Question from deviaene
Hi Debra,
we’re a family with 2 young children under 2. So it gets busy… to say the least. I also get distracted. I steam all my veggies rather then cook them, but lately, I’ve had a couple of pots in which the water has cooked off without me noticing. Yeah, bad… by the time I smelled something was wrong, the pot was literally BLACK with bubbles and all. but pitch black. The pots were expensive. Stainless steel All-Clad. It smelled bad, I took it under cool water and then got it out of the house ASAP because I feared toxic fumes.
But then, my hubby, who is a clean freak, put his mind to it and actually succeeded in scrubbing off ALL the black stuff. No cleaning chemical, wearing rubber gloves.
Now, I’m kind of wondering whether or not we should still make food in these pots. Maybe the lining was so damaged that we are now exposed to leaching of the heavy metal (stainless steel)???
I have send an email to All-clad but haven’t heard from them…
Kathleen
Debra’s Answer
If it were me, I would trash the pots. All that scrubbing compromises the surface and will cause more leaching.
Set a timer for your veggies to remind you to come look at them before they burn.
