how often do you guys change your pots and pans?

[flx89]

use this next time instead of forks

 

[Rage9]

One of the best ways I have found to de-glaze a pan is one of the following

Fill the pan about 2/3 full of hot water with a tablespoon or so of lemon juice and bring to a rapid boil. Leave to boil for 5 to 10 min. This works really well. If you have a lot of really stubborn nasty shit really stuck to the bottom, add maybe a 1/4 cup (prob less) kosher salt to the mix once its begining to boil. The salt will act as a mild abrasive without scratching your pan

You're making it harder than it has to be. Heat the pan over med-high until it's fairly hot. You're looking for the level where water sizzles when it hits the pan. Fill a cup with warm water. Dump in to pan and using a wooden spatula you should be able to scrape off any junk pretty easily.

This works for both cast iron and stainless steel. To deep clean and polish stainless steel break out the Barkeepers Friend.

 

[-joe-]

Firstly, chuck it as soon as you get a single decent sized scratch.

Secondly, nothing wrong with non-stick pans, just don't use teflon ones. Pans with a ceramic non-stick coating are a bit more expensive, but will last far longer, and will mean you can use metal on them. (and make delicious omelettes, as seen below)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57afEWn-QDg]Jacques Pepin omelette omelet - YouTube[/ame]