly clean the pan — the grime will come off along with the eggshell "paste." This method is not only ecological but also economical, as it saves us from spending on expensive store-bought cleaning agents.
