CanadianMeg
Senior Cook
Just a question: why does putting water in a hot pan in the sink warp the pan, yet if you add water to a pan on the heat to deglaze, it doesn't? What's the difference? Is it the fact there's still heat?
I'm so glad you said that. It's one of the first little tricks I figured out on my quest to conquer the kitchen. Since I was famous for always burning things, this little surprise thrilled me! But when I told my friends and family about it, I got blank stares. (Maybe they don't burn stuff as much as I used to.) I thought I was the only one who got tickled over cleaning the pan by deglazing.Oh, yeah, and it took me a while to realize, I wish I had done so earlier, that a deglazed pan was generally a pretty clean one. So now routinely deglaze all saute pans even if I am just going to toss the deglazate (I doubt that is a word, but it should be) away. Deglazing is a lot faster way to clean a pan than letting the it cool and leaving it to be washed in the sink.
At least it seems to work for me.