September 16th, 2022

The three hero's of this story!   I am so wowed by this.  Probably, it's something that everyone on the entire planet knew except for me, but on the off chance that I'm not the only one, I will share with you this awesome tip that I just  recently learned.  

It was something that popped into my facebook feed.  Occasionally odd things just show up.  Usually it's things that I don't give two hoots and a crap about, but every once in awhile a recipe or an interesting story or a helpful household tip appears that I am forever grateful for.

According to the little video that I saw, the above combination of salt, dish soap and white vinegar can remove stains from pots and pans.  Even those ugly little bits that have been on the cookware so long that it seems to be ingrained into the metal.  I don't know where that icky stuff comes from.  Rumour has it that these discoloured areas have something to do with the city water that so heavily treated in certain areas around the country.  But of course I have no idea if that is true or not.  All I knew for sure was that I really didn't care for the way it looked.

I swear to you that I clean my pots and pans.  In fact I am one of those ridiculous people who literally clean my dishes before I put them into the dishwasher. I don't know why I insist upon doing so, but I do.  So they are very clean. Cleaned twice in fact.  But still those blemishes persist.  I would scrub and scrub to no avail.  I've even used Brillo with very poor results.  I dislike brillo and any other brillo-like products.  I don't like the smell, I don't care for those little metal filaments that imbed themselves into your fingertips, and it seems as if the effort to result ratio is WAY off.  

So I was resigned to simply living with the marks on my pots and chose to believe that they were just something that comes from age and use.  Much like the wrinkles around my eyes?  So anyway, I saw this little video and I was surprised and honestly in disbelief that it could be true. I mean really, is anything on media today true?  Could it really get rid of those marks?  I was dubious to say the least.

But yesterday, I got a wild hair and decided, what the heck.  I already have all of the ingredients necessary. I have a little time on my hands, I will try it on one small cooking pot.  First I poured a bit of the vinegar into the pan, then I added a handful of the salt and then topped it off with a healthy squeeze of dishsoap.  I spread it around the pan and let it sit for a few minutes and then used a sponge to wash the pan, especially the bottom (which is always where most of the stains seem to be) To my absolute amazement, with very little effort on my part, it actually worked!  I was so excited I did another pan and another and another and another until my sink was full of all sizes and shapes of pristine cookware!

 Obviously when I was finished with the " treatment" I needed to do a regular wash up just to make sure all of the salt/vinegar/dish soap was gone. Not a problem.  I didn't mind one single bit.  Especially since my pots and pans looked like new once again. I am very excited!  Probably more excited than I should be.  The oddest things get me charged up.  Hah!

But there you have it, just in case you ever wanted to know this and those discoloured bits on your cookware bothers you, here is a very simple solution.   I use my pots and pans hard. I love to cook and do so nearly every day and they looked it. They definitely showed that they have been worked ruthlessly.  And now, they are beautiful once more.  

So I guess, thank you to Facebook and the mystery video that materialized in my feed.  I seem to pay less and less attention to social media as the years go by, but this one time, I am so glad I looked!

If this was great new information for you...Hurrah!  If it wasn't, I shall endeavor to be more entertaining next week.  Regardless, I wish you a wonderful weekend!