<div><p>Food is life. We all love eating, but the unfortunate reality is that you can't cook a meal without a serious drawback: doing the dishes.</p><p>If you've ever cooked in your life, you've almost certainly burnt a pan before. Maybe you didn't use enough oil, maybe you forgot about it, or maybe you did everything exactly the way you meant to. Either way you now have a chore ahead of you.</p><p>Cleaning a burnt pan isn't just annoying, it's actually dangerous to the pan. Too many times people use abrasive or harsh materials to clean a pan. This can damage it or remove non-stick linings. That can be potentially damaging to your health.</p><p>You don't need a lot of powerful chemicals or steel wool to clean your pans though. In fact you definitely already have what you need in your kitchen.</p><p>Here's how to do it.</p><h2>Ingredients</h2><ul><li>1 cup of vinegar</li><li>2 tablespoons of baking soda</li><li>1 cup of water (ish)</li><li>A burnt stainless steel pan</li><li>A scourer, (sorry it can't be helped)</li></ul><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/burnt-pan---brightside.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/burnt-pan---brightside_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/burnt-pan---brightside_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/burnt-pan---brightside_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="Pans" alt="Pans" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Brightside</cite></figcaption></figure></div><h2>Directions</h2><ol><li>Fill the bottom of the pan with a layer of water.</li><li>Add the vinegar.</li><li>Bring the pan to a boil. It should be looking a bit cleaner already.</li><li>Remove the pan from the heat and add the baking soda. It's going to fizz up, be ready.</li><li>Empty the pan and clean as normal.</li><li>If there are any marks that didn't get cleaned this way just make a paste with the baking soda and water. Leave for a little while and come back later. It should be gone with a few wipes.</li></ol><p>There you have it! Now you don't have to be afraid next time you burn up a pan.</p><p>[Source: <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-clean-burnt-pots-scorched-pans-140547">Apartment Therapy</a>]</p></div>