• @ngwoo
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    352 months ago

    Has anyone outside of a commercial kitchen ever actually destroyed a stainless steel pan though

    • @Lumisal
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      172 months ago

      Yes.

      Apparently you can’t hear up tortillas in them without it forever getting scorch marks. I suppose only thing I haven’t tried is using a machine sander on it to try to remove it.

      • mle
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        122 months ago

        Are those scorch marks an issue beyond aesthetics though? (Genuinely curious, not judging)

        • @Lumisal
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          52 months ago

          They leave a burnt taste in the food

          • @idiomaddict
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            42 months ago

            In that case, try boiling a mixture of baking soda and water in it, then scouring it using tongs with copper wool (I’d probably use steel wool, but that might also leave scratches, I don’t know). If it’s giving your food a taste, it is coming off, just really gradually and under high heat.

      • @[email protected]
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        2 months ago

        Barkeepers friend (powdered metal and glass polish/cleaner, typically comes in a cannister) will get that off with a little bit of elbow grease.

        Half the pans I’ve bought i got at a thrift store for like a buck because people thought they ruined them with a little bit of scorching., and I’ve gotten some nice stuff.

        • @Lumisal
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          42 months ago

          Unfortunately haven’t found that cheaply available in Finland. I know about it too. It’s the only thing I haven’t tried other than straight up sanding it

          • @[email protected]
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            72 months ago

            There’s probably a local equivalent; looks like the primary “ingredient” is Oxalic Acid so a cleaner containing that would probably work just as well

          • @[email protected]
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            42 months ago

            So the legend of bar keepers friend is that it was invented after someone boiled a bunch of rhubarb greens and noticed it cleaned the pan. I reckon any green high in oxalic acid (the main ingredient in BKF) should do similarly enough to the actual product to let you know if it might work.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 months ago

        Really? It sounds like you’re burning your tortillas, or your tortillas don’t have enough oil/fat in them.

          • @[email protected]
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            12 months ago

            Perhaps you’re cooking them too hot? Or perhaps you’re getting uneven heat (e.g. an electric coil stove)?

            Corn tortillas really shouldn’t be at risk of burning like that.

            • @Lumisal
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              22 months ago

              I think it was uneven heating since the steel pan had groves in it