Despite the fact that today there is simply no shortage of food in our country, and such delicacies as, say, jam and jam, are presented in huge variety on the shelves of grocery stores and supermarkets, many are still engaged in their preparation at home. And this is easily explained: “Your own is your own.”
Many housewives often want to please their loved ones with delicious strawberry, raspberry, cherry, apricot jam, which they do with great pleasure. But this is bad luck: often, doing several things at the same time, they forget about the fact that they are preparing food on the stove, which then seriously spoils the appearance of the dishes. Moreover, not every housewife knows how to clean off burnt jam. The recommendations below will help you solve this problem. But before you figure out how to clean the burnt jam, let's decide which pots from which material are most suitable for preparing the above delicacies.
Since Soviet times, almost every family prepared food in aluminum utensils. At the same time, cooking experts warn that it is not recommended to use such a pan for cooking acidic dishes, as this can cause harm to health.
In addition, when cleaning aluminum utensils, you need to be careful, since particles of aluminum can easily get into compote or borsch.
Considering the question of how to clean burned jam, we will touch upon the advantages and disadvantages of enameled containers. Of course, they have a long service life, but the jam boils in them incredibly long, in addition, they are most prone to burning.
A pan or a cauldron of cast iron is the best kitchen utensil for preparing pilaf and, if you are not worried about a significant enough energy consumption, then for jam. However, it is very important to remember one rule: a treat immediately after cooking should be rolled up in glass jars
Ceramic dishes are easiest to clean from scale and scale, but it is considered an expensive representative of kitchen utensils.
So, let's move on to a practical consideration of how to clean burned jam on the dishes.
It should be noted that enamel must not be affected by aggressive substances. If jam is burnt in an enamel pan, then it is better to boil a solution of salt and soda in it, leave it overnight, and then wipe the dishes with an ordinary sponge. You should not use cold water immediately after preparing the treat - temperature changes can ruin utensils made from the above material. Transfer the jam to another container, wait until the pan cools down, and only then pour water.
If jam is burnt in an aluminum pan, then it should immediately be placed under a stream of cold water, and then add soda at the rate of one liter of water to two tablespoons of soda. In no case should you use alkaline products to wash aluminum dishes.
It is optimal to clean dishes made of stainless steel with ordinary edible salt, while the proportions should be as follows: less water and more salt. Then we boil the above composition and leave for several hours - it remains to work with a hard washcloth.
Teflon surfaces are not recommended to be cleaned with a metal brush, while solutions without alkali are used - they will eliminate carbon deposits. After that, wash the dishes in cold water.
Well, of course, you can use the old proven way: go to the store and purchase products that are specifically designed to remove carbon deposits from dishes.