Burned On Food

[starone]

I have a square Pyrex dish which I like using. Unfortunately, I have had an accident with a dish which I burned badly (forgot it and my only excuse is my age). I have scrubbed and rubbed at it and tried all sorts of things to remove the burned on black bits but it is really stuck. Anyone out there got any suggestions? I have tried soaking it and it didn't work.

[pugthedog]

have you tried soaking the dish in water with bleach or leave it soaking in water with vinegar overnight

[237SJ]

Have you tried Brillo pads?

[ladyalex]

If you don't mind the possibility of scratching the dish a bit, try a metal scourer....I'm not actually sure they are metal, might be some sort of metallised plastic, but all the supermarkets do them in packs of four or so.

[Buenchico]

There are lots of suggestions on the web, including the use of oven cleaner (which, while effective, seems to be both potentially expensive and rather drastic to me!). The one which gets suggested most seems to be the use of good old-fashioned (and cheap!) baking soda in boiling water. (There are dozens or, more probably, hundreds of posts saying that it works).

[Tilly2]

Don't worry about the black bits. They will not contaminate any other dish you cook. Look on it as well-worn.

[smoneybags]

Leave it to soak overnight with a squirt of washing up liquid.

[2sp_]

Try soaking it overnight in biological washing powder dissolved in hot water.

[tonyav]

Was going to suggest caustic soda, but Chris has suggested oven cleaner which will most likely have caustic in it.

[starone]

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. I have already tried soaking all night with washing up liquid and rubbing with one of these metal scrubbers so I going to try your answer Chris - it seems nice and simple and if that doesn't work it will be Tilly's ignore it suggestion. Thanks again everyone.

[rsvp]

soak it for as long as it takes in biological washing powder and hot water - once left an apple pie in the aga for two days and the above solution sorted it - don't stress with rubbing and scrubbing , just let it soak until the burn is easily removed.

[humbersloop]

toothpaste works sometimes star,

smear it on, leave for 10 mins then use a soft scourer and elbow grease

[Tilly2]

Just leave it. The black bits are not going to harm anyone.

[Prudie]

Get Oven Pride oven cleaner (the one where you put the racks in a bag, comes in an orange box), leave it on overnight. I'm sure it's only about a fiver. Brilliant Stuff

[bhg481]

Intrigued by the ColinandJess suggestion - makes you wonder what Diet Coke does to your digestive system.

[ummmm]

Washing powder.

[Old_Geezer]

Your digestive system has evolved to cope with a range of pH.

[murraymints]

Tinned fruit ..like cherry pie filling left overnight does it as well as the coke suggestion...

[bunkmoreland]

Agree with Tilly,I have a pyrex dish that belonged to my mother. Years ago they did not obsess with removing burnt bits and i cook quite happily with her dish to this day! They are scars of cooking from the past. That is how you cook with Pyrex ;-)

[tamborine]

Tesco value all purpose cleaner, 25p. It has caustic soda & to be diluted but i use it neat on my oven.