What if it’s not pasta? What if you scorched a pot of milk or a creamy soup? That’s a different beast altogether—a sticky, smelly beast. Don’t use vinegar here; it can make the smell worse.
For a burnt dairy disaster, your best friend is a dryer sheet. No joke. Fill the pot with water, drop in one unused dryer sheet, and let it soak overnight. The antistatic agents work to lift the scorched proteins from the metal. It sounds like kitchen witchcraft, but it works like a charm.
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Rinse the dryer sheet away the next morning. The burnt layer should slide off with barely a wipe. Your pot will smell like a fresh laundry day, which is a weird but wonderful upgrade from burnt cheese.
