dwasifar
Assistant Cook
Hi, new to this forum, hoping to gain the benefit of your greater experiences.
The other day my wife seared a pork loin in a stainless saute pan using a little olive oil, as she has always done.
We're accustomed to being able to clean up the pan with a little vinegar while it is still hot, but that didn't work; Bar Keeper's Friend didn't work; an overnight soak with dishwasher detergent didn't work. Even Ajax didn't touch it. I wound up having to actually wet-sand the interior of the pan with 1500 grit sandpaper to remove the baked-on oil. ($300 pan, you can bet I was not happy about that.)
This is a new bottle of oil, of a brand we haven't previously used (Botticelli). Before this we were using more major brands, like Bertolli. I see three possibilities:
1) The Botticelli oil is fake.
2) The Botticelli oil is genuine, but the previous major brands were fake, and we just don't know how to cook with genuine oil.
3) The problem is unrelated to the oil, and caused by some other mistake.
What say you?
The other day my wife seared a pork loin in a stainless saute pan using a little olive oil, as she has always done.
We're accustomed to being able to clean up the pan with a little vinegar while it is still hot, but that didn't work; Bar Keeper's Friend didn't work; an overnight soak with dishwasher detergent didn't work. Even Ajax didn't touch it. I wound up having to actually wet-sand the interior of the pan with 1500 grit sandpaper to remove the baked-on oil. ($300 pan, you can bet I was not happy about that.)
This is a new bottle of oil, of a brand we haven't previously used (Botticelli). Before this we were using more major brands, like Bertolli. I see three possibilities:
1) The Botticelli oil is fake.
2) The Botticelli oil is genuine, but the previous major brands were fake, and we just don't know how to cook with genuine oil.
3) The problem is unrelated to the oil, and caused by some other mistake.
What say you?