Frying pan - an indispensable part of the kitchen utensils. These devices are great help with cooking people for many years, but this dish can sometimes come into disrepair.
That is why it is important to know how to reanimate the pan, to continue to use it comfortably.
Restoration
Most of the damaged utensils can be restored by hand.
Before starting any action, it is better to open as many windows as possible and even turn on the hood, if there is one: most of the operations will have to be performed over an open fire, heating the pan.
Turn on high heat on the stove and place your dirty container on it.
To clean everything that has ever burned to it, use regular kitchen salt.
It needs such an amount so that it completely covers all areas with old fat, slices of burnt food.
Distribute this amount evenly. After that it is necessary to heat the pan for an entire hour and stir the salt in it from time to time. The indicator in this case is the shade of salt.
Nagar formed on the walls of dishes during its operation, will gradually be mixed with salt, and the latter will become darker and darker. This means that the process is successful.
Additional cleaning
Of course, salt alone will not be enough.
Immediately after you have warmed up a dirty pot for an hour, pour all the salt from it., rinse the surface of the pan with water from the tap and wipe dry.
The next excipient for cleaning will be ordinary vegetable oil.
It needs to be poured a lot, and it is better to pour it immediately into heated utensils.
In this case, too much fire here will be more harmful than useful: then you have to clean the entire kitchen from splashes of boiling oil that have scattered around within a radius of 2 meters.
On low heat, leave the pan to heat for 40 minutes.
When all the oil is fully boiled, you just need to pour it, and let the pan cool. It is not recommended to immediately pour water into it to avoid splashes and hot steam. To complete the delicate cleansing process, you just need to boil water in the pan a few times.
The more procedures you perform, the cleaner the walls will be. After completion of work cool the pan and just wipe with a dry towel.
Recovery of non-stick coating
Non-stick coating can be restored, even if it has deteriorated or due to high temperatures, it has become swollen and burst.
However, it should be understood that for each type of frying pan process will be different. Before you implement it, you need to pay attention to the material from which your dishes are made.
Cast-iron pan
The cast iron skillet must first be cleaned with salt and oil. When you complete the cleaning procedure and wipe the cooled vessel with a dry cloth, you need to lubricate the surface again.
But this time you apply a thin layer of oil on clean walls.
For this purpose, a special brush is perfect, which helps to thoroughly smudge a small amount of oil over the entire surface of the pan.
After you apply it, you should put the container in the oven.
The stove should be preheated to 170 ° and leave greased dishes for about an hour.
Other types of materials
This method applies to stainless steel or aluminum products.
They must also be cleaned by calcining with salt.
In this case the recovery method will be slightly different, because iodized salt will need to be used. You will need a layer of at least 1 cm, and pour the product onto a griddle that is already pre-heated on the fire.
After warming up for half an hour, the salt will clean everything that has accumulated on the non-stick coating, and after that the food will burn less. However, this method can not be applied to dishes covered with enamel.
Teflon
Here the essence is more likely not in the restoration, but in the preservation of the applied protective layer.
And if you want to ensure a longer service life of the existing coating, boil water in the pan for no more than 10 minutes, pour it out and grease the coating with a thin layer of oil.
Is damage dangerous?
The myth that spoiled Teflon coating can cause indigestion and even illness if ingested, it is quite common today. However, this does not have a scientific basis, given that this coating is made from a mixture of carbon and fluorine.
It not only perfectly helps food not to be burnt, but also does not bind at all with any chemical elements in everyday life, much less react with food or water.
Teflon coating is resistant to heat and harmless to the human body.
And even if the particles that break away from the pan, get into the food, nothing terrible will happen. They are not digested, but simply pass through the digestive tract and go outside. However, repair or restoration of such coverage is not subject.
But heating the pan over 230 ° is really unsafe, but not because of Teflon, but because of the oil, which releases carcinogenic substances.
How to avoid damage?
To keep Teflon in integrity and good condition, wash it with a sponge, not an iron brush.
When you are cooking in a pan, the best solution would be a silicone or wooden spatula to mix food: it will help not to scratch the surface.
But if you are still worried about the possibility of Teflon in the body, then your choice provided with a ceramic or titanium coating.
Of course, such pleasure will cost a little more, but it will not enter the body at all, since it is not separated by pieces, even if damaged.
On another method of cleaning pans from carbon and fat can be found in the video.
