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[-] Virkkunen@fedia.io 75 points 2 months ago

Don't these pans last like generations, being passed down? I doubt your grandma and her grandma were bothering to apply 8 coats of flaxseed oil and heating it up to 1000 degrees and the pans would still perform as expected for ages

[-] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] ch00f@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago

If I know grandmas, I was probably purchased at Kmart in like 1996.

[-] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] ch00f@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Sorry. Just trying to make a joke a grandmothers’ expense. My grandma had several artifacts that she claimed were ancient and/or hand crafted that were definitely not.

We were 3/4 of the way through mounting her hand painted collectible plates when we found two that were 100% identical.

[-] ngwoo@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 17 points 2 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.

[-] mle86@feddit.org 12 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

They leave a burnt taste in the food

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 2 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.

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Done that already before, twice.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago
[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 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@lemmy.world 5 points 2 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

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 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

[-] suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 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.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 7 points 2 months ago

A straight angle grinder is better suited for that job

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago
[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 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@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Yes. Intentionally though.

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