Current Events > "I'm just going to leave these pots to soak"

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= "I can't be bothered actually cleaning them so I'm going to make it look like I did something"
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It's the thinking man's chore avoidance: "Those ones over there? They're steeping."

lol I fill the wok with boiling water about 4 times before I actually clean it

I'm a bad person
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I won't eat a single piece of bacon until I've cooked the entire package.

... Oops
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In my defense, i do that but i DO clean them... if i don't forget ...
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So much easier to boil with baking soda to get everything out immediately

I made bacon in the oven then put the tray back in (during breakfast) and forgot about it. How the fuck can I clean that?
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Thats the excuse I use each time
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i leave them soaked so the water would lift the oil up.
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That's what I did when I was a dishwasher. Sometimes (read: about 90% of the time) the stuff was so burnt on and I was so busy and bogged down with dirty dishes that I just had to let pots and pans soak and move on to the many other things that needed to be done.
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Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

I made bacon in the oven then put the tray back in (during breakfast) and forgot about it. How the fuck can I clean that?

With some dish soap and elbow grease. A metal scouring pad is your friend if the surface is not teflon.
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I got the gal to fool around instead of helping to clean after dinner last night
bad move, now she's gone and I have to do it all and it's all more crusted
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Washing pots without first soaking them is an example of working harder, not smarter.
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AceAttorneyist posted...

Washing pots without first soaking them is an example of working harder, not smarter.

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Chev427BB posted...

That's what I did when I was a dishwasher. Sometimes (read: about 90% of the time) the stuff was so burnt on and I was so busy and bogged down with dirty dishes that I just had to let pots and pans soak and move on to the many other things that needed to be done.

Same.
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My brother takes this one step further. He'll just finish what's in the pot/pan, and leave them sitting on the stove.
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AceAttorneyist posted...

Washing pots without first soaking them is an example of working harder, not smarter.

This depends on how bad things are. Soaking them, leaving the job and then coming back to it later to finish might fall under double handling your work, especially when "working harder" just means using a bit of elbow grease.

Do it properly the first time so you don't have to do it all again the second, that's another thing people say.
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You guys are all noobs.

Take the pot/pan, dump some baking soda in it, put a good amount of water in, mix it to make a baking soda liquid, add a couple of drops of dish soap, then put it on the stove on high until it boils (before it overflows)

The toughest shit slides right off.

clearaflagrantj posted...

You guys are all noobs.

Take the pot/pan, dump some baking soda in it, put a good amount of water in, mix it to make a baking soda liquid, add a couple of drops of dish soap, then put it on the stove on high until it boils (before it overflows)

The toughest shit slides right off.

Sounds like a waste of resources
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AceWingsta posted...

clearaflagrantj posted...

You guys are all noobs.

Take the pot/pan, dump some baking soda in it, put a good amount of water in, mix it to make a baking soda liquid, add a couple of drops of dish soap, then put it on the stove on high until it boils (before it overflows)

The toughest shit slides right off.

Sounds like a waste of resources

Baking soda is like zero dollars and you only need a couple of squirts of dish soap

Pan spray is a great invention
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Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

I made bacon in the oven then put the tray back in (during breakfast) and forgot about it. How the fuck can I clean that?

Baking soda cuts through stuck on fat like nothing else.
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clearaflagrantj posted...

You guys are all noobs.

Take the pot/pan, dump some baking soda in it, put a good amount of water in, mix it to make a baking soda liquid, add a couple of drops of dish soap, then put it on the stove on high until it boils (before it overflows)

The toughest shit slides right off.

Yeah or just scrub it with baking soda and skip the boiling chemistry experiment.
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I just slap it in the dishwasher after getting off the most obvious pieces of gunk
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