Card Pot Scraper

Got stuff stuck to the bottom of your pots?   Don't want to scratch up your nice All-Clad with the green side of a sponge?  Here's a cheap and easy solution:  reuse an old plastic card!

Over the years I've used old student IDs, insurance cards, and the like* - my current pot scraper is an expired Duane Reade savings card.  Here's how it works.


*I recommend against using your old credit cards for security reasons, though anyone who's willing to do your dishes is probably trustworthy.

Step 1 Find a card

This should be easy - you've probably got an old card knocking about in your wallet right now. 

Comments

[kcls]

Oh man! I made pulled pork in an extended stay hotel room the other day and probably ruined the pan the it was cooking in because there was so much stuff stuck to the bottom, and i could have just used the room card to get it off! Oh well...

[Goodhart]

One gets these cards for memberships to clubs we don't want to belong to....I have a special wallet I keep with me on trips filled with these cards.....in case I would get held up,  or pick pocketed...that is the wallet they'd get.   Junk cards....but I have so many of them, this is a great idea too. 

[gmjhowe]

 You should leave one corner as is, then curve the other three to various radius' so it can tackle a wider range of pan curvatures! 

[canida]

Sweet idea!  Though it sort of happens on its own over time.