Ooops....

CommunistWithAGun

<div class="IPBDescription">I think I ruined a good pot</div> Around midnight I decided to make some macaroni and cheese, and I filled the entire pot with cold water to boil (I wanted it to take a while to boil because I wanted to shower, run to the gas station etc. Anyway, I did all that and forgot to take the water off. An hour later I remembered because I smelled burning. Not good burning either. Anyway, the water boiled off and I was left with the pot on the range with no water for probably 20 minutes. The bottom of it is stained brown...


Did I ruin it? (Yes this is serious)

im_lost

Probably not. I've forgotten about boiling water before. The brown stuff washed right off when I did it, though. Think of it this way. If you can't wash/scrub the brown stuff off, it isn't coming off in your food either. The pot itself is just a metal container used to distribute heat, so it should be fine.

CommunistWithAGun

<!--QuoteBegin-im lost+Jun 9 2005, 03:28 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (im lost @ Jun 9 2005, 03:28 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Probably not. I've forgotten about boiling water before. The brown stuff washed right off when I did it, though. Think of it this way. If you can't wash/scrub the brown stuff off, it isn't coming off in your food either. The pot itself is just a metal container used to distribute heat, so it should be fine. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ill let everyone in on a little secret...Im a bit of a hypochondriac... So I was scared as hell that the boiled off residue was raw chlorine that was poisoning me :X



I know its silly but when stuff like this happens I get a panic attack over stuff I know can't hurt me...



So there wasnt some way that couldve happend though right...

im_lost

There shouldn't be any chlorine in the metal pan, and I hope you didn't put anything with chlorine into the pan. If you used any chlorine product to try to clean the pan, then just make sure you rinse it well, and it will be fine. And if you were this worried, did you actually eat something out of the pan (not that it would have hurt you)? There's absolutely no way that fumes could have done any harm to you.

Supernorn

Haha... oh CWAG <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

CommunistWithAGun

<!--QuoteBegin-im lost+Jun 9 2005, 03:37 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (im lost @ Jun 9 2005, 03:37 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> There shouldn't be any chlorine in the metal pan, and I hope you didn't put anything with chlorine into the pan. If you used any chlorine product to try to clean the pan, then just make sure you rinse it well, and it will be fine. And if you were this worried, did you actually eat something out of the pan (not that it would have hurt you)? There's absolutely no way that fumes could have done any harm to you. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I just tossed the pot into hot water and left it, didnt eat or anything. Im afraid to now :X

UnderDOG

there wasnt anything harmful in the water in the first place (drink it dont you), and if there was, it was taken out by the boiling, and if it somehow wasnt, it would be taken out by a light wash. If its just browned you've nothing to worry.

Swiftspear

My buddy did that once... I visit his tombstone every second week.

Black_Viper

The brown stuff at the bottom is just harmless... Uhh, since when was burnt watter brown?
I think theres a <!--emo&::hive::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/hive5.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='hive5.gif' /><!--endemo--> under your sink, dishing out bacteria into your water to turn you into a <!--emo&::gorge::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/pudgy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='pudgy.gif' /><!--endemo-->

DaJMasta

Yea most of the pots my parents own has that crap. I haven't done it too much myself, but its nothing to worry about.

(I think it comes out with steel wool too....)

BlackMage

i don't know how to say this cwag, but ... you're fine

OttoDestruct

I'm fairly certain H2O, even treated with chlorine in your city tap water, doesn't contain anything which can kill you...... other than nanites.

Depot

<a href='http://www.ehow.com/how_114388_treat-burned-pots.html' target='_blank'> How to Treat Burned Pots and Pans </a>

No negative health impact btw. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

pardzh

What a noob.

NeonSpyder

Silly silly CWAG, when will you communists learn how to boil water properly. tsk tsk.

Cyndane

<!--QuoteBegin-Swiftspear+Jun 9 2005, 05:58 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Swiftspear @ Jun 9 2005, 05:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> My buddy did that once... I visit his tombstone every second week. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
QFT.

I go with swifty.

MedHead

<b><i>Flames leave soot?! Now you tell me!</i></b>

EDIT: I hate the following sentence.

Scythe

The brown scum is just minerals and other gunk that's usually dissolved in tap water. The chlorine would've boiled out long ago.

Clean it off with some coke, just put a 10mm layer on the bottom of the pot and it'll be right as rain.

--Scythe--

NeonSpyder

Scythe, that coke comment reminded me about that Myth Buster's episode where they test the validity of cola as random cleaning products, as it turns out it's rather good at some things, specifically cleaning crap off of a penny..

that's all i seem to remember from the program.

Cyndane

Any carbonated drink would work, however coke is simply slightly more acidic then most, which is why it works wonderfully.

douchebagatron

pssh, this is such a dissapointment. i was hoping it would be a story that would end like my left-the-pot-on-the-stove story.


so i was making mac and cheese, left it on there, several hours later i smelled burning and went to go see. took the lid off to see that the water had boiled off, and that the bottom of the pan was glowing bright red.

so i quickly turned off the electric stove, and moved the pot over to another burner that was cold. i look back at the original burner. the botton of the pan is still there. i wait about an hour, go back when its cool, get a spatula. long story short, ive got a bottomless pot and a metal frisbee.

Cyndane

I did something similar when I was about.. 14.

I left a glass pot on the stove.. and the water boiled out ( was making some stir fry and was boiling my ramen noodles ).

Came back and the glass pot was... quite warm.

Stupid me put it in the kitchen sink... and then ran cold water in it.

Yeah... glass shards.

Shoebox

<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+Jun 9 2005, 06:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ Jun 9 2005, 06:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I did something similar when I was about.. 14.

I left a glass pot on the stove.. and the water boiled out ( was making some stir fry and was boiling my ramen noodles ).

Came back and the glass pot was... quite warm.

Stupid me put it in the kitchen sink... and then ran cold water in it.

Yeah... glass shards. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
that reminds me of something my mom did once. she was cooking beans in a pressure cooker and when they were done she didnt let the pressure cooker cool off. she just opened the lid and everything like exploded out of it. all the beans got on the cieling of our house.

Xyth

<!--QuoteBegin-Swiftspear+Jun 9 2005, 06:58 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Swiftspear @ Jun 9 2005, 06:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> My buddy did that once... I visit his tombstone every second week. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I laughed ridiculously hard at that, I spit all over my monitor. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Depot

Stupid thing my brother did, not long after he moved into his new home recently: he put a hot pocket in the microwave, and set it for 2 minutes per the instructions.

Or so he thought ... he was unfamiliar with this microwave and had set it for 2 hours. Worse yet, he went outside and forgot about it somehow, and when he came back in later it was done.

A hotpocket nuked for 2 hours ... think about it. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Breakthrough

And I thought trying to get my friend's pogo to burn in the nuker was bad...

Cyndane

Yeah.. I had someone do that to one slice of pizza.. but it wasn't 2 hours, it WAS set for 3 hours, however she remembered to grab it.. after her hour show was done.

Completely de-hydraded.. and black.

(Microwaves work by heating the natural water molecules inside the food product, which is why it is smart to put water on top of said product before sticking it in)

reasa

In Soviet Russia water boils you.

I wouldn't worry about your pots and pans CWAG, I would be more afraid of the terrorists dumping rabbit carcasses infected with Ebola virus into your water supply as I type this. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

DaJMasta

<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+Jun 9 2005, 09:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ Jun 9 2005, 09:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I did something similar when I was about.. 14.

I left a glass pot on the stove.. and the water boiled out ( was making some stir fry and was boiling my ramen noodles ).

Came back and the glass pot was... quite warm.

Stupid me put it in the kitchen sink... and then ran cold water in it.

Yeah... glass shards. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Its alot harder to do that with a dutch oven lid (inch thick, pizza-sized chunk of iron). Heat in oven/fire, cover with cold water.

o.O

Ive never seen a giant chunk of cast iron just crack before.

And depot, his house is still standing?<!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

TychoCelchuuu

<!--QuoteBegin-Cyndane+Jun 9 2005, 05:47 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cyndane @ Jun 9 2005, 05:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> (Microwaves work by heating the natural water molecules inside the food product, which is why it is smart to put water on top of said product before sticking it in) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pseudoscientist!
"Natural Water." Yeah right
All water's the same

Condizzle

<!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Jun 9 2005, 08:57 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Jun 9 2005, 08:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I wouldn't worry about your pots and pans CWAG, I would be more afraid of the terrorists dumping rabbit carcasses infected with Ebola virus into your water supply as I type this. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Disregard that. He's lying. Do not go to your water supply to check.

But what they said, if you scrub it and the brown deosn't come off, then it won't come off on food.