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lentil soup. I use a stainless steel pot and store the soup in the refrigerator until it is gone.
After cleaning with soap & water, there is still a film in the container

Start by storing the soup in some kind of plastic container; then get back to us.

ypauls said:

Dear Food Experts I make a really good lentil soup. I use a stainless steel pot and store the soup
in the refrigerator until it is gone. After cleaning with soap & water, there is still a film in
the container. What can/should I use to get rid of the film? Bleach does not touch it either.
Cordially ypauls

Cooking beans often leaves a film on stainless steel. Is that what you're storing it in?

It's harmless. Just cook in it again (not beans though), or boil water in it. My film always
disappears after a subsequent use (but then again I don't store it in the pan).

-sw

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Dear Food Experts I make a really good lentil soup. I use a stainless steel pot and store the soup
in the refrigerator until it is gone. After cleaning with soap & water, there is still a film in
the container. What can/should I use to get rid of the film? Bleach does not touch it either.
Cordially ypauls

I use Lagostina Stainless Steel Cleaner for that kind of job.

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Dear Food Experts I make a really good lentil soup. I use a stainless steel pot and store the soup
in the refrigerator until it is gone. After cleaning with soap & water, there is still a film in
the container. What can/should I use to get rid of the film? Bleach does not touch it either.
Cordially ypauls

White Vinegar

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Dear Food Experts I make a really good lentil soup. I use a stainless steel pot and store the
soup in the refrigerator until it is gone. After cleaning with soap

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water, there is still a film in the container. What can/should I use to get rid of the film?
Bleach does not touch it either. Cordially ypauls

White Vinegar

I agree with the vinegar thing but have recently bought a product that is made by the makers of
DAWN (can't think of the name of it and am too lazy to go downstairs and look). This product melts
grease and baked on [censored] off of your cookware. Not sure if it's doing any damage but it sure helps
with the cleanup process.

NancyJaye

Gonna have to look for that..... but have found that the vin is usually cheaper. ;-)

Works too if you screwed up and burned a coating on the bottom of a stainless steel pot or pan. <G>
Just soak it.

Not that I ever have done that of course..... ;-D <whistling with hands behind back>.

K.

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Dear Food Experts I make a really good lentil soup. I use a stainless steel pot and store the soup
in the refrigerator until it is gone. After cleaning with soap & water, there is still a film in
the container. What can/should I use to get rid of the film? Bleach does not touch it either.
Cordially ypauls

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Dear Food Experts I make a really good lentil soup. I use a stainless steel pot and store the
soup in the refrigerator until it is gone. After cleaning with soap & water, there is still a
film in the container. What can/should I use to get rid of the film? Bleach does not touch it
either. Cordially ypauls

SOS?

Friend of mine gave me a tip when I had baked on, scorched on food in a pot. Also in a pyrex baking
dish. We put a good dose of baking soda in both, added hot water and stirred. Then, I put the Pyrex
in the microwave for 5 minutes and put the pot on the stove to boil and then simmer for 10 minutes.

Each piece, the scorched stuff just lifted up in sheets. Not sure what the chemical reaction is, but
it seems to work.

Once the scorched stuff was gone, a quick rubbing with an SOS pad did the trick.

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I make a really good lentil soup. I use a stainless steel pot and store the soup in the
refrigerator until it is gone. After cleaning with soap & water, there is still a film in the
container.

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Friend of mine gave me a tip when I had baked on, scorched on food in a pot. Also in a pyrex
baking dish. We put a good dose of baking soda in both, added hot water and stirred. Then, I put
the Pyrex in the microwave for 5 minutes and put the pot on the stove to boil and then simmer for
10 minutes.

Each piece, the scorched stuff just lifted up in sheets. Not sure what the chemical reaction is,
but it seems to work.

Once the scorched stuff was gone, a quick rubbing with an SOS pad did the trick.

I wouldn't try that with a stainless steel pot, though.

nancy

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> I make a really good lentil soup. I use a stainless steel pot and store the soup in the
> refrigerator until it is gone. After cleaning with soap & water, there is still a film in the
> container.

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Friend of mine gave me a tip when I had baked on, scorched on food in a pot. Also in a pyrex
baking dish. We put a good dose of baking soda in both, added hot water and stirred. Then, I put
the Pyrex in the microwave for 5 minutes and put the pot on the stove to boil and then simmer for
10 minutes.

Each piece, the scorched stuff just lifted up in sheets. Not sure what the chemical reaction is,
but it seems to work.

Once the scorched stuff was gone, a quick rubbing with an SOS pad did the trick.

I wouldn't try that with a stainless steel pot, though.

nancy

Why not? It was one of my old Farberwares that it worked so well on?

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Sheryl Rosen said:

> In article <[email hidden]>, "ypauls" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>> I make a really good lentil soup. I use a stainless steel pot and store the soup in the
>> refrigerator until it is gone. After cleaning with soap & water, there is still a film in the
>> container.

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Friend of mine gave me a tip when I had baked on, scorched on food in a pot. Also in a pyrex
baking dish. We put a good dose of baking soda in both, added hot water and stirred. Then, I
put the Pyrex in the microwave for 5 minutes and put the pot on the stove to boil and then
simmer for 10 minutes.

Each piece, the scorched stuff just lifted up in sheets. Not sure what the chemical reaction
is, but it seems to work.

Once the scorched stuff was gone, a quick rubbing with an SOS pad did the trick.

I wouldn't try that with a stainless steel pot, though.

nancy

Why not? It was one of my old Farberwares that it worked so well on?

I was thinking the same thing... Stainless steel, unlike aluminum, is pretty inert. Baking soda
should not harm the metal.

OTOH, _never_ put vinegar or bleach into aluminum!!!!

K.

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I wouldn't try that with a stainless steel pot, though.

nancy

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(Re: putting baking soda in a pan)

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I wouldn't try that with a stainless steel pot, though.

nancy

Isn't it aluminum that turns black when you put baking soda and water in it? IIRC the bklack goes
away again if you cook tomatoes/spaghetti sauce in it.

gloria p

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(Re: putting baking soda in a pan)

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I wouldn't try that with a stainless steel pot, though.

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Isn't it aluminum that turns black when you put baking soda and water in it? IIRC the bklack goes
away again if you cook tomatoes/spaghetti sauce in it.

No, I meant about putting it into the microwave.

nancy

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OTOH, _never_ put vinegar or bleach into aluminum!!!!

Why not?

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OTOH, _never_ put vinegar or bleach into aluminum!!!!

Why not?

Try it and see... ;-) Bleach is even worse than vinegar. I learnt this the hard way!

K.

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