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  • #590979
    Phyllis
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    How do you get your cholent pot clean after Shabbos? Even after soaking mine in detergent and warm water overnight it still seems to have a smell! Any suggestions?

    #767069
    bombmaniac
    Participant

    when you throw in the detergent throw in a bunch of baking soda as well…and besides, your chulent will be better the next week anyway, what with the years of accumulated smells and layers 😀

    #767070
    smartcookie
    Member

    Mine doesn’t smell and I use plain old fashioned ajax or cleanser. I use this for all my pots.

    #767071
    jmatt
    Member

    Put water and a little bit of white vinegar and let it sit a little. It really works. (and no, it doesn’t smell like vinegar afterward.)

    #767072
    striving
    Member

    use a cholent bag!!!!

    #767073
    Phyllis
    Member

    striving, I did start using that and I find it to be very helpful but they always and I mean always rip by the time shabbos day comes.

    #767074
    Poster
    Member

    A crock pot bag should reduce the work in half at least. A good dish detergent is important too. I opt for a lemon smell.

    #767075
    happyOOTer
    Participant

    LOL, reminds me of my husband’s coffee mug…

    #767076
    Be Happy
    Participant

    Use sterilising solution used to sterelise babys bottles

    #767077
    The Best Bubby
    Participant

    When you put the lemon detergent in with some white distilled vinegar into the boiling water to soak, it should ideally be boiled up and left for a few hours to soak. Also the baking soda is excellent. Sometimes, I use St. Moritz oven cleaner and leave for a few hours.

    For the coffee/tea mugs that are very discolored you can put a few drops of bleach into the cup with some lemon detergent and that makes them very clean. Rinse well and put in boiling water and they are like brand new.

    #767078
    bombmaniac
    Participant

    sandblast it…lol

    #767079
    mybat
    Member

    Well I use vinegar for my kids milk cups. So that should work for the smell.

    #767080
    pookie
    Member

    buy cholent from a store

    #767081
    bombmaniac
    Participant

    pookie…lol what a boro park answer :D:D:D

    #767082
    bein_hasdorim
    Participant

    I always soak in lemon juice and boiling water for 5-10 minutes.

    then I pour it out and immediately rinse with cold water.

    The acidity of the lemon juice should neutralize the odor, as well as the hot water expands the pores of whatever the pot is made of to absorb it to a cetain extent.

    In addition, lemon juice smells better than vinegar.

    #767083
    Ben Levi
    Participant

    Dear Best Bubby,

    If you really want to be the best bubby, take the St. Moritz and get rid of it!

    #767084
    bubbyr
    Member

    I just spray pam into pot before I add the chulent. After Shabbos, I wash, if anything is left over, just put a couple of inches of water and dish detergent into pot and bring to a boil. Stuff comes right off.

    #767085
    The Best Bubby
    Participant

    Hi Ben Levi! I do know the dangers of St. Moritz and it is LOCKED AWAY in a cupboard in the garage, no one else has the key and I am the only one to use it. I spray that on the stains of the shirts, collars and cuffs and then use vanish for coloreds or the other vanish for whites and it is amazing. You can not use it on silk but on cotton or cotton/polyester it is great! Thank you for your concern!

    #767086
    Ben Levi
    Participant

    Of course its amazing, that’s why it’s so dangerous

    #767087
    Poster
    Member

    Not to go off topic, but on ST. Moritz, a friend of ours daughter got severly burnt when sprayed by her older brother who managed to get the St. Moritz that was out of his reach. It was not a friendly situation…

    #767088
    Feif Un
    Participant

    There are a few different brands of crock pot liners. There are some Jewish companies that make them. For those, you usually have to put some water between the pot and the bag in order for it to work, and it still usually rips.

    Reynolds makes a liner that doesn’t need water, and I’ve never yet had it rip on me.

    #767089
    1st timer
    Participant

    My cholent gets baked in an aluminum pan (keep it in oven or put into warming drawer before shabbos) and then thrown out afterwards. No clean-up at all.

    #767090
    oomis
    Participant

    St. Moritz, like EASY-OFF or Mr. Muscle, is dangerous when mishandled. Children should never be allowed anywhere near it, of course. That goes without saying. Lock it up in a cabinet WITH A KEY and only have access to it yourself. What do you do with your bleach and ammonia? Kids can get into anything, including their grandparents’ or parents’ medication, so a bisseleh seichel is called-for. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater, just be very careful. I never tried St. Moritz (Well Done, is the actual name of the product) on clothing, but I HAVE successfully used Tilex on white shirt mildew stains, when regular bleach did not work sufficiently well, and it saved those shirts which I was ready to cut up for rags, plus it also works great in coffee cups.

    #767091
    doversh
    Member

    Phyllis, possible you are setting yourself up for problems from the start? What do you do with the pot after you finish serving the chulnt at lunch? As far as I know it is muttar at that point to empty the pot and soak with cold water and dishwashing liquid (dilute the dishwashing liquid if you wish, but not necessary if you don’t handle or rub it, just pour directly into the water in the pot). It will be much less smelly and easy to clean after Shabbos.

    #767092
    arc
    Participant

    The crock pot liner is a life saver, you chuck the bag and a quick wash of the pot is all you need(it doesnt affect the taste you need to put a cup of water in the pot before the bag). Otherwise soak the pot, use steel wool and elbow grease.

    #767093
    working
    Member

    I used it once but it melted- what did I do wrong? I followed the instructions to the T

    #767094
    bombmaniac
    Participant

    youre not supposed to stop reading the instructions just because you hit a T…

    #767095
    Poster
    Member

    Feif Un, I didnt know Reinolds makes crock pot liners, those should be good. i actually use a liner for my potato kugel also when putting it in the cholent.

    #767096
    The Best Bubby
    Participant

    Hi oomis 1105! I don’t live in the States for many years and can not get TILEX here. Never heard of it. I do LOCK everything in a cupboard in the garage and I alone have the key, (and, it is not lying around on a key ring, for anyone to find). I am aware of the dangers Well Done has caused, but that is why it is safely locked away with bleach and other cleaning materials.

    I am new on this website and I always find your advice very sound and helpful, especially with the shidduch scene. Be matzliach and may we continue to help each other!

    #767097
    koma
    Member

    Vegetarian cholent: Start with a base of carrot and onion mushed in the food proccessor with a bit of oil. Beans of many varieties, chick peas, lentils, wheat or barley. Potato sliced. Liberally spice ( my mix, whole coriander, whole pepper, cumin, ketzach (black “cumin”) fenugreek, bay leaf. In stainless pot on plata. Motse shabbos, wash pot. No stick no mess.

    Heard from adam gadol: “you cannot die of protein deficiency without concomitant general malnutrition.”

    #767098
    oomis
    Participant

    ” am new on this website and I always find your advice very sound and helpful, especially with the shidduch scene. Be matzliach and may we continue to help each other! “

    Wow, Best Bubby, you made my day. Thank you. And I can only echo your own last line with an amein.

    #767099
    oomis
    Participant

    I meant to add to Best Bubby – if you cannot get Tilex (brand) can you get a solution of Sodium Hypochlorite? That is what Tilex basically is. It is a MUCH stronger form of regular chlorine bleach. I have found it to be invaluable in removing really stubborn stains from fabric safe/color safe items. I have used it to spot clean a white tablecloth from wine stains that were already set-in. You have to be careful, as some “whites” really are not white, they are white-colored and the bleach actually discolors them. But if I tried to clean something and nothing helped, I would be inclined to get rid of it, so the Tilex is always a last-ditch effort on such an item, and I have saved many of my husbands shirts that way. (I once left an entire load of white shirts in the laundry, damp, because it was erev yom tov and I forgot to dry them before bensching licht. By the time I was doing another laundry MANY days later, and discovered the wet shirts, they were so full of mold and mildew I was going to throw them out. I tried regular clorox, but it didn’t remove the black spots. Then I got the brilliant idea to try the Tilex on them. If it worked on the tiles, why not on the shirts? I sprayed each spot individually and it was amazing, B”H.

    As with any bleach product keep it separate from the ammonia bottles.

    #767100
    pookie
    Member

    bombmaniac, flatbush actually

    #767101
    The Best Bubby
    Participant

    Hi oomis 1105! Thanks for all the info. Where would I get Sodium HYPOChlorite? Is that the generic name? Would I have to ask in the chemist? I use the St. Motitz Well Done on whites and colors and all the collars and cuffs and any spots and it is fantastic. Then I wash on 40 degrees C and add the washing liquid to machine with vanish powder. There is a pink tub of Vanish for colors and a white tub for whites. Everything is like the day I bought it! B’H! I wash shirts by themselves, whites and colors seperately and when they are wet, I take them out from the machine, hang them on hangers and while wet spray with Faultless Regular Starch (from Costco), on the collars, cuffs and a quick all around, and leave to dry naturally. Then I iron with a steam iron. When one of my sons, came back from Yeshiva in Eretz he was so used to giving the shirts there to the launderette that he started to do it here. It is very expensive in London, and he stopped. He just gave me a compliment, “that no one does shirts like you, Mom, keep up the great work!”

    I even use Well Done on the tablecloths, it is an amazing product and due to the accidents in Eretz and USA with it, they only have it in a few Kosher grocery stores.

    And, yes I do lock it up in the garage and no one else has the key! You can soak tablecloths or whites (shirts) in soda cystals that have been dissolved in water to get out stains, in the last resort.

    Wishing everyone a gutten erev Shabbos!

    #767102
    oomis
    Participant

    BB, Tilex is made by the Clorox Co. so maybe you can order the product from them directly. After going on line, I do not recommend going to a chemist to get the solution. The WD-40 Co. in San Diego, California 92110, makes a similar product called X-14. Try writing to them for info.

    #767103
    smh1
    Member

    To Working, re: the crock pot bag liners, it’s important to lift up the top edge of the bag so it is not in contact with the hot crockpot, esp. when it’s on high. You may be able to fold it down when it’s on low/warm. That may be why it melted.

    My friend was concerned about the chemicals in the plastic leaching into the food for so many hours, so she wets some parchment paper, and lines the crock with that. I did that for a few weeks, but it always leaked somewhat, and the mess wasn’t worth it to me. So, I went back to the bags. (I consider it a “sholom bayis” solution bec. I used to ask my hubby to clean it, and he didn’t want to, so..)

    #767104
    The Best Bubby
    Participant

    Thanks oomis1105 for all the info!

    #767105
    oomis
    Participant

    My pleasure, best bubby (though I CLAIM THAT TITLE in my family).

    #767106
    Imaofthree
    Participant

    Regarding the chemicals from crock pot liners leaking into the food, is that true?

    #767107

    While doing a family name search,I found a posting from Nameless 2 years ago on this blog or a previous cholent blog with a description of Gershten soup.

    To Nameless:

    I am curious to learn if this recipe comes from your family and if there is more history to be gained. This is my family name and there is so little mispucha that I know of or history. Any information would be most appreciated.

    #767108
    Imaofthree
    Participant

    choulent recipes don’t belong here where the discussion is on how to clean the crockpot.

    #767109
    trak443
    Participant

    i heard that the plastic from the chulent bag leaks into the food!

    i stopped using them!!!

    #767110
    Imaofthree
    Participant

    Surprising that the FDA allows them to sell these crockpot liners if they aren’t healthy.

    #767111
    popa_bar_abba
    Participant

    Surprising that the FDA allows them to sell these crockpot liners if they aren’t healthy.

    They are sold as shoebox liners. Then, the distributors repackage them as crockpot bags.

    http://tinyurl.com/5trjnvw

    #767112
    2qwerty
    Participant

    Cooking with any plastic and/or foil is dangerous.

    #767113
    Imaofthree
    Participant

    can people please provide links on the internet showing it is dangerous to cook with plastic? I am having a hard time finding any. thank you! Ima of three

    #767114
    doodle jump
    Participant

    My crock pot has a teflon layer in it. Chulent literally slides out of the pot. Clean time is a breeze.

    #767115
    chavabracha
    Member

    EDITED

    This is one source that explains the potential dangers of heating plastic with your food. Some plastics leek chemicals such as BPA that could contribute to cancer or health issues.

    Some plastics have a “BPA Free” label to reassure the consumer that it is safe for use with food. I personally don’t feel comfortable heating my food in plastic of any kind, because the risks don’t outweigh the benefits. It is better to be safe.

    #767117
    popa_bar_abba
    Participant

    Some plastics have a “PBA Free” label to reassure the consumer that it is safe for use with food.

    What do I have to do with this?

    #767118

    What do I have to do with this?

    “Health” issues.

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