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Kitchen Tips: Cleaning Burnt On Food

Posted by Gwendelynn Brown on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, In : Cooking Tips 

I found this little kitchen tip 'jewel' on Pinterest today: Apartment Therapy's post on How to Clean Burnt Pans With Vinegar and Baking Soda.

I was so excited to try this!  Providentially, while I was pinning this tip, my son was upstairs burning the grits.  Breakfast was saved by the 'burnt beans' kitchen tip.  But the bottom of the pot was rather encrusted.  Indeed, rather more burnt than the frying pan of my apartment dwelling friend.

My 'normal' is to put the stinky pot outside, and sav...

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Cooking Disasters: Salvaging Burnt Beans

Posted by Gwendelynn Brown on Thursday, May 20, 2010, In : Cooking Tips 

Just so you know...these are NOT black beans. Ahhh, the smell of burnt on beans that permeates my whole house; it is so, so stinky.  I'm the worlds worst at getting sidetracked and letting the water cook out of beans.  Bad, naughty housewife.

After all that soaking time, and tender loving care I put into my beans, I used to just have to throw the whole pot out and order a pizza. 

Luckily, my Mother in Law has passed along a great remedy for burned beans that saves the day.  

1. Remove them from...
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