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[jjmack]

Hi, decided to make some courghette chutney due to massive glut. I don't have a big preserving pan so used my le cruset casserole. All was going well until it caught on the bottom. Managed to rescue the chutney which was the most important thing but now my pot is awful and I can't get the burn off the bottom ( Ithink its the sugar thats caught) I have scrubbed, soaked used dish wash powder and even boiled water in it to try to loosen but no joy. Any tips gratefully received as I love my pan (sad I know but there you go)

 

Any idea where to get a big preserving pan from for my next lot?!

 

thanks

jane

[Christian]

Try this thread - viewtopic.php?f=20&t=65761

 

Lakeland sell jam pans, but you might be lucky with charity shops?

[Charlottechicken]

Try Ascott too, I think the website is www.ascott.biz and they also sell on ebay.

[Krysia]

have you tried fairy power spray?

I got my mum sold le creuset and it was very tired looking. It took a few goes but brought the outside and back back to new! Mum couldn't believe it when she saw them!

[Patricia W]

I got my preserving pan from a charity shop.

[Millihelen]

To clean the le creuset, try boiling a solution of biological washing powder in it.

If that doesn't work - I have an ancient Le creuset look-alike and when it gets really bad I scrub it with Jif - sorry Cif - cream with a Lakeland "wash up Wiz" so it doesn't scratch the pan.

[Lewis]

I thought you were meant to boil coke in them to get rid of it?

[WarrensWorld]

If all else fails try 'Mr Muscle' oven cleaner, but don't leave it on to long...... I use it to remove the paint off of old Hornby trains.

[Lesley]

- lethal stuff then!

 

I did exactly the saem with my first batch of Courgette relish - one minute it was a thin, runny, slop.......sat down to have a sandwich and it caught I left it to soak and it did seem to come off quite easily, perhaps that's the difference between le Creuset and a jam pan.

[Valkyrie]

Not a le Creuset fan here - I have a huge pan, so heavy and the enamel inside is next to useless and it's always had a problem with sticking on the bottom. I use stainless steel pans now and if they catch (never to the extent of that horrible orange thing - why is it still in my kitchen and why does OH insist on using it?) I squirt the Fairy power spray which is brilliant for things like that.