You know non-stick pans? Teflon?

[Bara]

Anyone know how to get burned soup off them?

It was simmering REALLY low, but I started watching Badminton... Next thing my 'Spicey 3-Bean Soup' was a 'Stickey Burned-On Goop'.
My favourite saucepan, of course.
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Help! It's slowly coming away, but I don't know whether I should be warm-soaking with dishwashing liquid, or cold-soaking.

[jbrooks]

I would soak it hot water with soap, the water will cool but that will be ok.

Good luck.

[Big Tee©]

Put water in it and a drippy drop of washing up liquid and put on the stove and boil it for a bit. When I say drippy drop, I mean it, too much and you will have hot soap suds all over the place

[RacetrackRejects]

Ditto the above, then throw all the Teflon in the trash and buy the new stuff that doesn't peel off (anodized). I'm only looking after your health dear Bara and that Teflon is no good. =)

[ZenRider]

You might be doomed Bara if it's been cooking since May.
I'd love to do Badminton again, since I may never be able to get the week off for Burghley. Opportunity missed. Then again, since Badminton has gone to a Fri thru Mon schedule that could be tough to do too, as I would definitely need the week before and after, but might be easier then getting the week of Burghley in Sep. Plus the road trip from Shetland to Burghley and back could be interesting.

While your pan is soaking, are we all going to try to figure out how to do Rolex next year? Bet the RV places will set up in the primitive, especially if they have a contact person. Of course, I won't know if I can get that week off until closer to Christmas when we pick vacations by seniority, so may not be able to volunteer for that position. Then again, not having to get a site so early, those that might be inclined to rent a camper might be able to be there themselves. Those staying at hotels, well, whatever.
BTW, the problem with my vacation picks will stem from that I may be taking a Feeder position (driving the big trucks) before we pick vacations, so I pretty much will be at the bottom of the barrel again.

[Bara]

Heh heh! No wonder the soup burned!

[Deb]

We threw out all our teflon cookware 3 years ago after buying a 12 piece set of stainless steel non-coated cookware. Surprisingly even burned on stuff comes off easily.

[Bara]

OK, I give up. What's wrong with Teflon? Buzz Aldrin seems hale and hearty on it? (ps Thanks, the drippy drip worked!)

[RacetrackRejects]

"WHY YOU SHOULD SKIP THE NON-STICK

Non-stick surfaces are metal pans (such as aluminum pans) coated with a synthetic polymer called polytetrafluoroetheylene (PTFE), also known as Teflon, a DuPont brand trademark. Learn more about Teflon and its perfluorinated chemical “family” (PFC’s) in our chemical dictionary.

Toxic fumes from the Teflon chemical released from pots and pans at high temperatures may kill pet birds and cause people to develop flu-like symptoms (called "Teflon Flu" or, as scientists describe it, "Polymer fume fever"). Ingesting particles that flake off scratched non-stick cookware isn't toxic because solid PTFE flakes are inert.

Manufacturers' labels often warn consumers to avoid high heat when cooking on Teflon. But EWG-commissioned tests conducted in 2003 showed that in just two to five minutes on a conventional stove top, cookware coated with Teflon and other non-stick surfaces could exceed temperatures at which the coating breaks apart and emits toxic particles and gases.
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Some of the compounds that are released when Teflon is exposed to high heat are carcinogenic as well.

[jbrooks]

Ditto to what RTR said. And ditto to what Deb said We also have SSPans and everything just washes right out.

[Bara]

Aarggghh! I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die!

Hmmm. I suppose we all are, some day. But you guys won't come to my funeral because the snacks for the wake will be cooked on Teflon. Drat.