Need a aribtrator. Anyone know if the bottom of the pot is as important as the top?!


Question: Need a aribtrator!. Anyone know if the bottom of the pot is as important as the top!?
Minor bet, with a hamburger, fries and salad at stake!. Is it as important to clean the bottom of the cooking pot as the inside!?
One opinion is that only where the cooking is going on is as important, the other says cooking is better and mich more even if the bottom is as clean as the top!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
If I give a good answer, will I get a burger too!? I've had this same argument and chalk it up to some people being lazy!. When I wash a pot, I wash the inside and the outside!. Sometimes the bottom can get crusty, or something drips down the outside!.!.!. it just seems more sanitary to me, especially since I stack my pots, so the bottom of one is put inside another!. If it wasn't clean, neither would be the pot it's placed in for storing when not in use!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

If it's cast iron, and you're cooking over wood or charcoal, leave the outside alone!. If it's aluminum or any other metal, clean the outside as thoroughly as the inside whatever your heat source!. The dark iron holds heat and distributes it evenly, while aluminum and others can have "hot spots" if not kept clean inside and out!. Those "hot spots" can muck up a recipe pretty badly!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

i would think that if there were crusties or burnt on stuff on the bottom that it could actually affect the heat distribution of the pan itself!. this is not to say i totally scour mine, but i do clean them pretty good!. i think it's important!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

a couple of my kids think so!. they are both chefs and well trained!.

I give them a wipe and call it good!.

Ok, in my house that is 2 for polishing the bottom of the kettles, 1 vote for wiping it, and the dogs don't care!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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