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Saturday, November 3, 2007

Tip for Cleaning Your Crockpot!

I like to use my big crockpot to brown 5-6 pounds of hamburger at a time. If you have never done this, it is so easy! I put the hamburger (frozen) in my crockpot, sprinkle on some garlic powder and dried onion flakes, put the lid on, and turn it on low. Every so often throughout the day take a spatula and break up the hamburger and stir it up. Once the meat is cooked, I put a strainer over top of a large pot and dump the hamburger in the strainer. This strains the grease into the pot. I set the pot aside and discard it later, then rinse the hamburger (in the strainer) under cold water. I then put 2 cups of browned hamburger in each freezer bag and put in the freezer for meals later in the week. Note: 2 cups of browned hamburger is the equivalent of about one pound of raw hamburger.

Now...for the reason for this post...for some reason after I use my crockpot to brown the hamburger, it leaves a brown scum stuff around the sides of the crockpot. I think it is from the grease or something. I tried to scrub and scrub, but it wouldn't come off. I tried an SOS pad, but it was scratching the paint on the crockpot. Well..today I had an idea. A couple weeks ago I was using some new recipes for making chicken stock, and it had you add some white vinegar to the broth and bones left in the crockpot to cook overnight. I noticed the next day when I was washing up the crockpot after I made the chicken stock that all the brown scum stuff was gone! So, today after I used my crockpot to brown my hamburger, I decided to try running some very hot water into the crockpot and adding some white vinegar. It worked! I just dumped in a little and used my scrub brush and it all came off without hardly any effort! I imagine that this would work on any of your pots that have scum stuff on it. Give it a try!

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Saturday, November 3, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Michelle32

Thanks for posting this.
I just encountered the "ring" recently and
didn't know how else to get it off.
Thanks,
Michelle

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